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Research guide

Turn coursework and research into a research CV

State your contribution, method and evidence. Do not list an unpublished paper as published, or a helper role as authorship.

Last checked 2026-10-25

This is a method guide, not a university rule

This is a method guide, not a university rule. Department, degree and year rules come from that programme's official page. Editorial advice and university rules are labelled apart in the text.

Who this is for

Undergraduates, taught master's students and students at Hong Kong universities who are exploring research.

Last checked

2026-10-25

The point

For each item, write your contribution, the method, the scale and the evidence. Coursework can be listed when you label it as coursework. Do not claim authorship you did not have. Do not call a paper published without an acceptance.

If an HKU summer-research page lists materials, cite that year's list only. Do not copy another programme's materials onto it.

Tick materials on the application tracker. Next, compare them with the target programme's official list. Do not buy a research experience.

What to do

  1. Write one aim for this round. Do not change three paths at once.
  2. Open the matching official page and copy only the year, eligibility and deadline that page states.
  3. Leave unstated cells unknown. Unknown does not become open and it does not become a negative mark.
  4. Put the draft in a template or in My research. Copying is not sending.

An example

For each item, write your contribution, the method, the scale and the evidence. Coursework can be listed when you label it as coursework. Do not claim authorship you did not have. Do not call a paper published without an acceptance.

If an HKU summer-research page lists materials, cite that year's list only. Do not copy another programme's materials onto it.

Tick materials on the application tracker. Next, compare them with the target programme's official list. Do not buy a research experience.

Easy mistakes

  • Inferring that applications are open because the page still loads.
  • Treating contact with a supervisor as formal admission.
  • Merging different deadlines, or adding 23:59 to an unknown time.

Template

The template below this article can be filled in. Blanks stay marked unwritten.

How to use the sources

Source titles, links and the check date are listed under this page. Only sources checked for this round, and not marked search_only_403 or retired_redirect, are cited. The scope does not exceed what that source says.

Next step

Return to the research home and open the next list for the stage you saved.

Application tracker

Contact status and formal application status each have a column. A copied draft stays unsent.

Target: 【未填写】
Contact rule: 【未填写】
Contact status: 【未填写】
Formal application status: 【未填写】
Next step: 【未填写】
If contact status is empty, it is still not contacted, not sent.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Download the blank sheet

Sources