About the Program
The CityUHK X Sino Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP), co-organised by the College of
Computing, the College of Engineering, and the College of Science, is one of 100 GCSPs in the
international GCSP network.
Aiming to nurture students as future global innovators and leaders capable of addressing the world’s
most pressing challenges, the Program offers curricular and co-curricular experiences that enable
students to achieve 5 competencies: research experience, interdisciplinary learning, entrepreneurship,
multicultural consciousness, and service learning. Students develop their own paths to achieve these
competencies while being mentored by faculty members throughout their undergraduate careers.
They focus their experiences on the 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering, as identified by the National
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Academy of Engineering (NAE), under the themes of health, sustainability, security, and the joy of
living.
CityUHK students who complete the Program will receive a certificate and national recognition as
Grand Challenges Scholars, endorsed by both CityUHK and the NAE, and will be uniquely prepared to
collaborate and succeed in transdisciplinary global environments.
Grand Challenges for Engineering Video
About the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering in 2007 brought together a panel of leading people in academia, policy, and business with the charge to identify a small number of grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century. This interdisciplinary group concluded that the following 14 areas would be the Grand Challenges of Engineering in the 21st century:
A. Sustainability Grand Challenge Theme:
- Make Solar Energy Economical
- Provide Energy from Fusion
- Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods
- Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
- Provide Access to Clean Water
B. Health Grand Challenge Theme:
- Advance Health Informatics
- Engineer Better Medicines
C. Security Grand Challenge Theme:
- Prevent Nuclear Terror
- Secure Cyberspace
- Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
D. Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme:
- Reverse-Engineer the Brain
- Enhance Virtual Reality
- Advance Personalized Learning
- Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery
About the GCSP Network
More than 100 institutions worldwide have established their own GCSPs. The GCSP Network is a community of students, alumni, faculty, and staff at these GCSP institutions around the world, focused on preparing and supporting interdisciplinary, globally-minded leaders to solve the global challenges facing society today.
To learn more about the GCSP Network, please visit https://gcspnetwork.org.