Program Overview

Project-Oriented Study in an External Organisation

Introduction

The Project-Oriented Study in an External Organisation is a 30 ECTS project module designed for students in the Master of Science in Energy Engineering and the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering programs. This module provides students with the opportunity to work in a company and gain experience in solving advanced and relevant engineering tasks.

Recommended Prerequisite for Participation

The module is based on knowledge achieved when studying the previous semesters on the Master of Science in Energy Engineering, the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering, or similar.

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy of the Module

Learning Objectives

• Knowledge: Have knowledge about analytical, numerical, and/or experimental methods for analysis of advanced tasks within the field of the external organisation. Understand the connection between theory and practice. Have knowledge about the organisational structure and the work of an organisation seen from an engineering/managerial perspective.
• Skills: Be able to apply analytical, numerical, and/or experimental methods for analysis and solving of advanced tasks within the field of the external organisation. Be able to compare and evaluate assumptions, limitations, and uncertainties related to the methods applied in connection to finding solutions of advanced challenges within the field of the external organisation.
• Competences: Be able to handle development-oriented situations in connection to either studying or working. Be able to use the correct terminology in oral, written, or graphical communication and documentation of challenges and solutions within the field of the external organisation. Be able to analyse the academic, professional, and social benefits of the traineeship. Be able to communicate these results in a project report and/or a case-based project report. Be able to evaluate the learning result of the traineeship.

Type of Instruction

The student works in a company providing experience in solving advanced and relevant engineering tasks on a level corresponding to the study programme's 3rd semester and with a progression in the degree of difficulty of the tasks during the period. The type of work must allow for an academic report to be made. The student writes either a project report or a case-based project report within the theme of the 3rd semester of the specialisation.

Extent and Expected Workload

Since it is a 30 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 900 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams

• Name of Exam: Project-Oriented Study in an External Organisation
• Type of Exam: Oral exam based on a project. An oral and individual examination based on either the project report or the case-based project report.
• ECTS: 30
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of Grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of Assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures.

Facts about the Module

• Danish Title: Projektorienteret forløb i en virksomhed
• Module Code: N-EE-K3-7
• Module Type: Project
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 30
• Language of Instruction: English
• Location of the Lecture: Other location
• Responsible for the Module: Tamas Kerekes, Chungen Yin, Henrik C. Pedersen, Filipe Miguel Faria da Silva, Kaiyuan Lu
• Used in: Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Energy Engineering 2020, Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) Programme in Sustainable Energy Engineering 2020

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of Energy
• Department: Department of Energy
• Faculty: The Faculty of Engineering and Science