Undergraduate Research
Roll up your sleeves. Find lifelong mentors.
From your first day on campus through graduation, Oberlin Undergraduate Research program is here to help you explore, experience, and launch a lifelong research journey. Explore through research-intensive courses, community events, and workshops. Experience immersive, hands-on research guided by faculty mentors during Winter Term, in fellowship programs, or through the Summer Research Institute. Whether you’re focused on STEM, social sciences, humanities, or the arts, Oberlin will help you launch your research career with year-round opportunities designed for every stage.
Oberlin’s Research Culture
From mounting exhibitions in the Allen Memorial Art Museum to studying neurotoxicology and public health, Oberlin’s students and faculty make our campus a hub of innovative and impactful research. During both academic terms as well as Winter Term and summer, students have the opportunity to join a community of practicing artists, scientists, and scholars.
OUR Featured Researchers
Oberlin students dive into research across fields like degenerative disease, transportation, artificial intelligence, and art, tackling questions that will define their own futures and the future of the world they will inhabit. These are the stories of the Oberlin Undergraduate Research (OUR) community.
Leah Yonemoto-Weston ’24
“Never Again is Now”: Carcerality and Coalitional Activism at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Tanisha Shende ’26
Enhancing Social VR Accessibility for Users With ADHD and Autism
Chudi Martin, Jr. ’24
The Standing History of Afro-Diasporic Traditions in Trinidad & Tobago
OUR Fellowships and Community
Research at Oberlin is a collaborative journey. Oberlin Undergraduate Research (OUR) supports students across disciplines with programs and community. OUR opportunities include Science and Technology Research Opportunities for a New Generation, Mellon-Mays, and the Oberlin Summer Research Institute Fellowship. Whether you're joining a lab or visiting an archive, we're here to help you find your research community!
OUR fellowship programs give students the opportunity to conduct research in a supportive and nurturing community that facilitates skill-building, networking, and creativity. Several of these programs are also dedicated to expanding access and opportunities for historically underrepresented groups in research fields.
From the Classroom to the World
The Engaged Liberal Arts at Oberlin takes what you’re learning in your courses and puts it into practice through internships, research, study away experiences, winter term, career exploration, and beyond.
Resource Links
OUR Opportunities
On-Campus Research Events
Resources for Students and Faculty
Upcoming Events
SURE info session
Next Steps
An Oberlin education puts the liberal arts to work in achieving a life of meaning and purpose.