One of WPI’s cornerstone educational approaches is the Major Qualifying Project (MQP). Every student completes an MQP before graduation to gain high-level research project experience in the student's field. Students are challenged with solving real-world problems in a professional setting or research environment.
The MQP involves problems typical of those found in the student's professional discipline and addresses challenging research issues. Each MQP requires a substantial part of an academic year, culminating in a project report and a talk or poster on Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase day. Digital WPI has an archive of past Physics MQP Projects.
