The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological University located in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city. Its commitment to useful learning’ guides its research, learning and teaching and connections with businesses and organizations.

Summer Research Credit

Applied Science and Engineering: There are 2 options. Please indicate which option you are pursuing in the Study Plan section of the Learning Abroad application. (1) Students may pursue research on not-for-credit basis. Students will pay incidental fees but no tuition fee with this option. Students can apply the summer research hours towards their degree requirements. There will be no transcript issued by the host institution. (2) Students may enroll in an APS299Y0 course while on exchange and obtain credit for this research experience. Please check with your department to see if you are eligible to enroll in APS299Y0. Students pay U of T tuition while on exchange.  

Research projects:

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering provides projects in the following research teams:

– Andrea Hamilton: Open to chemistry & engineering students for minimum of 12 weeks.
– Edoardo Patelli: Project in digit twin and assessing the safety of hydrogen solutions for the net zero.
– Neil Burnside: Projects related to mine water thermal energy and one related to hot sedimentary aquifer
– Enrico Tubaldi: Research on bridge scour risk assessment/monitoring OR dynamic bayesian networks for fusion of data from heterogeneous sensors.

Funding: Students applying to University of Strathclyde should also apply for Globalink Research Award. Successful GRA applicants will not be considered for $3000 CIE funding and IE Award because the GRA amount is the greater of the two.

Housing: On-campus housing not guaranteed

Learn more about the Summer Research Exchange Program.