Faculty-Mentored Student Research
Mentoring undergraduate research is a key part of the duties of many Oberlin faculty. Faculty research supported by internal and external funding allows students to participate as research assistants on projects in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, and the Conservatory of Music. The Oberlin Summer Research Institute brings together more than 100 students and their mentors, most of whom are in the natural sciences, to conduct research and attend professional development workshops. During the academic year, grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment of the Humanities, for instance, enable students to work alongside faculty with active research programs.
The Office of Undergraduate Research
The Office of Undergraduate Research
provides intellectual and administrative support for students conducting
faculty-mentored research at Oberlin College. The student-mentor relationships
supported by this office have allowed students to transfer their curiosity
from the classroom to the library, the laboratory, and field sites across
the globe. The opportunity for learning and laboring under faculty supervision
provides our students with a first-hand understanding of the rigor and
discipline necessary to maintain an active research program. Oberlin
College produces more eventual PhDs than any of its peer institutions,
and the opportunities for research provided by this office help ensure
that Oberlin alumni with PhDs are a diverse group.
Learn more about Undergraduate Research:
Office of Undergraduate Research
Course Catalog
