Student's Next Steps on One Page

Engaging with the academic and creative life of the university and broader global community of scholars enables your ability to advance your goals in many ways. We offer ideas here and recommend asking your mentors and advisors about next steps.

 

Expand the Impact of Your Work

 

UROP provides funding for CU Boulder undergrads to present, perform or exhibit their work. We also highlight opportunities and provide resources to share work.

Present

 

We invite you to explore the art and scholarship showcased in our campus journals—and encourage students to submit their work for future issues.

Publish

 

With CU Boulder's BuffsCreate platform, you can cultivate your digital identity and create a portfolio of creative work, share outcomes and more.

BuffsCreate

 

 

Share Your Story

Advance Your Academic & Professional Goals

 

These Career Services workshops are designed to help you identify the skills you've built in your UROP and showcase them on your resume.

Refine Your Resume

 

Top Scholarships helps students prepare applications to some of the most prestigious scholarships offered from the Goldwater to the Rhodes, etc.

Apply for Top Scholarships

 

Develop essential research, communication, and career-readiness skills for graduate study, the industry workforce, and lifelong learning.

Earn Micro-Credentials

Capitalize on Campus Resources

 

Handshake is CU’s online recruiting tool used by thousands of employers. Basic accounts are already set up for all current CU students.

Handshake Profile

 

Here at CU Boulder, we offer more than 150 graduate programs spanning the arts, sciences, business, education, engineering, law, music and more.

Graduate School Information

 

There are a variety of ways to get involved on campus. Getting involved can help you meet new people, find community, interests, and more!

Campus Involvement

Stay Curious & Keep Connecting

 

Expand your professional network and stay updated on research and creative opportunities in Boulder and beyond by joining our LinkedIn Group. We're also on Bluesky and invite you to connect.

Join UROP's LinkedIn Group

 

Our campus hosts many programs that provide funding to students interested in research, creative work, internships and more. Students will also find opportunities beyond Boulder.

Explore Opportunities

 

Students who enroll in the exchange receive information about graduate school and have their information shared with other universities in the network.

Join the Name Exchange

 

Student's Next Steps

Engaging with the academic and creative life of the university and global community of scholars enables you to advance your goals in many ways. We offer ideas and recommend asking your mentors about next steps.

Student's Next Steps

Mentor's Next Steps

We encourage mentors to consider these next steps as they support the continued personal and professional development of their mentees. And we invite the campus community to let us know about resources.

Mentor's Next Steps

Call for Participants

Developed and hosted in Boulder since 2018, UROP's Sidewalk Symposium invites undergraduates to share their research and creative presentations with chalk on campus walkways. UROP welcomes undergraduates at any stage of their project to participate.

Register for UROP's Sidewalk Symposium by Oct.5, 2026

Celebrating 40 Years

CU Boulder has an expansive history engaging undergraduates in the research and creative life of the campus dating to the creation of UROP in 1986.

Celebrating 40 Years of Opportunities