MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (recognized at MIT by its acronym "UROP") is the first program of its kind in the United States to have issued undergraduates a broad and open invitation to participate in research as the junior colleagues of faculty. Created in 1969 by the late Margaret L. A. MacVicar, Professor of Physics and MIT Dean for Undergraduate Education, UROP was inspired by Edwin H. Land, inventor of instant photography, who believed in the power of learning by doing.

Undergraduates may participate for credit, receive stipends, or work as volunteers. All projects must be worthy of regular MIT academic credit, regardless which mode is chosen. UROP projects, which students can begin any time during the term and continue full time in the summer, frequently last up to a year or more. Opportunities exist in all MIT's academic departments and interdisciplinary laboratories. Under UROP aegis the Undergraduate Corporate Research Fellows program offers corporate sponsorship of undergraduate research projects.


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Summer Direct Funding April 18
Summer Supervisor Funding August 1
Summer Credit August 1

YOU MUST PAY TUITION FOR SUMMER UROP CREDIT

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
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77 Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge, MA 02139
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