科学教育

From Marine 科学 to Biology, a science education at UNE includes hands-on research opportunities.

Tackling Societal Challenges With 科学

Take on the world’s most urgent challenges with the tools of science. From the rapid deployment of COVID vaccines to grappling with pressing issues like climate change, science is increasingly on the front lines — and in the headlines. UNE’s institutional history is deeply entwined with the sciences — from the biosciences and chemistry courses that provide the foundation for our graduate health professions programs 对qt电子官网平台的 groundbreaking 神经科学 and marine science research centers, to newer majors related to data science, 卫生信息学, 和更多的. 

在一个, you get a lot of different opportunities to do research, 在实验室工作, gain experience that you need for after you graduate and move on to the real world. If you're in love with the sciences, it’s the place to be." — Olivia Scott ’20, 生物科学/环境科学

Olivia Scott stands smiling at the camera

Unparalleled Hands-On 学生的研究 Opportunities

在一个, we take pride in offering unprecedented opportunities for students to engage in faculty-led research, even as undergraduates. qt电子官网平台的 labs conduct ground-breaking research in areas like 神经科学 and pharmaceutical development, 让人兴奋 fieldwork from the hills of Vermont 到中间 大西洋.

UNE has an “R2” Carnegie classification (“High 研究 Activity”) and is home to nine centers and institutes that promote research in a wide range of fascinating areas (including 神经科学, 北大西洋, 公共卫生, 老化, 合作教育). 

There’s no better way to gain hands-on experience and to enrich your education.
 

200+

的数量 本科生given presentations at regional and national conferences 在过去的六年里

41%

的百分比 UNE seniors 人 worked with faculty on research projects, compared with 23% at all colleges surveyed by the NSSE

应对气候变化

在一个, we are committed to helping our planet thrive for generations to come. That commitment is embedded in everything UNE does, from our 环境研究项目 对qt电子官网平台的 sustainability and business major,到各种 campus initiatives and University policies
 

海边的校园

qt电子官网平台的 海洋科学计划 吸引大量的注意力, with good reason: our shoreline location — where the mouth of the Saco River meets the Gulf of Maine (the fastest warming body of ocean water in the world) — makes UNE an ideal spot for studying a variety of marine environments and species.