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The Department of Chemistry has established an agreement for an undergraduate student exchange programme with Department of Chemistry of National University of Singapore (NUS) to provide students doing chemistry major or intensive chemistry major with opportunities to do exchange study for a semester or a year at Department of Chemistry at NUS.

 

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The Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong is offering an experiential learning opportunity for undergraduate students majoring in Chemistry (regular/intensive) in 2023 summer. The programme will take place at Yonsei University in South Korea from June 25th to August 4th, 2023. It will offer organic chemistry lectures by renowned professors and opportunities for our students to interact with international students from various countries. Credit transfer for CHEM2441 is possible. This programme is supported by the HKU Faculty of Science Experiential Learning Fund and each participant will be supported with HKD 5,000 (up to six chemistry major students will be selected).

 

Information about Yonsei University:

Yonsei University is ranked 2nd among the comprehensive universities in Korea (South Korea Rank 2023).  The summer programme offered by Yonsei University will offer organic chemistry lectures by renowned professors and opportunities to interact with international students from various countries.

 

Program details:

HKU Chemistry major students selected for this program have the opportunity to learn organic chemistry while immersing in the culture of South Korea.

 . Six-week Organic Chemistry I course at Yonsei University.

 . Visits to chemistry labs at Seoul National University, KAIST, KIST, and LG CHEM.

 . Cultural activities, such as cooking, Taekwondo, and K-pop classes.

 . Talks on chemistry-related careers, entrepreneurship, writing, and presentations.

This program is supported by the HKU Faculty of Science Experiential Learning Fund. The academic course taken in the program may also be credited for the equivalent course at HKU. 

 

Deadline for application:  May 5th, 2023

 

Please visit the Yonsei International Summer School for more information about the program.

The Department of Chemistry is offering an experiential learning opportunity for a limited number of outstanding Year 3 undergraduate students majoring in Chemistry (regular/intensive) to conduct summer research at the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London from July to August 2024.  The students can apply for financial support under the Faculty of Science’s Overseas Research Fellowship. The students will also be admitted to an intensive training to prepare them for doing research abroad.

 

Deadline for application:  November 24th, 2023

 

For information and application instructions, please visit this link.

 

For details of Faculty’s Overseas Research Fellowship, please visit this link.