<p>To keep it short:
Yes, Mudd has tons of research opportunities for students. For instance, here are some of the summer research opportunities:
[Research:</a> Projects](<a href=“http://www.cs.hmc.edu/research/projects/]Research:”>CS Research | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College)</p>
<p>In addition, CS majors are required to take 1 year (I believe) of clinic. Clinic is funded applied research for a corporation to solve some problem they have approached Mudd with:
[HMC</a> CS: Computer Science Clinic](<a href=“CS Clinic | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College”>CS Clinic | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College)
[HMC</a> CS: Clinic Projects for 2008-2009](<a href=“CS Clinic | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College”>CS Clinic | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College)</p>
<p>Also, students sometimes publish by themselves on their own research:
[HMC</a> CS: Publications by Student Publications](<a href=“http://www.cs.hmc.edu/publications/student-publications/]HMC”>HMC CS: Publications by Student Publications)</p>
<p>You can also receive credit for doing your own research at some point:
[HMC</a> CS: Course Descriptions](<a href=“CS Course Descriptions | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College”>CS Course Descriptions | Computer Science | Harvey Mudd College)</p>