Undergraduate Research Opportunities at the University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota offers research opportunities to undergraduate students in various disciplines.   During the 2007-08 school year, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) welcomed over 450 University of Minnesota undergraduate students who worked on research with faculty.  In Summer 2008, over 200 undergraduate students participated in University campus-wide summer research programs.  The students represented institutions and colleges from across the nation including Puerto Rico and The U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Year-round Research Program

• Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) - Room 109 Appleby  (U of MN Students Only)

Summer Research Programs

• Bioinformatics Summer Institute
• Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program (Lando/NSF)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Program
• NSF-Sponsored Summer Research in Geology and Geophysics
• NFS-Sponsored Summer Research in Invasive Species and GMOs (ISG-IGERT)
• Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• Material Research Science and Engineering Center Summer Research Programs (MRSEC)
• McNair Summer Research Program
• Mechanical Engineering - Summer Reseach Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program (MSROP)
• National Center for Earth -- surface Dynamics
• Physics and Astronomy - Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate
• Psychology - Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Program
• Undergraduate Internship Program in Scientific Computing and Graphics