STEM Research
Every fall, College of DuPage hosts a STEM Research and Internship Fair on campus. Students in STEM majors who are seeking paid summer experiences will discover a multitude of opportunities at this event, and connect with universities, labs, companies, and government agencies offering research programs and internships for students. Prior research experience is not necessary.
Opportunities can be found for students with interests in:
- Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- Environmental and Earth Sciences
- Agriculture and Bioenergy
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Quantum Science
- Data Science
- Space and Astrophysics Fields
- Information Technology
Attending organizations have included:
- Fermi National Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Chicago Quantum Exchange
- Morton Arboretum
- Northwestern Medicine
- Northwestern University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Summer Research Program Alliance
- Center for Digital Agriculture REU
- Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU
- MICRO-CCS: Microbial Interactions Create Research Opportunities for Community College Students
- FoDOMMaT (The Future of Discovery: Training Students to Build and Apply Open Source Machine Learning Models and Tools)
- Physics REU
- The Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) REU
- RISE (Research Internship in Sustainable Bioenergy)
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Toxicology (SURE Tox)
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Quest Diagnostics
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
- Home Run Inn
- Kimley-Horn
Students are welcome to browse these organizations’ opportunities year-round.
Information on the fall 2026 STEM Research and Internship Fair will be available in August 2026.
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