Research Opportunities Database for High School Students

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This summer VinUniversity partners with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to run UIUC-VinUni Summer School for Vietnamese High Schoolers from 9th to 12th graders. We invite motivated students to join our joint program called “What It Takes: Exploring Engineering Summer Camp“. This is a part of the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) program at The Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC that is designed for fostering excellence and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). It introduces talented and diverse pre-college students to active college students, and together they explore engineering and the sciences through hands-on, minds-on activities. Campers will gain knowledge for selecting engineering majors and preparing for their college applications. This year, VinUniversity partners with UIUC to host this summer camp both virtual and locally at VinUni.

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HKU TouchStart Science Summer Programme is a 3-day interactive summer workshops led by the enthusiastic researchers of HKU Science. Through talks, lab visits, demonstration, group projects and more, you will get the chance to delve deeper into more advanced topics in the scientific limelight. Embark on your journey into the exciting world of science and ignite your scientific inspiration!

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Junior Science Institute (JSI) was introduced by the Faculty in 2009. It offers fun-filled science workshops and science-rich experiences to scientifically inclined senior secondary school students. We have designed a series of workshops and hands-on learning programmes for students to expose to different science disciplines. Through a variety of inspiring workshops, laboratory exercises, lectures and other interactive activities, participants are able to embark on a journey of science exploration.

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Junior Researcher Mentoring Programme provides secondary school students with the chance to participate in various research projects under the guidance of PolyU academics, thereby opening the door for their future research endeavors.

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HKUST Summer Institute aims at providing an opportunity for high school students to experience learning and teaching at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and prepare them for future study.A wide range of credit-bearing courses are offered and delivered by our faculty members from the Schools of Science, Engineering, Business and Management, as well as Humanities and Social Science. In addition to learning new scopes of knowledge, students can broaden their perspectives, and develop their social and professional networks through our courses. The course credit earned can be counted towards students' undergraduate studies at HKUST in the future.

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Science Academy for Young Talent is established by the Faculty of Science, CUHK in 2010. It aims at nurturing secondary school students who are talented in science by providing them with different enrichment courses. Courses offered in the Academy are organised by different departments or units in the Faculty. Students’ efforts are recognised in terms of university credit exemptions or award of certificates, depending on the category that the course belongs to.

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Gifted and talented students often have special learning needs and styles. Summer Program for the Gifted and Talented is designed to provide diverse stimulating and highly challenging off-school learning opportunities for gifted students, and aims to help them explore and develop their talents and potential in an enriched learning environment. A wide variety of courses and workshops are open to application for Primary 3 through Secondary 6 students. Instructors are professors and lecturers of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, experienced teachers in gifted education, and experts in different professions.

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A workshop on how to start a research project will be held for Secondary 1 to Secondary 5 students to sharpen their skills in carrying out scientific research. Outstanding young scientists from the YASHK will lead the workshops to teach the high school students effective ways to start a research project and to improve their analytical, planning, organising and presentation capabilities.

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This summer programme aims to enable secondary school students from Hong Kong and abroad to understand first-hand the joys and challenges of studying architecture. It provides an opportunity for enrolled students to unleash their creative potential through art, design and architecture. During the programme, students will learn to see the significance of architecture through lectures offered by professors from the School of Architecture, and explore the fun of design making by transforming a concept into three-dimensional spaces, using both hand tools and computing software.

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RSI (Research Science Institute) is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and competitive research programs available for high school students in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. This exclusive program takes place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and accepts approximately 80 students each year. During their participation in RSI, students have the opportunity to collaborate with accomplished researchers based in Boston on independent research projects. At the conclusion of the program, students showcase their research findings to the wider community in a conference-style setting. This allows them to share their discoveries and insights with peers, mentors, and other interested individuals. The level of competition for admission to RSI is exceptionally high. For instance, in 2019, the program received around 1,600 applications for just 80 available spots, resulting in an acceptance rate of approximately 5%. This competitive acceptance rate underscores the program's selective nature and the caliber of students it attracts.