The Research Option aims at preparing students for postgraduate study such as MPhil or PhD at graduate schools, or for a career in technology development and management in high-tech companies worldwide after graduation.

Students in the CPEG Research Option are required to complete the following 3 requirements in addition to fulfilling the CPEG major requirements.

• Final Year Thesis (FYT)
• One 3-Credit COMP course at 5000-level OR
  (ELEC 5900 Modern Engineering Research Methodologies and UROP 1100 Undergraduate Research Opportunities course)
• 3 credits of PG-level COMP/ELEC course approved by advisor

CPEG students who wish to declare in Research Option should submit the followings to CPEG Office:

• Form RR-48 Declaration/Withdrawal of an Option under Major Program (https://registry.hkust.edu.hk/resource-library/declarationwithdrawal-option-under-major-program )
• An unofficial transcript printed from SIS system

Students must declare/withdraw from the option no later than the last day of the add/drop period in the first regular term of their final year of study.