R&D project

Research and Development project (R&D project)

The R&D project is research-based project work carried out individually or in a group. The project has a scope of 5-20 ECTS and is at master level. The project can either be carried out in a research group at the university or in collaboration with an industrial partner. In both cases, you need a supervisor who is permanently employed at Aarhus University. If you want to carry out the project in the industry, you need to talk to a supervisor at AU about your opportunities to carry out the project in collaboration with a company.

It is highly recommended to carry out the project in a group of at least 2 students.

Before the formal start date of the R&D project, make sure each group member have ...

• Updated their master contract in the contract generator
• Prepared a project contract containing information on group members, title, problem formulation, supervisor, supervision plan etc. The contract is prepared by each group member and the supervisor and must be approved by you, the supervisor and your education manager via the contract generator. Fill in here. The project contract deadline will be 1.5 months (July excluded) before project start-up. The project hand-in date will ordinarily be the same as the hand-in date of the Master's thesis in the semester where the project is carried out.

It is a good idea to start early on by considering possible directions for the project, searching for possible main and co-supervisors and finding out whether the project should be in collaboration with a company.

In clarifying the direction for your project, you can seek inspiration in courses that you find exciting, talk to your teachers, look on Brightspace or contact the project responsible or the Head of degree programme.