UROP opportunities (academic entries)

The UROP website provides a platform for relevant staff to indicate their willingness to field an enquiry from a student OR, more commonly, to advertise specific opportunities.  

Opportunities will be highlighted for a month as a NEW OPPORTUNITY.

VERY IMPORTANT: to participate in UROP you are NOT limited to the "entries" listed here (indeed, there is often very little being advertised) since most staff (research groups) do not advertise/promote their availability. This should NOT be seen as an impediment, rather as an opportunity. In 2025 Imperial again recorded over 650 UROPs being undertaken in the summer period. If you are keen to approach a particular member of staff (so long as they do not appear on the list of non-participating staff), you are free to submit a considered request to them (see How to Get Involved).

However, when you approach a member of staff you may also find that:

• an opportunity has already been filled.
• the listed member of staff is unfortunately no longer able to consider a student for an opportunity (often due to a change in circumstances, which is quite common within the research community).

PLEASE ALSO NOT:

• It is NOT the aim of this website to provide a list of guaranteed research experiences.
• Even amongst those that do appear on the NEW OPPORTUNITIES page some will have been taken (for the summer or period ahead) by the time you view the site or by the time you contact a particular member of staff.
• Please note that UROP has been developed first and foremost as an activity on offer to undergraduates of Imperial and as such some supervisors might give priority to their applications over those from students who are students at other UK universities.