Saint Louis University wants to give talented students like you a head start, at no
cost to you. Enroll in our EXPeriential Learning Program, in which you can earn Excelerate
digital badges and become eligible for limited micro-scholarships at SLU. Participate
in EXP’s career skill-building programs, power skills courses, events and competitions.
Build your résumé and prepare for your career as you learn why SLU is right for you.
With SLU EXP, you can explore any of the following opportunities:
Join an international team of students to solve real-world challenges from a variety
of professional fields. Present your team’s solutions to earn Excelerate digital
badges and micro-scholarships at SLU. EXP trainers offer short, four-week, non-credit courses developing career essentials
and key life skills. Put your knowledge to the test in global competitions to win SLU micro-scholarships
and Excelerate digital badges. Short workshops address leadership, entrepreneurship, building your LinkedIn presence,
and more.Better Never Settles
SLU EXPeriential Learning Program
We Cannot Wait to See All You Learn and Accomplish as You Start Shaping Your Future.
Your Journey
Step 1
Create your account on Excelerate.
Step 2
Participate in experiential learning opportunities of your choice.
Step 3
Complete the opportunities and earn SLU micro-scholarships.
Step 4
Enroll at SLU and apply your earned EXP scholarships (per limits) to lower your SLU tuition after your first year here.
All current and prospective SLU undergraduate students may participate in SLU EXP.
Graduate students enrolled in any of SLU's two-year master’s degree programs associated
with our “Global Graduate” initiative, as well as prospective students interested
in those programs at SLU, may also participate.
To sign up for SLU EXP experiences, you must create an account on the Excelerate platform. Once your account is created, you can access all SLU-eligible EXP opportunities.
An EXP team leader will work with a team of students to address real-world challenges
faced by businesses, technology firms, and health care organizations. Teams collaborate
on solutions and present their proposals.
EXP opportunities enable you to work with students from around the world. Your EXP
team leader will help your group determine the collaboration times that work best
for the group. Typically there will be asynchronous/independent work, as well as some
synchronous weekly assignments and check-in meetings.
No. Participation in all EXP opportunities is completely free.
Although there is no limit to the number of EXP opportunities you can participate
in, there are limits on the amount of EXP-related scholarships that you can apply
to your SLU education, as well as when you can apply them. Scholarships are only redeemable in select graduate programs at SLU. We are revising our scholarship guide and will post more details shortly.
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