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Let’s Go Summer! Summer Programmes 2025
Are you ready to make the most of your summer?
Come and join a thematic short-term programme offered by our partner institutions!
This summer, you can learn from excellent academics, develop new skills and connect with peers from around the world by attending a summer programme and participating in cultural activities in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Thailand or United Kingdom. Selected students will be able to join a summer programme offered by the partner institutions with the programme fee/tuition sponsored. Places are limited.
Why should you join the programme?
- Enhance academic excellence
- Learn a new language
- Make friends from different cultural backgrounds
- Polish your communication and inter-personal skills
- Immerse in a foreign culture
- See the world from a new perspective
Who can apply?
- All local CUHK full-time undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the summer programmes, except for students who have accepted an exchange offer for 2025-26 from any CUHK units.
- Students are only eligible for summer programmes which take place and end on or before their expected graduation date.
- Participation in a summer programme offered through this exercise will not affect students’ future application(s) to the outgoing exchange selection organized by Office of Academic Links (OAL).
- If eligible, students can apply for the 2nd round of CUHK Outgoing Exchange Programmes selection 2025-26 and Let’s Go Summer at the same time. However, students who have accepted an exchange offer for 2025-26 from the 2nd round would not be given an offer of Let’s Go Summer.
Application Procedures and Selection Schedule
| Date & Time (2025) | Deadline/Activity |
| 17 February (Mon) (09:00) | Webform available for application |
| 23 March (Sun) (23:59) | Deadline for application |
| 26 March (Wed) (17:00) | Announcement of application results via email (students without an offer will be put on a waitlist) |
| 27-28 March (Thu-Fri) | Acceptance of offer and submission of offer acceptance documents and deposit (to i-Centre) by students, if applicable |
| 31 March (Mon) | Announcement of waitlist results via phone call |
| 2-3 April (Wed-Thu) | Acceptance of offer and submission of offer acceptance documents and deposit (to i-Centre) by waitlisted students, if applicable |
On-campus Outreach Activities
| Date | Time | Event | Venue |
| 19 Feb (Wed) | 11:00 – 13:00 14:00 – 16:00 |
Information Kiosk I | 5/F Platform, Engineering Building |
| 24 Feb (Mon) | 12:00 – 14:00 | Information Kiosk II | Covered area, Cultural Square |
| 25-26 Feb (Tue-Wed) | 11:00 – 16:00 | Information Kiosk III | YIA Piazza |
| 28 Feb (Fri) | 14:30 – 15:30 | Global Explorer Briefing I The video recording is now available NEW |
Multi-Purpose Area (in-person, will be recorded) |
| 7 Mar (Fri) | 15:30 – 16:30 | Global Explorer Briefing II (Register here) |
Multi-Purpose Area (hybrid) |
| 12-13 Mar (Wed-Thu) | 11:00 – 16:00 | Information Kiosk IV | YIA Piazza |
Come and learn more about the programmes!
Deposit and Fees
- Successful applicants will be sponsored to participate in one of the selected summer programmes. OAL will, as specified in the programme list, pay the tuition/programme fee to the host institutions directly or reimburse the tuition/programme fee to students after completion of the summer programme.
- Students have to pay other fees such as accommodation, flight tickets, insurance. A deposit of HK$2,000 is also required by OAL which will be refunded upon successful completion of the programmes. Eligible students can apply for subsidy under Education Bureau (EDB) subsidy scheme.
- For processing of the deposit refund and/or the reimbursement of the tuition/programme fee, students must submit to OAL a transcript with passing grade(s) and/or certificate of completion issued by the host institutions by 12 September 2025; otherwise, no refund will be arranged.
- If students fail to complete the programme, i.e. attending classes and activities, completing assignments and passing assessments of the programme, they must repay the tuition/programme fee to OAL and the deposit of HK$2,000 will not be refunded.
- Students may apply to the host institutions directly, i.e. not applying through OAL. However, they will be required to pay to the host institutions the programme fee or tuition.
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