External Master project

Each Master's programme is concluded by an external Master project. This is in principle a project to be carried out within a business, industry or research facility other than the departments of Mathematics and Computer Science. Only in special cases can this be replaced by an internal research project. Although the Master project will mostly be an individual project, group projects are possible. Internships proposed by the student him/herself need approval in advance from a member of the staff who will also be involved in the supervision of the project.
More information can be obtained from the webpage of the stagebureau/internship office. 

Concerning Master projects the following rules are important:

• The size of the project is such that with adequate foreknowledge and no other work to do in parallel, the project can be concluded in half a year.

• Students can in principle only start their external Master project if they have completed all other courses. In case one course is still to be completed approval of  the project leader is required to start the project. In case more than one course is still to be completed, explicit approval of the examination board is required.

• Before starting the project it has to be approved by the BMI stage committee. In order to get this approval a short description (1 or 2 pages) should be handed in at the 'stagebureau'. This description should consist of the following items:
  - name of the company and the department
  - name of the supervisor(s) within the company
  - name of the student
  - starting date and length of the project
  - short problem formulation
  - clear formulation of the role the student has to play in the project and what his/her
    contribution should be
  - indication of the goals of the project and what the deliverables are (e.g., a mathematical
    model, a set of programs, a comparitive investigation, experimental data etc.)

• Upon completion of the project, a meeting will be held with all involved in the project, in which a short evaluation will be made and a final judgement will be given under responsibility of the first advisor from within the staff of FEW. When the final judgement is that the work is unsatisfactory, a supplement will be required from the student(s).