Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter, UC Berkeley

What Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter, UC Berkeley does

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter is a non-profit student honor society affiliated with the national IEEE HKN honor society and formally recognized by the UC Berkeley EECS Department. Founded in 1915 and operating under IEEE's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, the chapter serves undergraduate and graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with membership restricted to the top quartile of the EECS junior class, top third of the senior class, and all continuing EE graduate students. The organization is run by 35 student officers and draws from a base of over 300 undergraduate student members.

The chapter operates a portfolio of services split across three pillars. For students, it provides free tutoring (office hours 11am-5pm weekdays at 290 Cory Hall and 345 Soda Hall), an exam archive spanning 50+ courses with past exams dating back to 1990, course surveys and peer advising, course guides with prerequisite mapping, and review sessions for lower-division courses. For industry, it runs company infosessions (standard tax-deductible donation of $800), Resume Books containing top-performing members sold for $250 per copy, and the annual EECS Career Fair, which is the largest technical career fair on the UC Berkeley campus and drew approximately 650 students. For outreach, it runs EECS Day, Junior EECS Day, BearHacks hackathons, Maker Workshops, and Cal Day workshops targeting prospective and current students from grades 5 through 12.

The business model is fundamentally non-commercial: student-facing services are free, while industry-facing services are framed as tax-deductible donations to a 501(c)(3) entity. Revenue is generated transactionally through resume book sales, infosession hosting fees, career fair participation, and corporate sponsorships (e.g., Citadel). The chapter has won the IEEE HKN Outstanding Chapter Award every year since 2001, indicating sustained operational excellence. The organization is governed entirely by student officers and has no traditional ownership, funding rounds, or M&A profile; it is a campus-anchored institution rather than an investable enterprise.

Name

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter, UC Berkeley

Legal name

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter

Website

https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter is a UC Berkeley student honor society serving top EECS undergraduates and graduate students with free tutoring, exam archives, course surveys, and industry-facing services (infosessions, resume books, career fair), operating under IEEE's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Infosession hosting fees: HKN charges companies a standard tax-deductible donation of $800 to host infosessions on campus. Additional charges may apply for food or equipment rental. HKN is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit (IEEE, Inc.), university-affiliated organization.
2. Resume Book sales: HKN sells downloadable PDF resume books containing resumes of top EECS students for a $250 donation per book. Updated every semester. Also available on CD by mail.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HKN Mu Chapter is a student-run honor society that provides free academic support services (tutoring, exam archives, course surveys, course guides, review sessions) to UC Berkeley EECS students and industry-facing recruiting services (company infosessions, downloadable resume books, annual EECS Career Fair) to companies seeking top engineering talent. The organization is affiliated with the national IEEE HKN honor society and operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit.

Product overview

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter is an honor society student organization providing academic services to the Berkeley EECS community. The organization operates a portfolio of student-facing services centered around three pillars: academic support (tutoring, exam archives, course surveys, course guides, review sessions), industry relations (resume books, infosessions, career fair), and outreach/service events (EECS Day, Junior EECS Day, BearHacks, Maker Workshops, Cal Day Workshops). The core offering consists of free tutoring services with office hours across multiple campus locations, complemented by exam and course information resources. Industry-facing services include company infosessions and an annual career fair targeting specifically EECS students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tutoring Services Free tutoring services provided by HKN officers for EE and CS courses, with office hours from 11am to 5pm every weekday at 290 Cory Hall and 345 Soda Hall. Available for all EECS courses including MATH, PHYS, CS, EE, and EECS-prefixed courses.
• Exam Archives Database of past exams and review problems for EECS courses spanning multiple semesters and instructors, covering CS and EE courses with hundreds of past exams dating back to 1990.
• Course Surveys Course survey data for all undergraduate and graduate level EECS courses with instructor and TA ratings available online.
• Course Guides Comprehensive course guides for all undergraduate level EECS courses with course maps showing prerequisites and relationships between courses.
• Review Sessions Exam review sessions organized for lower-division courses to help students prepare for midterms and finals.
• Department Tours Weekly tours offered during Fall and Spring semesters (and occasionally Summer) lasting up to 1 hour, with options for virtual or in-person tours.
• ProDev Office Hours Drop-in career advice sessions at Cory 290 covering topics including internship/full-time job applications, resume tips, interview preparation, and grad school guidance.
• Infosessions Recruiting events hosted in EECS sector of campus (most often Soda Hall) where companies can present to students, establish campus presence, and collect resumes. Standard tax-deductible donation is $800 per session. Well-known companies can expect 50-80 students; up-and-coming companies can expect 20-30 students per infosession.
• Resume Books Resume books containing resumes of top-performing HKN members (top 25% of juniors, top 33% of seniors), categorized by graduation date and engineering focus. Sold as downloadable PDF or CD by mail for a $250 donation per copy. Updated every semester.
• EECS Career Fair Annual EECS Career Fair held on UC Berkeley campus, the largest technical career fair on the campus, targeting Engineering and Computer Science students. Drew approximately 650 students.
• EECS Day Annual open house event in Fall providing prospective high school students and parents an opportunity to learn about studying EECS at UC Berkeley, featuring department tours, workshops, demos, and faculty/student panels.
• Junior EECS Day Spring semester event catering to students from grades 5-8 and their families, featuring hands-on EECS activities, labs, robotics competition spectating, and campus tours.
• BearHacks Day-long hackathon event for high school students, especially those with limited EECS experience, featuring starter projects and experienced mentors.
• Maker Workshops Weekend-afternoon workshops for high school students covering topics including 3D modeling and printing, computer vision, microcontrollers, and IoT devices.
• Cal Day Workshops Drop-in introductory EECS workshops held during UC Berkeley's annual Cal Day public open house, featuring hands-on projects like programmable LED arrays.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 650 students attended the annual EECS Career Fair
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IEEEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHKN is the national Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society affiliated with IEEE. HKN Mu Chapter is a university-affiliated organization operating under IEEE's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. This affiliation underpins the organization's nonprofit status and national recognition.
• UC Berkeley EECS DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHKN is recognized by the UC Berkeley EECS Department as an important channel of communications between EECS students and the department. The department has recognized HKN as an essential link between students, faculty, and industry. HKN serves as an important bridge connecting students with department resources and faculty.
• CitadelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCitadel is listed as a current corporate sponsor of HKN, supporting HKN and the broader EECS community. Citadel's logo appears on the HKN Industrial Relations sponsors page.
• EECS Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) member companiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCompanies must be part of the EECS Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) before HKN can coordinate an infosession for them. ILP member companies gain access to HKN's recruiting services including infosessions and career fair participation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• CodePath: A nonprofit delivering tech education, career training, and industry connections to underrepresented CS students at universities, an adjacent emerging player with overlapping academic-to-career programming.
• Major League Hacking (MLH): A hackathon-focused student organization that partners with universities and sponsors to run technical events and recruiting opportunities, directly comparable to HKN's BearHacks and career fair programming.

Direct peers

• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE): A peer engineering student organization that runs academic support, K-12 outreach, and corporate recruiting programs at universities, structurally and operationally analogous to HKN.
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE): A parallel engineering society with university chapters providing academic support, professional development, and career fair programming for engineering students, comparable in structure and mission to HKN.
• Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE): A national engineering society with university chapters delivering tutoring, mentoring, and industry recruiting for engineering students, mirroring HKN's mix of academic and industry-facing services.
• Tau Beta Pi: The national engineering honor society covering all engineering disciplines. Comparable as a top-quartile engineering honors society providing academic services, networking, and career support at U.S. universities.
• IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN): The national honor society under which the Mu Chapter operates. Shares the same membership criteria, mission, and IEEE affiliation, serving as the umbrella organization for all university chapters.

Broad incumbents

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): The largest international computing society, with university chapters that run tutoring, mentoring, and recruiting events for CS students. Overlaps HKN's CS-focused programming at a much broader scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eta-kappa-nu-hkn-mu-chapter-uc-berkeley

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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M&A

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