Classroom to Career

Preparing career-ready Roadrunners through classroom-to-career experiences

At UTSA, we're committed to transforming education into real-world success through career-engaged learning. We are preparing career-ready Roadrunners with the knowledge, hands-on experiences and marketable skills to pursue life-changing careers and positively impact our community.


Types of Experiential Learning

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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Undergraduate Research

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Professional Learning & Leadership

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Study Away

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Internships & Immersions

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Service Learning

Career Ready Roadrunners

Students, faculty, staff and employers talk about the advantages of an education at UTSA.

Leading Roadrunners

Student body president reflects on how UTSA fostered leadership, public speaking and collaboration skills for lasting impact

Academic Aspirations

Ph.D. student thrives at UTSA, excelling in research, teaching and preparing for a future in academia

Legal Pathways

Honors College student builds advocacy, policy, and leadership skills through internships and UTSA’s law-focused programs

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NEWS

UTSA mock interviews help pre-health students break into competitive careers

UTSA is helping pre-health students prepare for successful medical careers through its mock interview program, an annual weekend where students connect with health care professionals to sharpen their skills in order to stand out in highly competitive medical fields.


UTSA researchers receive NIH grant to expand biomedical data science education

Researchers with the UTSA School of Data Science and the UTSA College of Sciences have been awarded a three-year, $474,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create and refine customizable cloud-based instructional materials for undergraduate and graduate students studying biomedical data science and computational genomics and data science.


UTSA scholarship recipient is leading initiatives in innovation and service

UTSA Honors College student Elias Flores believes in making a meaningful impact across the university’s campuses and the San Antonio community. As a sophomore majoring in management and information systems at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Flores balances his academic responsibilities with hands-on experience as a work-study student.


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What is Experiential Learning?

  • The process of learning through experience
  • Putting what you are learning into practice and reflecting on the experience

Synonyms: hands-on learning, learning by doing

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Our Goal

By 2028, our target is for 75% of UTSA students to complete some form of experiential learning before graduation.

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Classroom-to-Career in Action

UTSA is creating a comprehensive framework to identify, connect and align the many experiential learning opportunities available across our campuses and within the community.

Experiential learning opportunities are shaping the future of UTSA students

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Building essential skills

The UTSA Najim Center for Innovation and Career Advancement helps students develop skills for career success through project-based learning.

Visit the Najim Center

Undergraduate Research

From curiosity to career

Participating in research as an undergraduate can be a life-changing experience. It helps students develop confidence, discover their passions, and gives them the practical skills and knowledge to be prepared for graduate studies or careers in a variety of industries.

Learn more about Undergraduate Research at UTSA

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Study Away

Broadening horizons

Studying away (outside of San Antonio) and abroad (outside of the country) is an exhilarating challenge of academic and cultural immersion that allows students to experience new perspectives, navigate different cultures, expand their network and broaden career opportunities.

Explore UTSA’s Study Abroad options

Internships & Immersions

Hometown advantage

The UTSA Citymester program is a San Antonio-based summer program that offers students career-development and leadership skills through an internship and service-learning project with a local nonprofit or business, and a series of networking seminars that take place across the city.

Learn more about Citymester

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Benefits to Students

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Marketable Skills

  • Apply classroom learning in the real world
  • Explore career interests before graduation
  • Develop critical thinking and leadership skills
  • Master developing technology
  • Innovatively adapt to challenges
  • Confidently navigate a diverse workspace

Benefits to San Antonio

Workforce Development

  • Facilitates workforce development in community and region
  • Increases connections between university and area businesses, non-profits and government organizations
  • Advances business competitiveness
  • Provides employers with an early pipeline of talented students
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