Graduation research is one of the most important and exciting undergraduate educational programs at FUN. Through graduation research, students can come to have a better understanding of the intellectual process of inquiry, while also gaining an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Each student chooses his/her graduation research advisor before he/she starts a one year research project. It is possible that more than one faculty member will supervize a research project if the research topic is interdisciplinary.

Officially, graduation research consists of five activities: individual research (the main component), weekly seminars, public oral presentations, an official talk at a final seminar, and writing a thesis. Weekly graduation research seminars offer students an opportunity to interact closely with faculty members on topics of current interest. Seminars vary tremendously both in style and topic. Some are oriented around small group discussions whereas others have guest speakers, go on field trips, or engage in hands-on research.

Each advisor is responsible for giving rich and useful advice to students in every stage of their study.

 
In the last phase of their one year research project, each student is requested to give an oral presentation at a university-wide workshop. This workshop is open not only to all members of FUN, but also to the public. Students are expected to incorporate all feedback, and to successfully complete their talk at the final seminar in January before finalizing the thesis, due at the end of January.