SlowFastHazel

How plentiful are research opportunities for undergraduates? How common is an undergraduate at Princeton going on a research abroad program?

TheMoment...I

I talked to a physics professor at Princeton, and he told me that there are more research opportunities than students.

And, oddly convenient for your question (haha), he told me of a specific example of a student of his who is in Germany right now doing research.

JoeTrumpet

I heard the same thing from the physics department at Princeton.

IAmNobody

Rings true for not only physics but also all the other natural science departments. Research is VERY easy to find if you actually ask people. It's just picking which project to do when a bunch sound cool which was my problem and a great one to have.

quirkily

Definitely lots of research opportunities. My roommate right now, in fact, just emailed a bunch of ChemE professors asking if he could help out with their research in any way over the summer, and now he plans to spend the summer in Princeton. Seriously, all he said in his emails was "Hi, my name is ___ ___, and I am very interested in (ChemE subject). I was wondering if I could possibly work with you over the summer?" and they seemed to be more than happy to take him on.

ec1234

you HAVE to do undergraduate research in order to graduate-- 4 semesters for an AB degree. Thus there are plenty of opportunities and the profs expect to mentor undergrads. There are options for research abroad, we get emails sometimes about positions in england, and I know one of my friends did research in China for a summer. Also if you are into EEB, they have semester abroad programs where you do field work in panama or kenya or I think the bahamas.

Alumother

EEB is Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

The whole point of Princeton is undergraduate research...

R-DNA

So Princeton is famous for research!! (confirms a couple of sources)