We believe you can learn the most when your classroom studies are paired with real-world experiences.
Those experiences come in many forms, from internships to research projects to semesters spent halfway across the globe. Muhlenberg faculty and staff are committed to ensuring that you make the most of these opportunities. Gain new insights into the world, discover what it feels like to take risks and acquire a deeper understanding of the world around you.
Internships and externships offer valuable opportunities to gain practical experience, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge in real-world settings, explore career interests and enhance their employability by acquiring relevant skills and insights.
Undergraduate research at Muhlenberg is an immersive experience involving the sciences, the arts and the humanities. Students are able to dive into any subject matter that captures their imagination and can work with experienced faculty to conduct research and have result published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at conferences.
Visiting and living in a different location provides limitless opportunities for learning and growth — both academically and personally. Muhlenberg students can travel abroad for short periods as part of a semester’s course in our MILA program or for semester-long excursions, some of which are led by Muhlenberg faculty.
Muhlenberg’s Office of Community Engagement fosters meaningful partnerships between the college and Allentown communities to promote positive, inclusive change that emphasizes social identities, civic engagement and social justice.
The College is one of 471 higher education institutions recognized for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation in the 2024 election.
International student Fuka Aizawa ’26 has worked in two different labs at Muhlenberg and is now taking part in a research assistantship in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Muhlenberg community demonstrates high levels of political engagement through robust student voter registration and turnout efforts, the work of a nationally recognized polling institute and a series of election-related events that have been happening every presidential and midterm election year since 1992.
The former student-athlete arrived at her environmental science major after studying tropical and marine ecology during a semester abroad in Panama.
