Metropolitan chapter

A metropolitan chapter of a fraternity or sorority is one that has more than one school on its charter, or that allows men or women from more than one campus to become members. This is a typical practice at colleges and universities in a geographic area which may not have enough students of color to maintain a self-contained, campus-based chapter.

Terms meaning the same or nearly the same as "metropolitan chapter" include city-wide chapter and core chapter.

Sigma Chapter of the fictitious Beta Chi Phi Fraternity in the novels Lazarus, Covenant, and Epiphany by Rashid Darden is an example of a metropolitan chapter. Men from both Potomac University and Rock Creek College are allowed to become members through Sigma Chapter.