The MicroZed Chronicles - Using the Zynq 101:

You definitely need to read what Adam Taylor is doing, https://www.adiuvoengineering.com/ and https://www.hackster.io/adam-taylor . Go find a microzed board and download the kindle books: https://www.amazon.com/MicroZed-Chronicles-Using-Zynq-101-ebook/dp/B015BJW0RA Even if you don't get the board, the books are worth the time. Next step is to find some open source project and build it, then extend it. It doesn't have to be fancy. One tip is to load up on academic software while you are still eligible. Get Matlab/Simulink, Mentor, Xilinx, Altera/Quartus everything you can find while you have an .edu email address. You can use those for many years after you are out of school.