CWRU offers students numerous opportunities to do scientific research outside the required curriculum. Undergraduates assist faculty members in laboratories, gaining experience for the job market after graduation. CWRU's fiber-optics computer network allows students to access course material, electronic mail, library catalogs, and documents via computer from their rooms. Students can take classes in the summer session in June and July. Campus Life CWRU has many lectures, concerts, plays, and movies for students to attend on campus.
Students volunteer by tutoring students in city schools or building homes for the poor.
Free tickets to the Cleveland Orchestra are available to CWRU students through a weekly lottery. Art history classes are taught in the Cleveland Museum of Art. For International Students CWRU has 1,300 international students. About 100 are undergraduates. The countries with the largest undergraduate representation are Malaysia, India, Japan, Canada, and South Korea.