The society fair during Freshers’ Week often tends to be more about how many free pens you can blag rather than finding ways to use up your free time.

At the beginning of the year you’ve got your housemates and people from your course to get to know/get drunk with/hold their hair back whilst they throw up. Joining a society so early in the year, therefore, is not often a priority.

Now that the winter blues have hit (and hit hard), however, it might be time to get yourself out there, maybe take up a new pastime, and find new people to hang out with - who knows, maybe in time you’ll hold their hair back whilst they throw up too.

To give you a little bit of inspiration here are some of the best university societies across the country we could find - we’d happily join all 20 of them! And if you like the sound of one of these and it doesn't exist at your uni, why that is your cue to start it up yourself!

• Rock, Paper, Scissors Society
  Guess how they decide who buys the first round at their socials...

• Beekeeping Society
  These guys have created quite the buzz around many a campus - and you won’t get stung with extortionate sign-up fees.

• Curry Appreciation Society
  Spice up your life by joining the tastiest sounding society on our list.

• Heckling Society
  Apparently they turn up to all sorts of events and heckle with everything they’ve got - hmm, maybe THAT’S who’s been commenting on my articles...

• Girls Who Like Chocolate And Haagen Dazs Society
  We can’t imagine there are many girls that fall into that category... right?

• Bored Beyond Belief Society
  We have no idea what they do - but if they’re that bored they should join a society...

• Lemon Fanta Society
  Rumours that one member received an eight-week ban for being photographed with a can of Tango are unconfirmed.

• Cheesy Pop Society
  Think Backstreet Boys. Think N*Sync. Think The Spice Girls. Think we’ll stay at home.

• Norman Re-enactment Society
  Because no one likes to run around a field dressed like a lunatic on their own.

• Boules Society
  One of your more easy-going sports societies - cigars, bottles of red, beer bellies and french accents are optional.

• Revolver and Pistol Society
  You might not be surprised to find this is a Cambridge Uni society - a more refined club from a more gentlemanly time... when people used to shoot each other.

• Tea Society
  Who in their right mind wouldn’t want to join the Tea Society?! Apparently there’s talk of a merger with the Biscuit Club.

• Morris Dancing Society
  If break-dancing is oversubscribed then this is basically the same - plus you’ve got all the handkerchiefs you could ever need.

• Beer Pong Society
  One of the fastest growing ‘sports’ in the UK - if you’re unsure of the rules check out the Beer Pong section of our ultimate guide to drinking games.

• Quidditch Society
  Also known as the ‘people with a little too much time on their hands running around a field with a stick between their legs’ society.

• Stitch & Bitch Society
  This one does exactly what it says on the tin - turn up for a bit of knitting and a lot of chat. Lovely.

• Underwater Basket Weaving Society
  The term given to supposed ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses (the joke is that they may as well be teaching courses in underwater basket weaving), it is now used for societies dedicated to every student’s favourite pastime. Sitting in the pub.

• David Attenborough Society
  A few years ago there was a lot of bandwagon jumping around the whole ‘Vote Jeremy Clarkson for PM’ campaign. That was nonsense for two reasons. Firstly, Jeremy Clarkson is a bit of a dick. Secondly - why vote for anyone other than Sir David!? We’ll join anything with the silk-voiced genius’ name on it.

• Jenga Society
  If football is a little muddy for your tastes, you’ve never been much of a swimmer, and debating isn’t exactly your forté, the Jenga Society might be just what you’ve been searching for!

• Tiddlywinks Society
  Give one of the great British pastimes a go and your life will change forever - everyone knows that ‘winkers’, as we like to call them, get laaaaaid.

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