Industrial Thesis Topics

Students may use their own initiative and propose a thesis topic that involves collaboration with an industry partner. An industrial thesis topic requires support from a CSE academic and approval from the CSE Thesis Coordinator.

To establish a new industrial thesis topic, you need to carry out the following steps:

1. Have an industry supervisor who can oversee the work on a day-to-day basis. The industry supervisor and student need to agree on a project description.
2. Find a CSE academic who is willing to support the project and act as the main assessor. By supporting the project, the academic is affirming its academic merit.
3. Send the project description, the name of the company and the name of CSE academic to the CSE Thesis Coordinator for approval.
4. Ask the the CSE academic to add the industry project to the CSE Thesis Topics Database. The CSE academic should ensure the topic:
   
   • is jointly supervised (the industry supervisor is the first supervisor, the CSE academic is the second).
   • is not shown on the web.
5. Nominate the topic using the pre-approved Thesis Nomination mechanism.