Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The student stays in a company with the purpose of learning and applying theories and methods to address engineering problems in an industrial context. In addition, the student will be introduced to business procedures and policies.

The Project-Oriented Study in an External Organisation must have a scope that corresponds to the ECTS load.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge about the organization of the company, its business procedures, policies and performance measures
• Have knowledge of the competence profile of the program and how the project oriented study in an external organization contributes to the competence profile
• Have knowledge about engineering theories and methods relevant to product innovation
• Details of an engineering problem related to an industrial context

Skills

• Can apply analytic, methodological and/or theoretic skills to address an advanced engineering problems in the context of product innovation
• 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, and document the outcome of the project-oriented study in writing

Competences

• Can discuss and reflect on the learning outcomes of the project-oriented study in an external organization
• Have deepened understanding of product innovation and how knowledge transfer between academia and industry contributes to this
• Able to analyze and document a solution related to product innovation

Type of instruction

As described in §17

Exam

Exams