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Submit an industry project

Get a fresh perspective on your research project or problem. We’re looking for industry projects for our student dissertations, supported by our leading academics.

Student dissertations tackling real-world problems

Our MSc students work on an industry dissertation project during their studies. Their dissertation is an opportunity to develop their skills by working on real-world problems.

This is an opportunity for organisations in the industry to get involved. You can propose topics for our students to explore and solve, in a limited time frame.

Our students will work on your project under the supervision of world-leading researchers. 

This collaborative opportunity is a chance to:

  • tap into sought-after talent
  • build brand recognition
  • increase visibility among students
What our postgraduate students are studying
Our research in computing
Subject areas and courses

Our high-priority areas for industry projects are:

  • data science
  • cyber security
  • human-computer interaction

We’re also looking for industry projects for these areas:

  • cloud computing
  • game engineering
  • embedded systems and internet of things
  • bioinformatics
  • synthetic biology
Timeline and key dates

There are a few key dates throughout the year.

  • December: Initial contact
  • January: Submit your proposal
  • February to March: Project allocation
  • April: Project kick-off
  • Mid-August: Project completed

2025 timeline

  • End of January 2025: Project proposal deadline
  • February 2025: Students rank topics
  • March 2025: Project allocation
  • End of March 2025: Project start
  • Mid-August 2025: Project completion
  • Mid-August 2025: Poster event

Submit your project proposal

To submit a project proposal to the School of Computing, you’ll need to complete the industry project form.

The deadline to submit is 31 January 2025.

Once you’ve submitted your proposal, someone from our Learning Partnerships Team will be in touch.

Complete the project form

Working with our students

What you should provide

You'll need to provide all the necessary data for the project. Where possible, you should also provide:

  • computing infrastructure
  • office space
  • a project supervisor, also known as the industry supervisor

You’ll also need to make sure the quality of the project meets the degree requirements. The academic supervisor will also support this.

Project supervisors

Projects are jointly supervised by an industry supervisor and an academic supervisor from the School of Computing.

Industry supervisors

The industry supervisor will be someone from your organisation or team.

During the project, they’ll be responsible for:

  • regular progress monitoring
  • technology implementation
  • other aspects of the project

We expect industry supervisors to meet with students weekly.

Academic supervisors

Academic supervisors make sure that degree requirements are being met.

Students meet with their academic supervisor monthly.

Finance and expenses

We ask that organisations pay students a monthly stipend, if possible.

As an alternative, you should cover the students’ relevant expenses.

Intellectual property

An intellectual property rights arrangement will be drawn up between the student and your organisation.

Contact us

Contact us if you’d like to take part or work with the School of Computing.

Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) team: computing.bis@ncl.ac.uk

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