The Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy (JURP) is a peer-reviewed, online journal of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society. JURP is devoted to archiving scholarly works conducted by undergraduate students in physics, astronomy, and its related fields. JURP is designed to be a vehicle for the exchange of ideas and information by undergraduate students and a way for faculty to share scholarly works conducted by undergraduates. Papers in experimental physics, theoretical physics, or educational research in physics are welcome.

Originally the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, the journal began during the 1979 meeting of the SPS National Council, where Dr. Rexford Adelberger, Chair of the Communications Committee, recommended the "establishment of a new publication devoted to student work." The 1980 Council recognized the need for a potential editor, and in 1981, the AIP Executive Committee approved the founding of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics with Dr. Adelberger as its editor. The first edition of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics was published in 1982. By 1987, the SPS Executive Committee voted to make the journal an on-membership benefit for all SPS members, a step that was implemented in 1988. In 2002, the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics became an electronic journal. In 2018, the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics changed to become the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy to more broadly represent the work done by physics and astronomy students.

Today, JURP strives to be an educational tool for students and provide undergraduate students and their advisors with a method of sharing undergraduate research and scholarly works with the broader community.