What are the skills and benefits of doing undergraduate research? 

Gain Skills

• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Practice complex problem-solving
• Collaborate in diverse group settings
• Innovate and be creative
• Locate, organize, and evaluate information from multiple sources
• Expand upon specific skills within your area of interest
• Increase understanding of different situations and decisions in a global context
• Work with numbers and understand statistics
• Apply knowledge and skills to real-world settings through internships and hands-on experiences

Utilize Benefits

• Explore your area of interest
• Earn financial support in the form of stipends or funds for research-related expenses
• Meet others that share your passions and interests
• Develop professional networks with students, faculty, and staff
• Apply course ideas to real-life scenarios
• Gain skills that you wouldn’t get the chance to in a traditional classroom setting
• Increase your likelihood of acceptance into graduate programs
• Graduation rates of undergraduates participating in research are consistently higher than the overall campus graduation rates (UWW Institutional Research and Planning)