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G) RULES ON ALLOCATION OF IA ORGANISATIONS/PROJECTS<br />

(NOT APPLICABLE FOR BIE)<br />

1. The allocati<strong>on</strong> of IA organisati<strong>on</strong>/project is d<strong>on</strong>e by computer matching<br />

based <strong>on</strong> the students’ choices. The computer matching will be carried out<br />

after the selecti<strong>on</strong>s by interviewing organisati<strong>on</strong>s (for both overseas and<br />

local IA) have been finalised.<br />

2. Please note that your first local choice will be forfeited under the following<br />

situati<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

a) if you are shortlisted for an interview (for local or overseas IA) but you<br />

fail to turn up for it.<br />

b) if you are selected for overseas IA but you reject the offer.<br />

c) if you are selected by local interviewing organisati<strong>on</strong> but you reject<br />

the offer.<br />

Your first choice will be deleted and treated as void. Only your 2 nd to 9 th<br />

choices will be used for computer allocati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

3. The whole allocati<strong>on</strong> procedure will c<strong>on</strong>sist of the following steps:<br />

a) Manual Allocati<strong>on</strong> by CAO<br />

Students who are in the following categories will be allocated by CAO<br />

to their respective IA organisati<strong>on</strong>s and projects:<br />

i) sp<strong>on</strong>sored students who are required to do their IA with their<br />

sp<strong>on</strong>sors.<br />

ii) students who are successful in their applicati<strong>on</strong>s for overseas IA or<br />

IA with local interviewing organisati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

iii) students who have secured their own placements (approved cases<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly).<br />

b) Verificati<strong>on</strong> of Students' Choices<br />

Every student's choices will be verified, by the computer programme,<br />

against the respective organisati<strong>on</strong>s' requirements (if any) <strong>on</strong><br />

i) whether the project requires the candidate to have certain<br />

attributes which are more prominent in male or female students.<br />

ii) whether the project c<strong>on</strong>tent is security sensitive and hence can<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly be offered to students of a certain nati<strong>on</strong>ality.<br />

iii) whether the project requires the candidate to have some relevant<br />

working experience and hence is more suitable for students with<br />

polytechnic background.<br />

iv) whether the organisati<strong>on</strong> accepts students who are sp<strong>on</strong>sored by,<br />

and hence are b<strong>on</strong>ded to, other organisati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Students are advised to look up for such requirements which will<br />

appear:<br />

- in brackets under the organisati<strong>on</strong> name when you search for the<br />

projects by Field, Field and Work Nature or Browse the list of<br />

projects.<br />

- as Remarks for each of the projects when you search for the<br />

project by Organisati<strong>on</strong> Name or when you click specific Project<br />

Code in any listing for details.<br />

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