The internship and master thesis projects in the IS group are all of one of the following types:
Research projects. These are the most prestigious projects. The IS group plays a leading role in a number of research field, including adaptive hypermedia and adaptive Web-based systems, user modeling, adaptive educational technology, semantic Web and ontology engineering, XML-based database principles and technology, advanced colored Petri-Net theory, information systems architecture, and business process modeling. (This is not an exhaustive list.) For almost all students participation in research projects is the highest level of academic work they can achieve. Some students go on to do a PhD and then have the opportunity to do more research. It is an honor to be allowed to participate in the IS group's research projects. You need to have excellent grades in IS courses in order to be allowed to participate in research projects.
Industry projects. The IS group has a number of industry contacts and partners, often related to the research topics and projects. The coordinator maintains contacts with industry and ensures that all industry projects meet our academic requirements. Some industry-related projects are carried out on location, inside a company, and others are carried out at the university. The coordinator will match the interests of students, mentors and industry partners in order to assign projects to students.
We sometimes get requests from students who have their own
industry contact and wish to perform an internship or master thesis
project in a company they are familiar with. Such requests are almost
always denied because of academic quality and proper guidance
concerns. You are strongly advised not to look for projects
yourself. The coordinator will find an appropriate project for
you, provided that you qualify for
doing a project in the IS group at all.
There is one exception to this principle: part-time students working
full-time in the IT industry may request to perform their master project
in the company they work for. The coordinator will doublecheck that the
academic level and the guidance are guaranteed and may (but does not
have to) approve such a proposed project.