Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning

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High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) provide transformative experiences that enhance personal development, educational growth, and increased marketability. The Center for Undergraduate Research & Engaged Learning coordinates a number of programs that help students incorporate HIPs activities into their educational experience. Learn more about our HIP programs at this LINK.

Undergraduate Research

Community-Engagement and Service-Learning

Community Service Portal

R'Courses

Capital Academic Internship Program

UCDC-Washington
UCCS -Sacramento

Prestigious Scholarships & Awards

Campus Collective Peer Mentoring

EXCEL+ Career Readiness plus Leadership Program

Learn how to incorporate HIPS into your learning experience at UCR

Apply classroom knowledge to an Internship or Research opportunity
Experience collaborative Research Project
Collaborate in Team Projects, Field-Based Research or Faculty Mentored Projects within a diverse community
Experience Service-Learning project with a community organization
Participation in off-campus Research or Academic Internship
Culmination experience demonstrating competence in a project or class (Capstone or Research Symposium)

Learn about the benefits of High-Impact Educational Practices**:

Enhance faculty connections: Strengthen your relationships with professors.
Boost interpersonal skills: Improve your ability to interact effectively with others.
Cultivate leadership abilities: Develop your leadership qualities.
Raise GPAs: Achieve higher academic performance.
Graduate on time: Increase the likelihood of timely graduation.
Enhance educational satisfaction: Experience greater happiness with your education.
Sharpen critical thinking and writing skills: Improve your analytical and communication abilities.
Foster diversity appreciation: Develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for diversity.
Prepare for the workforce or graduate school: Be better equipped for your future career or further studies.

**Benefits have been found to be greater for First-Generation and under-served students.

Mission

The Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning seeks to enrich the quality of the UCR undergraduate academic experience through high-impact experiential programs. As a unit of Undergraduate Education, Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning's role is to innovate and scale programs focused on leadership, fellowships and national awards, undergraduate research, community service and engaged learning, capital internships, and other strategic initiatives for the benefit of student experiences.