The aim of the internship is to provide students with an opportunity to integrate and apply what has been learnt in the taught postgraduate, with experience through an applied research project in a research environment.

Continuous Assessment: Coursework (100%)

The course work assessment is divided into two major components:

Internship Component (40%)

The assessment for the internship placement component is composed of log book, discussions/visits to obtain feedback from training establishment, presentation and demonstration in the training establishment.

Research Component (60%)

The assessment of research component is composed of technical research reports, published peer reviewed papers (if any), project demonstration, and final oral presentation. The assessment of the project will be based upon the following components:

(i) quality and content of research reports/papers

(ii) performance in oral presentation

The assessment process will take the form of a technical report and an oral presentation together with a project demonstration, and will be carried out by an assessment panel appointed by Head of Department and comprised of a chairman, an assessor and the project supervisor. The Chairman will moderate the assessment process while the assessment panel will generate a single assessment mark for each project. In the event of a disagreement between supervisor and assessor on the assessment mark, the chairman shall arbitrate.

Note 2: The internship placement can be either in local and overseas establishments, preferably in industrial companies or research-based laboratories attached to universities. Screening of the internship places similar to other internship schemes in the EE department will be performed in order to select qualified hosts. Each internship must have a well-defined project and schedule for the student. There are well established monitoring procedures to ensure the quality of internship. Company visits/interviews and log book checking are some of those procedures.