Classroom to Career
Preparing career-ready Roadrunners through classroom-to-career experiences
At UT San Antonio, 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
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Undergraduate Research
Professional Learning & Leadership
Study Away
Internships & Immersions
Service Learning
Career Ready Roadrunners
Students, faculty, staff and employers talk about the advantages of an education at UT San Antonio.
Sustainable Impact
After studying abroad in Costa Rica, Ashlie-Chellsie launched a student organization that promotes sustainability through creative soapmaking.
Creative Momentum
As an Adobe Student Ambassador, Noah leads workshops and builds career-ready skills through hands-on creative work.
Healing Through Dialogue
Sahana's time in the Nurturing Hope program in Northern Ireland helps her see a future where empathy, dialogue and policy shape global healthcare.
NEWS
The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of six institutions across the state to receive the 2025 Texas Higher Education Star Award. UT San Antonio is receiving the 2025 Star Award for its Najim Strategist Program, a hands-on, project-based learning opportunity where students work as paid consultants for local companies.
September 23, 2025
From classroom to career: See how UT San Antonio works to prepare students for what’s next
By promoting hands-on learning and real-world application, the university is working to ensure students graduate with academic knowledge and the practical experience needed to excel in today’s evolving workforce.
UT San Antonio partnered with the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals this summer to offer a new law internship, giving aspiring law students a chance to explore the legal field while earning course credit.
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
Our Goal
By 2028, our target is for 75% of UT San Antonio students to complete some form of experiential learning before graduation.
Classroom-to-Career in Action
UT San Antonio 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 our students
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Building essential skills
The Najim Center for Innovation and Career Advancement at UT San Antonio helps students develop skills for career success through project-based learning.
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.
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.
Internships & Immersions
Hometown advantage
The university's 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.
Benefits to Students
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
