Industry Projects
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Student industry project units give you an opportunity to provide an interesting and novel brief for a group of talented engineering students to work on during their degree.
Subject areas you can submit ideas for
Use the drop down menu to see more information about opportunities for you to provide project ideas.
Data Science and Financial Technology
Please see the dedicated webpage with information about our Data Science and Financial Technology projects.
Civil Engineering Design Projects
Please see the dedicated webpage with information about our Civil Engineering Design projects.
Mathematical Modelling (Engineering Mathematics)
The Mathematical Modelling unit at Bristol is a pivotal part of the Engineering Mathematics degree, in which students have the chance to put their mathematical modelling and data science skills to practice, to tackle real-world problems proposed by our industrial partners and research collaborators. Past experience shows that this unit is the most effective way to engage with our strongest students and potentially hire them at the end of their degree.
The ideal problem:
- Is a genuinely open question you want to know the answer to.
- Should not necessarily be posed as a mathematical problem.
- Has no IP limitations.
- Is open-ended.
- Contains elements of literature search, brainstorming, developing simple mathematical models, coding, simulation, analysis.
- Might involve drawing inference from data.
If you have an idea in for this unit or would like to learn more, get in touch: ilo-projects@bristol.ac.uk
Software Engineering (Computer Science)
For more information about the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Software Engineering project units in Computer Science and how you can get involved, see our dedicated webpage: www.bristol.ac.uk/software-engineering
What are the benefits?
Providing a project can have numerous benefits for you and your organisation. Some examples of why you may want to get involved include:
- If you don't have the technical knowledge to complete your project
- If you don't have the time to complete the project yourself
- You need fresh ideas from fresh minds on a problem you have been facing
- You want to provide an inspiring project for our students to support their develoment
- You want to expose our students to your organisation through the kinds of projects you work on in the industry
What can you expect from student projects?
Whilst we have some very talented engineering students, we don't recommend you provide projects that are business critical for your organisation. Typically you can expect to get a working prototype or concept by the time of submission.
Industrial projects can provide our students opportunities to develop key employability skills vital to aid them post degree. It's a useful tool in helping you to raise your company profile, identify talent early on and support your future recruitment.
When should I submit a project proposal?
The timeline of the project units vary across departments depending on when the unit takes place.
- Teaching Block 1: October - January
- Teaching Block 2: February - May
- Full year: October - May
- Postgraduate summer projects: June - August
See information about individual units as to when you should submit an idea, however sending proposals during summer tends to be a good time for most departments.
Non Disclosure Agreements
Some of our project units will require you to complete a non disclosure agreement before any project work is undertaken. These agreements will cover things such as IP asignment, confidentiality and liabilty.
Have project ideas in other areas of Engineering?
If you have a project in mind for our students in other areas of Engineering, get in touch and we will see if there are any opportunities available to you.
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