Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Has knowledge about the organization of the company and business procedures and policies
• Has knowledge about performance measures in the company
• Has developed a fundamental business sense
• Has knowledge of the competence profile of the program and how the academic internship contributes to the competence profile
• Has gained deepened knowledge into engineering theories and methods within the programme

Skills

• Can initiate and ensure the completion of an agreement for the academic internship, with learning objectives corresponding to the semester at the master’s program
• Can apply analytic, methodological and/or theoretic skills to address advanced engineering problems in an industrial context
• Can contribute in a professional manner to company objectives as an individual and in teams in accordance with the project management model applied in the company
• Can collaborate and communicate with peers, managers and others
• Can document the academic internship in a report and defend it orally

Competences

• Can discuss and reflect upon the learning outcomes of the academic internship.
• Can discuss the need for knowledge transfer between academia and industry.
• Has a deepened understanding of the academic interests to pursue in the master’s thesis and possible job positions to aim at after graduation

Type of instruction

Project work

Exam

Exams