Our mission at San Diego City College (SDCC) is to encourage, facilitate and promote a culture of undergraduate research.

At SDCC, undergraduate research (UR) is defined as an inquiry or investigation conducted by a student in collaboration with a faculty mentor. UR provides opportunity for the intellectual growth of students via exploration and application of existing knowledge that may also lead to an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline.

Our goal is to promote undergraduate research awareness and interest among students, faculty and administrators. Through research projects faculty and students formulate questions and develop ideas and systematic approaches to finding answers and solving problems, and consequently sharing research findings with others.

We believe that undergraduate research is vital to enhancing student learning, vital to improving our teaching pedagogy and fundamental to professional development.