Would you like to host a student at your company? There are two options: you can offer an internship or a Master's thesis.
Is your subject an internship OR a Master's thesis?
| Internship | Master's thesis | |
|---|---|---|
| Subject |
The subject relates to an industrial problem |
The subject relates to an industrial or research problem |
| Objectives |
Giving the student a chance to complete their scientific education by discovering and learning the role of an engineer |
Giving the student a chance to complete an ambitious personal project involving solving a complex engineering problem using a scientific approach |
| Supervision |
The student will be overseen by a supervisor within the company and will collaborate actively within the relevant teams |
The student will be overseen by a UCLouvain supervisor (an EPL academic) and possibly a co-supervisor within the company |
| Duration |
The project can be completed within nine weeks working full-time |
The project can be completed over the course of an academic year (September to June) equivalent to five to six months full-time |
| Assesment |
Degree of understanding, analysis and perspective on how the business works |
Quality of the scientific approach and technical achievements |
Is your subject an internship AND a Master's thesis?
If your problem is relevant to both the approaches described above, it could be both a placement and a project. But both the separate objectives must be satisfied (producing a dissertation and a placement report).