AMS Club Registration process

Congrats on taking your first step toward becoming a student leader! This page will guide you through the steps to start and lead a club at Queen’s—giving you the tools to build community, share your passions, and make a real impact on campus. Feel free to explore the whole page or skip to the sections most relevant to you.

  • Starting a Club 
  • Getting Your Club Ratified 
  • Re-Ratifying Your Club
  • De-Ratification 

Starting your Club

It all starts with an idea, a team, and a passion to make a positive impact at Queen’s. Before your club can become ratified, it must be active for at least two academic semesters (not including summers).

This is your time, where you can begin building your club—recruiting an executive team, growing your membership, and establishing your presence on campus through events, meetings, and any other activities you envision.

Milestones for Success
  • Create your mission and mandate
  • Create your constitution 
  • Hire your executive team
  • Grow your membership 
  • Plan and executive engaging events
  • Showcase fiscal responsibility 
  • Register your club as an interested party, you’ll receive a notification when you’re able to apply
Club Supports for Unratified Clubs
  • Ratified Workshops: Join interactive sessions where you’ll work through the ratification form step-by-step, ensuring everything is complete and ready to go.

  • 1 on 1 Support with the Clubs Team: Each prospective club is eligible for 1 30 minute session to answer to provide feedback on your club. 

  • Tri-Semesterly Club Hub Sessions: Join other prospective club leaders and brainstorm ideas, share advice and have fun, this is supposed to be fun
General Advice & Tips
  • Familiarize yourself with the AMS Club’s Policy

Ratifying your club

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Club Registration Process

2025/2026 Ratification Periods:


First – Congratulations on your first step to becoming a student leader! Starting and leading a club is an exciting way to build community, share your passions and positively impact the Queen’s University Community. To become an AMS-Ratified Club, your group must undergo an Experimental period, where you would operate as non-ratified club for at least two consecutive academic semesters (fall and winter only) 

2023/2024 Ratification Periods:


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