The Society of Physics Students promotes the professional development of students, and the contributions made by students to the professional community and to society.
Membership is open to any person interested in physics.
Encouraging undergraduate research experience as a teaching tool. K-12 and the general public. The SPS provides an effective signpost for educating the student on the many career options, in addition to traditional physics, that come with a degree in physics. The active SPS chapter is an especially effective student recruitment and retention tool for the physics department. The SPS is a gateway society to the other professional societies in physics.