Douglass Residential College

Douglass WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) propels Douglass STEM students to success at Rutgers and beyond. Make it through your classes with other STEM students by your side through engineering, computer science, and general sciences living-learning communities. Pave your way to paid, faculty-led research by participating in Douglass' research program, Project SUPER. Get the inside knowledge necessary to start a career in STEM through specialized professional development programs specifically for Douglass STEM students.

An externship is an immersive workplace experience during winter, spring, or summer break in which students are mentored by a professional. Work on projects, sit in on meetings, connect with potential references, and get an inside glimpse into a particular career. Externships offer students a way to get workplace experience with NO prior experience required. Douglass students also have access to the BOLD Center, a Douglass specific career center, as well as legal career and public policy programs.

Douglass is home to the Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass, a collection of programs that connect Douglass students to practicing artists. Curate real exhibitions, work directly with the Douglass Artist-in-Residence, and even have your work displayed through the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series. Not an art major, no problem! Art programs at Douglass are open to students in all majors.

Through Douglass Discovery, students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences take a direct route to research and hands-on learning through a year-long cohort experience. By collaborating directly with faculty, artists, corporate leaders, and other professionals, students build their resumes and expand their horizons. Work on arts initiatives, public health projects, research studies, and more! Topics studied by students in Douglass Discovery range from public health and child psychology to performance art and LGBTQIA+ studies.

At Douglass, we think of feminism on a global scale. Global at Douglass is a set of courses and learning communities that focus on topics affecting women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people around the world. Students who pursue Global programs at Douglass through the Global Village Living-Learning Community and feminist advocacy courses qualify to apply to a funded study abroad program for Douglass students in a subsequent year.