List of universities with BDSM clubs

Universities and colleges with BDSM clubs exist in a number of countries, especially in the United States.^[1][2] Some of these student clubs dedicated to BDSM (along with sexual fetishism and kink) are officially recognized and funded by their university or college administration. The extent of nudity and consensual pain allowed in each BDSM club varies, as per the university.^[3][4]

Safe rope bondage is generally an activity taught in BDSM clubs of universities. This representational image shows a male bondage rigger performing bondage on a female volunteer.

The following is a list of universities that have registered student clubs for BDSM, along with sexual fetishism or kink education:

Belgium

• Ghent University^[5]

Brazil

• University of São Paulo^[6]

Canada

• McGill University^[7]
• University of Calgary^[8]
• York University^[7]

Czech Republic

• Charles University in Prague (faculty of Maths and Physics)^[9]

Finland

• University of Helsinki^[10][11]

Taiwan

• National Cheng Kung University^[12][13]
• National Taiwan Normal University^[14]
• National Taiwan University^[15]
• National Tsing Hua University^[16][17]

United Kingdom

• Dundee University^[18]
• Durham University^[19]
• Keele University^[20]
• Lancaster University^[21]
• Leeds Beckett University^[22]
• University of Lincoln^[23]
• University of Nottingham^[24]
• University of Portsmouth^[25]
• University of York^[26]
• Warwick University^[27]

United States

• California State University, Northridge^[28]
• Columbia University: Conversio Virium^[29][30][31]
• Cornell University^[32]
• Harvard University^{[33][34][35][36]}
• Harvey Mudd College^[37]
• Iowa State University: Cuffs^[38]
• Kent State University^[39]
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[1]
• Mount Holyoke College^[40]
• Molloy University^[41]
• Northeastern University^[42]
• Northwestern University^[43]
• Ohio State University^[44]
• Princeton University^[45][46]
• Reed College^[47]
• San Francisco State University^[48]
• Stanford University^[49]
• Stony Brook University^[50]
• Syracuse University^[51]
• Tufts University^[1]
• University of California, Berkeley^[52]
• University of California, Santa Barbara^[53]
• University of Chicago^[54][55]
• University of Connecticut^[56]
• University of Michigan^[57][58]
• University of Minnesota^[59]
• University of Pennsylvania^[1]
• University of Southern California^[60]
• University of Wisconsin–Madison^{[61][62] [citation needed]}
• Washington University in St. Louis^[63]

There are American universities that do not have a dedicated BDSM club, but regularly conduct workshops on safe BDSM for students, such as the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Hofstra University.^[64][65][66]

Some American universities, such as Texas Tech University,^[67] Indiana University^[68] and Michigan State University, have professors who conduct research and take curriculum classes on BDSM.^{[69][70][71][72][73]}

A few US university presses, such as those of Duke University, Indiana University and University of Chicago, have also published books on BDSM written by professors.^[74]

See also

• Human sexuality portal

• BDSM in culture and media
• BDSM and the law
• Primal Scream (Harvard)
• Sex club
• Sex education
• Sex Week at Yale