Undergraduate Summer Research Internship

Objective

The Faculty Undergraduate Summer Research Internship programme is launched to offer CUHK engineering undergraduate students with funding support to undertake a research project under the supervision of professors in summer.  The objectives are to give students exposure to research environment, and grooms them for graduate studies and overseas summer research schemes.

The Scheme

  1. Non final-year engineering  undergraduate students with a CGPA of 3.4 or above are eligible. Priority will be given to senior-year students.

  2. The scheme is for undergraduate students with research interest to join on the voluntary basis, and it is currently a non-credit bearing programme.

  3. The student will need to approach a professor in the Faculty (in any department) to be his/her supervisor and come up with the project details with the supervisor's approval. For reference, projects completed in Summer 2024 can be found here .” 

  4. The number of interns each professor can supervise is capped at 8 this year.

  5. The student is required to write a 1-page proposal about the research problem and research objective after discussing his/her research ideas with the supervising professor.

  6. It is expected that the student will be attached to a professor/research lab.  The prior approval/agreement of which should be obtained by the student.

  7. Participants will have to submit a Progress Report and a Final Report on 7 July 2025 (Mon) and 12 August 2025 (Tue) respectively.

  8. There will be a compulsory Poster Presentation at the end of the summer for participants to present their research results.  Awards will be given to the top 10% projects assessed by a committee.

  9. Participants should be in Hong Kong to conduct the face-to-face summer research internship during June - August 2025.

  10. To attract high calibres and incentivize good quality of research works, financial support would be provided for participants whose works are exemplary and being accepted by conference during September in the same year to May in the following year. Nomination should be done via the project supervisor.

Research Grant

A research grant of up to HK$13,000 will be awarded to each student for each participant upon completion of the research project with earnest effort well recognized by the supervising professor.

The disbursement is to be paid after completion of the programme based on performance and level of completion:

Research Grant Disbursement (October 2025)

Percentage of satisfactory work completed 80% - 100%

$13,000

Percentage of satisfactory work completed 50% - 79%

$9,100

Percentage of satisfactory work completed 20% - 49%

$6,500

Percentage of satisfactory work completed <20%

$0


Important Notes

Please take note of the programme schedule as follows:

Important Dates
  • Approach Potential Supervisor
17 March 2025 (Mon)
  • Submission Deadline of Approval Proposal

14 April 2025 (Mon)

  • Confirmation of Submission

End of May 2025

  • Summer Research Period

2 June – 15 August 2025

  • Submission of Progress Report

7 July 2025 (Mon)

  • Submission of Final Report and Poster
    (The report format is decided by supervisor.)

12 August 2025 (Tue)

  • Poster Presentation

15 August 2025 (Fri)

 

VeriGuide Checking

All progress reports and final reports submitted by participants should undergo the VeriGuide Checking.

 

Absence from the Scheduled Meeting and/or Poster Presentation
The application must be made within five working days immediately followed the day of absence from the required activities and/or scheduled meeting with the supervisor, tutor or their designates with supporting documents.
 
Absence without approval will be penalized by a reduction in the research grant according to:
  1. Poster presentation – 30% of the grant with be deducted; and
  2. Each scheduled meeting with supervisor or tutor or their designates – 5% of the grant will be deducted.
Any student who is absent from the required activities and/or scheduled meetings, even with approval, shall not exceed three times in aggregate, or else the entire research grant shall be forfeited.
 
Penalty for Late Submission of Reports and/or Poster
HK$500/calendar day should be deducted from the research grant if a participant did not submit report/poster by the submission deadline.
 
Withdrawal/Termination
Once a student withdraws from the programme, or he/she is terminated by his/her supervisor, the student will not be allowed to join the programme for the following year.
 
Application

To apply for this programme, please download the application form, and take the following steps:

  1. Approach a professor and to propose a research project that you would like to work on
  2. Write a 1-page research proposal in the Application Form about the problem you will study, and what you hope to accomplish
  3. Check with the professor you consulted if his/her supervising quota is full (i.e., 8 quotas for 2025)
  4. Get the consent from the professor you consulted to agree to supervise you and sign the form
  5. Upload the signed Application Form with endorsed research proposal (PDF format)
  6. Input the required fields and submit your application online

The submission deadline is on 14 April 2025 (Mon) . Confirmation of submission will be sent to successful applicants by end of May 2025.