# Undergraduate Education

**Source**: https://www.brown.edu/academics/undergraduate
**Parent**: https://www.brown.edu/undergraduate-programs

Brown has earned a global reputation for its innovative undergraduate educational experience, rooted in its flexible yet academically rigorous Open Curriculum.

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# Undergraduate Education

Brown has earned a global reputation for its innovative undergraduate educational experience, rooted in its flexible yet academically rigorous Open Curriculum.

Probe theoretical physics with a Nobel Prize winner. Invent a new musical instrument. Design a medical device to prevent strokes during cardiac surgery.

At Brown, undergraduates are creators, leaders and doers who are not satisfied with merely raising questions — they learn to confront, address and solve problems facing society, the nation and the world.

Students are the drivers of their own academic experiences, surrounded by a community of world-class scholars invested in their success. They are actively engaged in teaching and learning, empowered to advance their intellectual growth, and transformed to lead lives of action and purpose.

## What makes a Brown education unique?

Ask undergraduate students what sets Brown apart, and you’re bound to get 6,560 different answers. That’s because no single experience defines a Brown education. Instead, a wide range of educationally innovative opportunities and experiences prepare graduates to flourish as accomplished leaders, independent thinkers and active global citizens dedicated to making an impact.

### [The Open Curriculum](https://www.brown.edu/academics/undergraduate/open-curriculum)

Brown’s flexible yet rigorous approach to education pushes undergraduates to be deeply creative thinkers, intellectual risk-takers and entrepreneurial problem-solvers.

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### [Undergraduate Research](https://college.brown.edu/learn-beyond-classroom/fellowships-research-funding/undergraduate-research-funding)

Brown sponsors a number of fellowship and grant programs that support undergraduate research during the academic year and the summer.

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### [Engaged Scholarship](https://swearer.brown.edu/students/fellowships-programs)

Through programs and fellowships, students can link their passion for social justice and community engagement with their academic and career goals.

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### [Studying in Providence](https://www.brown.edu/about/brown-and-providence)

Brown promotes numerous opportunities for students to work with community members in Providence.

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### [Internships, Careers and Life after Brown](https://career-center.brown.edu/)

Brown’s model of career exploration gives students the skills they need to successfully prepare for and navigate a lifetime of evolving career opportunities and pathways.

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### [Entrepreneurship at Brown](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu)

The Nelson Center supports a collaborative, adaptive, cross-disciplinary vision for entrepreneurship at Brown.

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