UROPS Registration and Timeline

UROPS – How to begin?

Ask these questions:

• Can you commit 6-10 hours of UROPS research per week?
• Can you afford the time away from your regular workload?
• Can you work on a project for one semester or more?

If your answers to the above are YES, you will then need to decide on the areas of research you want to pursue and the skills you wish to develop.

Students are required to initiate discussion with the faculty staff whom they like to work with for the UROPS project. The faculty staff would make the final decision on the student selection and project topic that they will undertake to supervise.

If you do not have a supervisor, you may browse the following list to explore projects that are still available and reach out to supervisors directly.

Registration of UROPS project will, in general, follow the timeline as given below. For detailed timeline, please refer here. 

Upgrade your UROPS with Research Experience (REx) 

REx is an optional course upgrade that students can concurrently enrol in while carrying out their UROPS project. The application timeline for FoS students will be aligned to the Online Registration timeline for UROPS (refer to UROPS timeline below) until Week 3 of Semester 1 or 2 of the academic year. Students should note that only UROPS taken during regular semesters are eligible to be REx-upgraded. For more information on REx, please refer to this LINK. 

 UROPS REGISTRATION INFORMATION (Effective from Special Term AY2024/2025 )

** Please refer to the following instructions and above timeline to ensure that you register for your UROPS accurately and on time. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us here.

Students are required to initiate discussion with the faculty staff whom they like to work with for the UROPS project. The faculty staff would make the final decision on the student selection and project topic that they will undertake to supervise.

Students will receive an email notification on the project allocation after finalising the project details with the supervisor. Students should then proceed to complete the Student Project Registration Form, based on the instructions in the notification email.

• Students should take responsibility to register for the correct course code if they are intending to use the UROPS project to fulfil their major, specialisation and/or graduation requirements.
• Please check which UROPS course codes can fulfil the respective major and/or graduation requirements here: Major Requirements 
• Students are to check that they have fulfilled the UROPS pre-requisites before registering.
• No change of project level is allowed after the online registration.
• Students must have a supervisor from their home department where they plan to conduct their UROPS. If they do not have one, they will need a co-supervisor from their home department.
• For students taking UROPS in Special Terms:
  – The project must be of 4 Units workload and completed during the Special Terms. In other words, students must start the project in Special Term (Part 1) and complete it in Special Term (Part 2).
  – Students will be required to pay tuition fees for the Special Term UROPS.