Graduation project

The Graduation project AI&ES is an individual research project worth 45 ECTS on a topic related to artificial intelligence in the context of engineering systems. The graduation project can be carried out within all TU/e departments connected to the AI&ES master, within a company or another university or research institute in the Netherlands or abroad.

You may start the graduation project when you have passed at least 60 ECTS, including the AI&ES Team internship. If applicable, you make a proposal with your thesis supervisor on the planning of non-completed courses at the start of the graduation project.
You must enrol yourself for the graduation project in Osiris (use course code 5ARG45) and register via the online Registration form Graduation project AI&ES.

For students conducting their graduation project or internship in a company, a signed agreement is necessary, advised being the UNL Internship Agreement. For non-EU/EEA-students doing an external graduation project in the Netherlands, a Nuffic traineeship agreement might be requested by the company. In this situation, it can be attached to the UNL Internship Agreement. Please be aware that for such students a three-party agreement is mandatory.  
The page Interships and graduation projects offers complete information on the options and a Comprehensive guide to support in your decision, make sure you read it carefully. 

All the forms that you would need to submit during your Graduation project (e.g. ,TU/e Code of Scientific Conduct for the master thesis, Research plan Graduation project AI&ES can be found in the Forms section.

You are strongly advised to carefully read the Study guide Graduation project AI&ES in the Downloads section below. It will offer you clear guidelines on the process and your responsibilities. 

Thesis Supervision

In the Downloads section of the Tracks page you can find an overview of the departments and research groups that participate in the AI&ES master. For a complete list of the thesis supervisors that offer graduation projects for the AI&ES students, please visit the AI&ES Master Market Place (MMP). 
Staff members (assistant, associate or full professors) of the research groups included in the overview can supervise graduation projects of any AI&ES student, regardless of the track the student follows. Example: a student who is enrolled in Track 2 Mobility, can be supervised by a thesis supervisor that belongs to 3D Concrete Printing research group of the Built Environment Department. 

Timeline Graduation project AI&ES

The overview below shows the timeline of the Graduation project AI&ES (click on the image to enlarge).

Towards graduation

To make sure that you graduate within the proposed timeline, it is important that you submit all necessary documents on time to the CSA EE. In addition, make sure to check your personal data and whether your program of examinations is approved by the EC AI&ES and saved in Osiris. 
At least 10 working days before the next EC AI&ES meeting, you must submit the following documents to the CSA EE: 

  1.  Thesis, including the mandatory title page Graduation thesis AI&ES.
    * If the confidentiality applies, you have to submit, in addition to the thesis, a public summary or a public version of the thesis.  
  2. The signed TU/e code of scientific conduct for the Master’s thesis.  

The chair of your thesis committee will submit the Assessment form Graduation project AI&ES to the CSA EE after your final presentation and defense. Should you have passed all your courses and all credits within your approved program of examinations are registered in Osiris, the graduation process will be innitiated for you. 

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