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.

• Major Program Requirement

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.

Students must follow the curriculum of the year of entry throughout their program of study of Research Option. Details of the degree requirements can be found in Curriculum Handbook of the year of study.