Research Opportunities for Students
Research is one of the hallmarks of a Johns Hopkins education. Taking part in research as an undergraduate allows you to gain academic credit while exploring career options, learning in-depth about a specific industry, and gaining valuable skills and hands-on experience.
If you are looking for research opportunities, follow these steps and you're on your way!
How to find research opportunities
- Talk to your faculty adviser
- Check with your department for possible opportunities
- Contact the Whiting School’s Office of Industrial Initiatives
- Look for internships through JHU’s Career Center
- Talk to upper class students about research they've done
- Learn about the research interests and projects of WSE faculty members
How to register for research
- Meet with your faculty sponsor to determine what your research will entail.
- Complete a Supplemental Registration Form and have it signed by your faculty sponsor. (This person must be a full-time Homewood faculty member so he or she can submit your grade.)
- Get a Registration or Add Form signed by your faculty adviser.
- Take both of these forms to the WSE’s Office of Academic Affairs to get an approval signature.
- Please note: You can earn up to 6 credits for research per year, beginning in the summer term, and you are limited to 3 credits per semester.
Brigid O’Brien, graduate student, Material Science and Engineering
Brigid O’Brien took a year off from her studies to pursue what she describes as, “a once in a lifetime opportunity,” to clean and conserve the 130-year-old La Farge murals in Boston’s Trinity Church.
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