UROP provides a unique opportunity for bright undergraduates to undertake research work (and earn 8 MCs) under the supervision of experienced researchers. Many UROP students continue on to work with their UROP supervisors for their Honours and MSc/PhD research work.
On the other hand, a UROP project provides the faculty members a chance to work with some of our best undergraduates and to develop a longer-term research relationship with them.
A UROP project is a single research-oriented project to be done
over the course of one year by one student.
A student working on the UROP project takes a two-module (8 MCs)
sequence spread over two semesters:
CS3208: Undergraduate Research in Computing I
UROP students are expected to do full-time research work during the
vacation preceding each of the two semesters.
CS3209: Undergraduate Research in Computing II
It is expected that the student will complete an initial research study on the project by the end of the vacation-plus-first-semester and will submit an interim progress report for CS3208.
The student will continue with the (same) project and complete it by the end of the following vacation-plus-second-semester. They will then submit a final project report for CS3209 similar in format to the one for CS4101. The UROP project presentation will also be conducted in the same period as CS4101.
Updated: 14 September 2003