Endless Opportunities
It’s not enough to be trained in your field. You need real experience.
At the Lundquist College of Business, you’ll gain hands-on experience managing more than $1 million in real dollars through our UO Investment Group or by working directly with companies as a member of our student-run Oregon Consulting Group. And that’s just the beginning. From internships to class projects, study abroad, and more, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to explore career paths and build your resume.
Centers of Excellence
At the heart of the Lundquist College of Business's vision and mission are our four centers of excellence. Immersed in the college's "learning by doing" approach to business education, the centers set us apart and help advance the work of our talented research-productive faculty members.
Travel and Site Visits
At the Lundquist College of Business, we prepare our students to thrive in the world of global business. We offer several site visit and travel opportunities both locally and abroad to let students experience the culture, history, and politics of other economies.
Students tour companies and factories, participate in marketing events, attend lectures given by executives at leading firms, and network with top executives.
Join the Flock
Find out how studying business here can take you most anywhere you want to go.
Meet Stella
Stella Rabb is an executive leader for the UO Real Estate Investment Group and Oregon Entrepreneurship Club, and a participant in the Oregon Innovation Challenge (OIC). Her creative spark ignited through OIC, leading to her startup project, Staro, a college game-day onesie brand designed for school spirit and style.
“The opportunities at the Lundquist College of Business have been life-changing. My future is in entrepreneurship, and the University of Oregon has been pivotal in shaping this trajectory.”
Career and Professional Development
The Lundquist College offers several programs, groups, and projects for students to strengthen their career and professional development. Manage live money across several portfolios. Choose from a collection of short courses to develop cutting-edge essential skills. Participate in a student team that provides strategic recommendations to real companies. However you decide to expand your career and professional skills, we have the opportunities.
What's it like to be a Duck?
Find out what it's like to be a student at the Lundquist College by attending an info session or talking with a current student. Learn about our centers of excellence, study abroad opportunities, professional development offerings, and more.
Meet Alex
Alex La China turned a class project into a platform that is now helping more than 20,000 students around the world. College Cat, an AI-powered virtual tutor, is designed to make academic life easier.
“I apply what I’m learning to College Cat every day. Every day is a chance to make it better, make it what students need.”
Student Clubs and Organizations
The college actively supports and encourages student participation in clubs as a vital component of the college experience. Not only do clubs give students an opportunity to interact and learn from peers, but they also provide the opportunity to bring together and apply lessons learned from various courses in a hands-on setting. Club activities include everything from organizing events, seminars, fundraising for local nonprofits, guest speakers, field trips, site visits, and career development workshops to networking and managing real stock portfolios.
Guest Speakers and Executives
Hundreds of business leaders come to the UO campus every year to share their insights with students in workshops and lectures, via a guest speaker series, or as part of executive-in-residence programs. Students in both our Eugene and Portland programs benefit from these experiences as well as make important connections with business leaders and industry professionals.
Upcoming Events
7:30–11:30 a.m.
So you’ve spent years mastering your research, diving deep into your field, and pushing the boundaries of knowledge. But when it comes to exploring careers, where do you even start? The good news? You don’t have to figure it out alone. AI + LinkedIn are game-changers for PhD students looking to:
- Discover career paths that fit your skills
- Build a compelling LinkedIn profile that doesn't feel like bragging
- Expand your network—without awkward cold emails or forced small talk
In this interactive, hands-on workshop, Jeremy Schifeling, former leader of LinkedIn's Education Team, will show you how to:
Use AI-powered tools to map out career options in industry, academia, and beyond Optimize your LinkedIn profile so recruiters actually notice you Leverage hidden networking strategies to connect with people who can open doors
Register at https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/events/2025/dissertation-dream-job-leveraging-ai-linkedin-career-clarity
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Most professional development programs encourage exploration of your interests and career options. But career and life decisions are inextricably connected. In this workshop, Laura Murray, PhD, and Kate Thorpe, PhD, adapt the strategies in the best-selling book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans to your experience as a PhD student, whatever your stage or discipline, to help you begin the process of designing a satisfying, integrated, coherent life both during and after graduate school.
We’ll invite you to reflect on what you’ve learned about yourself through academic, personal, and professional experiences and to consider your goals and values as well as key questions regarding future possibilities to begin paving a path to a joyful, well-designed future. Register at https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/events/2025/designing-your-future-phds-primer
Learning Spaces
Students at the Lundquist College have access to two on-site innovation labs, each providing students with hands-on experience using specialized equipment to develop business ideas, and design and test prototypes. The college is also home to the Business Research Institute, the hub for developing relationships between customers, researchers, businesses, and agencies.
Eugene Campus
- Business Academic Residential Community (BizARC) Innovation Lab
- Business Research Institute (BRI)
Portland Building
- Sports Product Management (SPM) Innovation Lab
Academic Learning Experiences
At the Lundquist College of Business, we offer students a range of academic experiences to help make connections, gain skills for a diverse world of business, and build a lifelong community so they can go on to do great things in the world.