Bachelor's Final Project

The Bachelor Final project (BEP, year 3) is the final project of the major Industrial Engineering, and an assessment of the academic proficiency. The BEP is an individual project of 10 ects (1BEPIE - internal project), or 15 ects (1BEPIE+1BEPIEX – external project). During the BEP, students demonstrate that they are capable of analyzing a perceived business problem in the field of Industrial Engineering and that they can communicate the set-up and findings of the research both in a presentation as well as in a written report. The course teaches students to individually perform research on a specific business problem, including the articulation of a clear research question, a transparent and relevant research methodology, data collection and analysis, and the formulation of possible causes and explanations for the problem, and directions for improvement. Students are supervised by an academic member of the school of Industrial Engineering.

• Semester A (quartiles 1 & 2)*
• Semester B (quartiles 3 & 4)*

*The Bep  can be performed in one quartile.

The enrolment and the preparation phase take place 1 quartile before.

• Individual BEP (1BEPIE)

The internal BEP is an individual research project, formulated based on a business problem, related to the Industrial Engineering domain. This means that you are responsible for finding and defining your own project. The internal BEP is in most cases research oriented, but the analysis of a business problem should still form the core of the project. Compared to an external BEP project (1BEPIEX) there will be less focus on data collection, but more focus on the independent development of a research proposal (incl. research question), analysis methods, relevance of the research, and positioning in the field.

• External BEP (1BEPIEX)

The external BEP is also an individual research project, formulated based on a business problem, related to the Industrial Engineering domain, but than in collaboration with a real external organization. This means that the BEP assignment is performed using a realistic business problem. The responsibility of finding a company and acquiring a project, resides with the student. The student will have to find a company with a project before the start of the BEP.  Formulation and scoping of the assignment is always done in consultation with both the company and the TU/e supervisor.

• ISBEP (0ISBEP05)

During the BEP at innovation space, students will work on real-world open-ended problems from companies or the university. The students will participate in small teams of interdisciplinary students. Watch the video below for more information. Please keep in mind that not all ISBEP projects are suitable for all programs, so please check entry requirenents, more details and examples of ISBEP projects here.  Innovation Space is looking for ambitious, entrepreneurial and solution-minded students, which also means that you have to articulate a short motivation to participate at the ISBEP. 

There is a separate Canvas page to inform you and to register for the participation in the BEP. (students will receive an email about this)

More information on the entry requirements can be found  in the Osiris Course Catalogue :Bachelor end project IE (1BEPIE), Bachelor end project IE extension (1BEPIEX) and Innovationspace Bachelor end project extension (0ISBEP05). The Study Guide and the complete timeline can be found in Canvas.