For every NYU student, research opportunities abound.
Learning how to ask the right questions, analyze, and communicate results…what better way to develop those skills than through hands-on research experiences? Research is important to your future because…it teaches you the basis for lifelong learning.
- Identifying critical questions
- Questioning established knowledge
- Testing hypotheses
- Setting up protocols
- Developing your powers of observation, perseverance, and patience
- Organizing data into a coherent interpretation
- Effectively communicating results orally and in writing
Of course, research experiences also have a practical purpose for your future: they strengthen your résumé and graduate and professional school applications.
NYU—A Private Research University
As a private research university and one of only 62 institutions admitted to membership in the Association of American Universities, NYU is committed to advancing the frontiers of knowledge through research. More specifically, the goal of NYU’s undergraduate schools, colleges, and programs is to educate and prepare students through research and experience to become tomorrow’s leaders by cultivating a spirit of inquiry, creativity, and independent ambition.
Inspired research initiatives that chase seemingly incomprehensible ideas have been going on for so long here that we actually say that NYU has “a tradition of innovation.” The tradition goes right back to NYU’s founding in the early 1800s, when inventor Samuel Morse had a laboratory in NYU’s original Gothic-style building, now the location of the Silver Center for Arts and Science.
Our faculty and students contribute to the advancement of the sciences, arts, humanities, and the professions in a wide variety of fields, from visionary research to the cataloging and preserving of ancient Aramaic and Judaic texts. You’ll be encouraged to become a part of NYU’s vital efforts by working in tandem with your professors on their ongoing projects and by conducting individual inquiries supervised by a faculty mentor.
