DISS: Projects with Industrial Collaborators

Students who are sponsored by, or have close contact with an industrial company may wish to undertake a project related to that company’s activities. This is encouraged. Such collaborations can take two different forms:

• If the project is specific to a particular student, then the student should file a self-proposed project in DPMT and get both an internal supervisor (i.e., Informatics staff member) and an external supervisor (i.e., the industrial partner). These supervisors must register as supervisors for this particular project in DPMT. See the guide for external co-supervisors here.
• External people (i.e., not staff at UoE) can also propose topics for MSc thesis. (provided that they have a staff member as co-supervisor that will do the proposal). However, in this case, the topic is open to all students, and not reserved for one particular student. Students can then bid for these topics during the normal project selection phase.
• UoE staff from other departments (i.e., not Informatics) can also propose/supervise MSc projects. Unlike externals from industry, they do not necessarily need an internal Informatics co-supervisor. See the guide here.

Students doing a project with an industrial partner are still expected to spend a significant portion of their time at the University.

Important: projects with industry often have external constraints, such as handling IP or the publication schedule of a thesis. Any such issues should be disclaimed in advance to the MSc coordinator so they can be properly handled before the beginning of the project.