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Experience Required

Our Experiential Learning Project (XLP) requires every Ursinus student to shift your perspective from the classroom to settings abroad, to the workplace, and to the laboratory and gain applicable real-world experience. 

  • A major in Health Sciences (HS) receives hands-on pre-professional experience with a science-based liberal arts education that provides t...
    A major in Health Sciences (HS) receives hands-on pre-professional experience with a science-based liberal arts education that provides the skills and knowledge base that graduate schools and professional employers demand.
  • PVDT provides students with a foundation in both performing and visual arts.
    PVDT provides students with a foundation in both performing and visual arts.
  • Students working in the Physics Lab.
    Each year, students in Ursinus College's Nuclear Structure Group collaborate with nuclear scientists on experiments at accelerator laboratories like the John D. Fox Superconducting Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Florida State University and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University.
  • Students studying abroad in South Korea.
    In summer 2024, 18 Ursinus students and faculty had the unique opportunity to spend three weeks in Seoul, South Korea as part of a course titled Human Rights and the Korean Experience.
  • Member of the National Sales and Marketing Team presenting project.
    This past summer, Amaris Frink ’25 interned at Modern Luxury Media in Manhattan, a leading luxury media platform as a member of the National Sales and Marketing team.
  • Emily Selfridge '23 working as an intern at the Elmwood Park Zoo.
    Emily Selfridge ’23 working as an intern at the Elmwood Park Zoo.

At Ursinus, we believe that student success is profoundly impacted by the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in a diverse curriculum to real world challenges and experiences. This requirement opens doors to careers and puts you on a fast-track to graduate school.

What is the Experiential Learning Project (XLP) ?

Students on their externship with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Ursinus students often complete externships with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office, and meet with Ursinus graduates working in the office, including former Bucks County DA, Matt Weintraub '90.

Enriching classroom learning, outside of your courses is essential. The Experiential Learning Project (XLP) is not only a requirement, it is your own personal encounter that tests your learning in the real world. It will be an important and unforgettable engagement.

The Experiential Learning Project (XLP) helps students take responsibility for their education, and foster student initiative and independence by enhancing their confidence in their own abilities.

Develop Your Skills

We will help develop your skills so that you will thrive in an interdependent world. You must learn to think, study, consider, and act for yourself. One key component of the XLP is for you to learn to shift your perspective from the classroom to settings abroad, to the workplace, and to the laboratory. Students may complete their Experiential Learning Project requirement in several different ways. Most students enjoy doing two or more:

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APEX at Ursinus: Coming Fall 2025

Coming Fall 2025: Through applied learning, experiential opportunities, and career development, APEX at Ursinus will ensure every student—regardless of major—is prepared for success in a rapidly changing world.