Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

  1. April 23, 2024

    UROP humanizes research for young U‑M academics

    Students participating in the the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program will present their findings at the UROP 2024 Spring Research Symposium from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 24 at the Michigan League.

  2. April 1, 2024

    Associate professor pushing student research at UM‑Dearborn

    Amanda Esquivel, associate professor of mechanical engineering at UM-Dearborn, believes that every undergraduate student should have an opportunity to work in a research lab.

  3. August 14, 2023

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  4. April 20, 2023

    Humanizing research, UROP empowers young academics

    About 1,300 mentors and mentees presented their projects April 19 at this year’s UROP symposium, “Humanizing Research: The Quest for Authentic Action.”

  5. April 14, 2022

    UROP gives undergraduates hands-on mentoring for research

    The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program pairs up students with mentors who work together for up to two years to develop a research project and the resources to build it. 

  6. July 19, 2021

    Students to present research projects in UROP virtual events

    Nearly 100 students from across U-M will showcase their research projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program during a pair of virtual events July 29 and Aug. 4, both of which are open to the public.

  7. April 6, 2021

    Undergraduate student research spring symposium goes virtual

    Despite the pandemic, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program was able to implement a successful program to give first-year, second-year and transfer students research experience.

  8. September 21, 2020

    Accolades — September 2020

    Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.

  9. July 29, 2019

    Events this week cap 30th anniversary of UROP program

    The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, which caps its 30th anniversary with events this week, has impacted the academic careers of thousands of U-M students.

  10. April 17, 2017

    UROP event celebrates a year of faculty, student research

    The annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Spring Research Symposium will highlight the work of 1,300 students and 900 faculty-staff mentors.