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U21 Undergraduate Research Conference
The first U21 Undergraduate Research Conference took place in 2005. The purpose of the conference is to allow undergraduate students from around the globe to showcase their research to an international audience of fellow students and academics. The conference aims to attract students from a diverse range of discipline and typically includes a range of seminars and student presentations interspersed with social activities and tours to promote networking and stimulate discussion. The URC also offers academic staff the opportunity to engage with U21 colleagues, discuss topical issues and develop professional networks. 2010, University of Melbourne
Further details will be available in the coming weeks and students at U21 universities who are interested in attending should contact their international office (or equivalent) to find out what the application process for their university is. Click here for further details.
2009, University of Glasgow
55 people registered for the conference, and colleagues at Glasgow were delighted to welcome staff and students from eleven countries and sixteen U21 institutions. Click here to read the full report.
This year the URC had the over-arching theme of "Sustainability", which covered everything from cultural sustainability to economic sustainability to sustainable energy - and more!
Click here for the full conference
report and a link to the photos. 2007, McGill University
The first three days were given over to cultural activities, enabling the participants to get to know each other and build acquaintances and friendships. This was followed by two intensive days of student presentations and discussion. Click here to read a report from one of the participants.
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The
2010 URC will take place at the University of Melbourne from 1 to 7 July
2010 and have the theme of Faculty of Imagining.
The fifth U21 URC took place in the University of Glasgow from 15 to 21 October 2009. 
The
2008 URC was hosted by the National University of Singapore from 30 June
to 4 July 2008. 
The 2007 URC
was hosted by McGill
University, Montreal, Canada from 18 to 23 October. 40 undergraduate
students attended from ten countries representing thirteen U21 universities.
One of the
great strengths of the 2005 Conference was the
diversity of disciplines represented and the
cross-fertilisation of ideas that took place.
At the 2006 Conference, which took place from 25-29
September 2006, the University of Queensland sought to attract an
equivalent breadth of presentations by undergraduate
student researchers, providing them with the
opportunity to showcase their research to an
international audience. Additionally, UQ introduced the opportunity for staff (faculty) to
engage with U21 colleagues on topical undergraduate
learning, teaching and research issues, and to
establish professional networks.
The University of Virginia (UVa), in Charlottesville, Virginia,
USA, was the location for the first Universitas 21 Undergraduate
Research Conference on 6-9 April 2005. Hosted by the Vice President and
Provost’s Office and the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, the
conference showcased the work of thirty-two student researchers from
twelve Universitas 21 universities in eight countries. The purpose of
the conference was to allow students from around the globe to present
their research to a diverse audience of peers, faculty, and mentors, as
well as the larger community.