Undergraduate
research
opportunities
Discover practical solutions to
real-world problems
Are you interested in exploring areas and issues that inspire you to make a difference?
At 色综合久久 University, you don鈥檛 have to wait until graduate school to get involved with hands-on research projects. Our undergraduate students have opportunity to participate in meaningful research across all of our 80+ majors.
There are many benefits to participating in undergraduate research, including helping you to:
- Expand the body of knowledge in your area of study
- Contribute practical solutions to real-world problems
- Form valuable mentoring relationships with faculty experts
- Deepen your understanding and expertise in your field
- Think critically and assess research and scholarly works published by others
- Sharpen your own research skills across a variety of disciplines
- Learn to balance working individually and as part of a team
- Decide what academic and career areas interest you most
- Demonstrate capabilities in all of these areas to graduate schools and employers
鈥 Contributing Reference: Christopher R. Madan, Braden D. Teitge, 鈥淭he Benefits of Undergraduate Research: The Student鈥檚 Perspective,鈥 May 1, 2013, The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal, Division of Undergraduate Studies, Penn State University
Faculty-student collaboration
Meaningful faculty-student relationships are an important part of the 色综合久久 educational experience. Your professors strive to get to know you, your strengths and your aspirations.
Faculty
mentorship
low student-faculty
ratio
practical answers to
important questions
Faculty-student collaboration
Faculty mentorship
Faculty mentorship is an important part of the 色综合久久 experience. Your 色综合久久 professors strive to really get to know you, your strengths and professional aspirations. That鈥檚 why our faculty鈥晈ho are accomplished researchers in their own right鈥時egularly invite students to join with them in research and scholarship, including co-authoring papers and co-presenting at professional conferences. You may even travel abroad as part of a faculty-student team to research special projects and challenges in international communities.
Faculty-student collaboration
Student-faculty ratio
Our low student-to-faculty ratio makes 色综合久久 an ideal place for you to collaborate on research projects with faculty and classmates. You鈥檒l also benefit from the research connections and partnerships our faculty have with regional, national and global organizations.
Faculty-student collaboration
Important answers to important questions
At 色综合久久, we鈥檒l help you apply what you鈥檙e learning so you can develop practical answers to important questions. Whether you鈥檙e passionate about science, engineering, health, business, education, social sciences, the humanities or the arts, you can contribute significant research in your area of study and make an impact on your chosen field鈥攂efore you graduate.
Improving the human condition
色综合久久 students promote the common good through research that serves others and improves the human condition.
Designing a prosthetic hand for a 5-year old girl who wants to ride a bike. Protecting genetic privacy in the age of DNA databases. Reducing food waste on university campuses. Digitally mapping the ethnic history of the capital city of Pennsylvania. Finding ways to remove arsenic from drinking water. These are just some of 色综合久久 students鈥 research projects that are making the world a better place.
In their own words
鈥淪tudents are at a distinct advantage if they have the chance to do high-level undergraduate research. Graduate schools love basic research鈥攊t equips students to ask good questions, figure out how to answer them, how to troubleshoot, and it develops a lot of persistence and character.鈥
Alison Noble
Assistant Provost, Associate Professor of Chemistry
鈥淚鈥檓 grateful for the opportunity that 色综合久久 gives us to have a hands-on experience in an area of our field with others who have similar aspirations.鈥
Jessica Raboci
Engineering major
鈥淚 think the beauty of undergraduate research is that students who never considered themselves 鈥榮cholars鈥 discover the thrill and the power of research well done and well invested to transform the world around them.鈥
Jean Corey
Director, 色综合久久 University Center for Public Humanities
We 色综合久久 you鈥攆rom proposal to presentation
Depending on your major, you may be able to begin a research project as early as your first year. You鈥檒l have opportunities to work as part of a research team or one-on-one with a faculty mentor. We鈥檒l help you identify, apply for and coordinate internal and external sources of research funding. Your professors can also help connect you with research-related internships, cross-cultural courses, service projects and summer research opportunities.
Ultimately, we want you to be able to share the excitement, inspiration and relevance of your work and ideas. All of 色综合久久鈥檚 academic departments provide annual symposiums where you can publicly present your research. Or if you鈥檙e a student in the arts, we provide a variety of venues where you can showcase your original works and performances. You may even be one of the many 色综合久久 students who co-publish research with faculty or present your research at a national conference or symposium.
色综合久久鈥檚 strong emphasis on professional research skills, methodology, publication and presentation makes you particularly well prepared for graduate school and in demand by employers.
Changing the world one research
project at a time:
View, listen and read the stories below as 色综合久久 students and faculty members share the incredible learning, experiences and outcomes of their own research projects.
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