Experiences at UT

“Experiences at UT” is an inventory of experiential learning (EL) opportunities for UT Austin students. You can search for EL opportunities across all UT Austin colleges/schools and industries or use the filters below to delimit your search by specific college/school, EL type, degree level, or industry. “Experiences at UT” also brings together in one place other experiential learning lists that focus on one type of EL—such as Eureka for research, HornsLink for student orgs, and the Navigator for entrepreneurship.

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Students will spend a fast-paced, educational two weeks exploring the political and cultural histories of Israel, the Palestinian territories, and their peoples.

Host: Clements Center for National Security
Period(s): Summer
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Any major

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The objectives of the AADS Doctoral Portfolio program is to engage doctoral students in an advanced approach to interdisciplinary studies and to provide tools for mapping the intellectual, political, and creative breadth of African and African Diaspora Studies.
Host: African and African Diaspora Studies Department
Period(s): Fall, Spring
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Receive approval to join the portfolio program from their faculty advisor
  • Maintain a grade point average of 3.3
  • Open to AADS PHD students only

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Despite entering in equal numbers, women continue to leave the legal profession at higher rates than men. The goal of Accelerate Career Start is to improve the retention of first-year lawyers and strengthen the pipeline to partnership and leadership positions. It is the only program of its kind designed to focus on the first-year experience, which often determines the career trajectories of lawyers.
Host: Center for Women in Law
Period(s): Fall, Spring
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Limited to law students who identify as women

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The ARI program offers research experiences guided by FRI faculty for upper level and transfer students in the College of Natural Sciences. Laboratory and classroom merge as faculty-led research groups involve undergraduate students in a two-course sequence plus optional summer participation, led by a Ph.D. faculty member called a "Research Educator" (RE), alongside peer mentors and lab members. ARI offers course credit for contributing to novel research goals.
Host: Office of Experiential Learning
Period(s): Fall, Spring, Summer
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • CNS students, with special emphasis for Transfer students

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Advise TX places recent college graduates as full-time college advisers in Title One high schools. Advise TX provides the support that Title One students require to navigate the complex processes of college admissions, matriculation and financial aid.

Host: Longhorn Center for School Partnership
Period(s): Fall, Spring, Summer
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Must have been a recent Bachelor’s degree recipient. 11-month contract.

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As a cadet in AFROTC, you will be working towards a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force or the United States Space Force, perfecting the leadership skills you will need to be a successful officer while you earn your college degree.
Host: Department of Military Science
Period(s): Fall, Spring, Summer
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Enrollment in program

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Alternative Breaks (AB) is a program within the Center for Community Engagement that sends small groups of UT students to outside communities around the United States to help individuals grow as leaders and learn about social justice issues through immersive service experience. Alternative Breaks is great for students who are passionate about social justice looking to spend their holiday break on a productive and interactive service-learning experience.
Host: Center for Community Engagement
Period(s): Fall, Spring
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Individuals who are passionate about social justice and embraces the core of AB, which is learning, community, service, simplicity, and active citizenship. Recruitment for AB trip leads occurs during the later end of the spring semester to begin the process the following fall semester. Trip participants are typically recruited in the fall semester prior to the spring break trip.

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The program begins at Casa Herrera, UT Austin's educational and research facility in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Antigua, where students will be matched with local family stays, and ends in the Caribbean coast of Belize. Coursework relies on research projects based on direct observation of archaeological sites, museums, villages, cooperative businesses, natural reserves and protected ecosystems, experienced through the extensive travel components of the program.
Host: Department of Art & Art History
Period(s): May Term
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Good academic standing (undergrad GPA 2.0 min, grad GPA 3.0 min)
  • UT enrollment during spring semester preceding the program
  • Open to ALL majors
  • No art background required

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The Plan II Honors Program and The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life have partnered to offer one or more undergraduate internships for Plan II Honors students. The Annette Strauss Institute, a part of the Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, works to educate, inspire, and connect the next generation of civic leaders. The intern will help to support the Institute’s outreach programming for K-12 students or our collegiate programming.

Host: Plan II Honors Program
Period(s): Fall, Spring
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
Other Requirements:
  • Limited to Plan II students
  • academic year commitment

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The Center for Health IPE hosts an Interprofessional Health Showcase every year in late April or early May. Students (undergraduate and graduate) and residents are invited to share their projects in one of three categories (community engagement, quality improvement, and research). Projects pertain to advancing population health and creating healthier communities. Awards are given for best poster among all categories.
Host: Center for Health Interpersonal Practice & Education
Period(s): Spring
Funding Availability: Inquire with program
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