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Summer Institute (SI)
Academic Courses
The CUHK Summer Institute offers a wide variety of courses that cover topics in arts, business administration, education, engineering, law, medicine, science and social science which are specially designed for senior secondary school students as previews of university-level studies.
Students will be able to explore various subject areas through these short courses taught by outstanding CUHK faculty members. Each course consists of 15 contact hours. Depending on the course design, course contents may include lectures, tutorials, discussions, laboratory demonstrations, field trips, visits, quizzes and/or a final assessment.
Upon successful completion of the courses and fulfilling the requirements as specified by the courses, students may earn a maximum of two credits as free or major elective(s) which may count towards their undergraduate studies at CUHK in the future (with the exception of some programmes). Click here to know more about how the credit system works.
There are 18 courses on offer in SI 2023. Courses will be conducted with in-person mode on CUHK campus.
Course List
Course 1 (Morning Session 9:00am – 11:30am)
| Course Code | Faculty | Course Title (English) |
| ARTS0001(A) | Arts | Introduction to the Humanities (A) – Language and Society 101 |
| BSAM0001 | Business Administration | Applied Game Theory for Business |
| SIME1020 | Engineering | Robotics: Automating the Future |
| LAWS0009 | Law | Foundations of Company Law |
| BCME1105 | Medicine | Introduction to Chinese Medicine |
| SBMS0201(A) | Medicine | Current Topics in Medical Sciences |
| LSCI1004 | Science | Frontiers in Biological Sciences |
| ARCH1003 | Social Science | Structure in Architecture |
Course 2 (Afternoon Session 1:00pm – 3:30pm)
| Course Code | Faculty | Course Title (English) |
| ARTS0001(B) | Arts | Introduction to the Humanities (B) – Introduction to Philosophy of Animals |
| BSAM0002 | Business Administration | Introduction to Accounting |
| SPED1002 | Education | Fitness Trends for Exercise and Health |
| ELEG1700 | Engineering | Smart Home System Creation and APP Design |
| LAWS0008 | Law | The Avengers, Superheroes and the Law |
| NURS1000 | Medicine | Discovering What Nurses Actually Do: A Snapshot of Nursing Practice |
| PHPC0221 | Medicine | Current Topics in Public Health |
| SBMS0201(B) | Medicine | Current Topics in Medical Sciences |
| STAT0001 | Science | Statistics in Our Society |
| COMM1210 | Social Science | Introduction to Creative and New Media: Video Production |
| GRMD0401 | Social Science | Understanding Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism |
Courses are subject to approval.
Course availability is subject to the final decision of faculties, programmes and units.
Each course has a limited enrolment quota.
Last updated on 27 February 2023