Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commencement.
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Undergraduate research
Research is experiential education and a complement to your classroom experience at ASU. As an undergraduate, you can work with faculty, graduate students and other undergraduates to transform your knowledge into actual practice — whether it is developing alternative energy from sunlight, next-generation nanoelectronics or creating your own entrepreneurial experience to launch a business.
Research programs
Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI)
Enhance your engineering and technical undergraduate curriculum by providing hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis-based research.
New College Undergraduate Inquiry and Research Experiences (NCUIRE)
Engage in meaningful research partnerships with faculty and other undergraduates. Gain experience that may make you more competitive when you apply for jobs.
School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research (SOLUR)
Work with mentors who are experts in their fields. Establish relationships and professional connections that may last a lifetime.
Sustainability Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
The SURE program offers a tiered approach to research opportunities for undergraduate students in the School of Sustainability.
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions Undergraduate Research Program
This program provides undergraduate students with research, presentation and publication experience, including partnering with hundreds of nonprofit and government agencies to make a difference in the community.
More research and internships opportunities
Research
National Science Foundation
Barrett, The Honors College
College of Health Solutions
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science: research opportunities
- Pre-health: research and internships
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Undergraduate Research Scholarships
- Department of Psychology: Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- School of Earth and Space Exploration: Undergraduate research opportunities
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies: Undergraduate Research Experience
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change: Undergraduate research opportunities
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- School of Molecular Sciences: Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- School of Social Transformation: Undergraduate research
School of the Future of Innovation in Society
School of Sustainability
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
- Undergraduate research program
- Public Service Connect: Undergraduate research program
Internships
College of Health Solutions
- Pre-health: research and internships
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Politics and Global Studies internships: internships
- Pre-Law: internships and forms
- School of Life Sciences: internships
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- ASU Art Museum: internships
- The Design School: internships
- School of Art: internships
- School of Arts, Media and Engineering: internships
- School of Film, Dance and Theatre: internship application
W. P. Carey School of Business
- Internship and externship program
- Economics: internships
- Marketing: internships
- Management: internship program
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
Undergraduate research news
December 3, 2019
Downtown Phoenix doughnut lovers rejoiced this year when beloved Valley chain Bosa Donuts opened not one, not two, but three locations within a 1-mile radius.
November 22, 2019
Arizona State University continues its ascent in the national research rankings, rising to No.