SIGC Fulfillment

What are my SIGC Options?

The Faculty has identified two overarching themes for its undergraduate curricula: Social Innovation (Out-of-Classroom Experience) and Global Citizenship (Beyond-Local Experience). Students are required, as a condition of graduation, to undertake internships and/or exchange study under these twin themes. We believe these high impact practices (Kuh 2008) are essential to student engagement and student success.

Out of Classroom Experiences

(for Social Innovation requirement)

Local Placement-based Internships

Term Time

Summer

Beyond Local Experiences

(for Global Citizenship requirement)

Exchange / Visiting / Short-term Study Abroad Programmes
(credit transfer of 12 credits of advanced courses)

Term-time

Summer

or

Dual Degree Programmes
(BSocSc@HKU + MA@Geneva)

Term-time

or

Project-based Internships

Service Learning in China (6-credit)

Summer (will not be offered in Summer 2023)

or

Research Internships

Globalink Research Internships (GRI)

Summer

The Laidlaw Scholars Programme

Summer

Out-of-Classroom & Beyond Local Experiences

(for Social Innovation OR Global Citizenship requirement)

Non-local Placement-based Internships

Summer

or

Project-based Internships

GC@HOME

Term-time

Summer

GLoCal Projects

Summer

Social Innovator

Summer

or

Community-Engaged Research Internships

The fulfilment of SI or GC depends on the project(s) offered in the respective batch. Details will be announced during the application of each batch

Term-time

Summer

or

Nurturing Global Leaders Programmes (NGL)

Summer (will not be offered in Summer 2023)