Apply your knowledge in real-world settings.
WashU empowers you to gain practical skills, make a difference, and discover your passions through hands-on experiences.
Center for Experiential Learning at Olin Business School
Through courses offered by the Center for Experiential Learning, students apply their academic work and managerial insight to business challenges. Active faculty supervision ensures a rich learning experience and powerful results.
First-Year Programs in Arts & Sciences
The First-Year Programs are designed to jump-start your intellectual curiosity and guide you as you discover your academic passions. You’ll delve into captivating topics, engage in hands-on experiences, and connect with a supportive community.
Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
The Gephardt Institute offers a wide range of civic learning and engagement opportunities that bring people together to effect change at any scale, large or small.
Office for Socially Engaged Practice at Sam Fox School
The Sam Fox School’s Office for Socially Engaged Practice is a hub and a resource for collaborative, engaged practices in art, architecture, and design. We bring our faculty and students together to work with communities in St. Louis and around the world.
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) helps students find mentors and connects them to research funding and programs at WashU and beyond. They also provide opportunities for students to present their research throughout the year. They support all undergraduates, in all disciplines, and in all schools.
Overseas Programs
WashU study abroad programs give you the opportunity to acquire the broad cultural knowledge, languages, and practical skills necessary to participate fully in a global society. For most, studying abroad for a summer, a semester, or a year is career enhancing and even life transforming.
Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Skandalaris Center supports WashU entrepreneurship by empowering the community to explore and execute solutions to address the world’s problems and meet local needs through innovation.
Tyson Research Center
Tyson is the environmental field station for WashU. Together with our laboratory and experimental facilities, Tyson’s 2,000-acre landscape provides opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, research, and apprenticeships.
