Student Research
The Core Summer Internship Program offers undergraduates hand-on research experience in state-of-the-art labs along with soft-skills training.
UNDERGRADS ARE IN ON THE ACTION
As the Commonwealth's flagship public research university, UMass Amherst offers students unparalleled support, top facilities, and opportunities for meaningful research collaborations with leading faculty, multi-industry companies, and technology clusters in the Greater Boston area and beyond. Learn all about student research opportunities at UMass Amherst in this FAQ.
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A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY
In addition to research through courses, students can also work in faculty labs and participate in research and scholarly opportunities on and off campus throughout the year, international programs, internships and co-ops, and more.
At UMass Amherst, undergraduate students have an opportunity to intern at the Core Facilities, managed through the UMass Institute for Applied Life Sciences. Interns learn technical skills and conduct hands-on research, using state-of-the art equipment, at labs covering areas such as human health, life sciences, manufacturing, engineering, and material sciences.
Through the BEAM program, UMass Amherst biomedical engineering undergraduates conduct translational research in a clinical setting at UMass Chan Medical School.
In a popular UMass Amherst computer course, students put their programming skills and creativity to work to invent innovative DIY projects.
At UMass Amherst, PhD student Chris Caron combines his dual interests in physics and electrical engineering to conduct research aimed at enabling scalable quantum computing.
PhD student Hochul Hwang’s robotics, computer vision, and human-computer interaction research seeks to design robots that can improve the mobility of blind and visually impaired individuals.
The Rising Researcher program recognizes undergraduate students who excel in research, challenge their intellect, and exercise exceptional creativity. Meet these talented students whose research is already making a difference in the worlds of policy, medicine, and technology.
At UMass Amherst, undergraduates find ample opportunities to get involved in research, scholarship, and creative activity. Whether studying disparities in preventative health care, using computing to advance an equitable energy transition, or exploring LGBTQ+ experiences through art, the Fall 2023 Rising Researchers are helping to tackle real-world challenges and propel society forward. Their research and scholarship offer opportunities to put concepts learned in the classroom into action, explore different topics in depth, and discover passions to pursue after graduation.
