IREXC10018 International student research project (Autumn 2025)

The students are required to meet the following criteria:

• Having good command of English, especially in writing.
• Are able to work independently and self-disciplinary.
• Willingness to work on an assigned topic or already prepared a self-selected topic relevant for the project.
• Relevant backgrounds or previous courses to the project topic is a plus, university transcript for academic curriculum is needed for most cases.

The research project is both a practical and theoretical task. The student must carry out a fairly extensive project, showing scientific methods, cooperation, independence and academic judgement.

The following topics are central: problem statement, project planning, project management, quality management, scientific research and development methods, and referencing technique.

Knowledge

The student

• understands how to conduct a project in relevant disciplines.
• knows theory and methodology and is able to gather and relate critically to information as well as analyse and use references
• has theoretical and practical knowledge of the research questions of the project

Skills

The student

• can plan and implement research and developing project with relevant academic content
• is able to work independently and in collaboration with the project group as well as the commissioner or supervisor
• is able to work effectively and independently to solve technical issues in an engineering manner
• is able to apply relevant methods for technological research and development

General competence

The student

• is able to show how scientific, ethical and social impacts underlie assigned projects
• is able to explain his/her work to professionals and the general public

• Tutorials and presentations
• Progress reporting in meetings
• Methodological and academic supervision
• Implementation of the project
• Developing a web-page
• Preparing project documentation
• Planning and participating in final project presentations for academic staff and the general public

• Meetings with supervisor/commissioner and presenting project progress

The required coursework is assessed as approved / not approved. Coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam.

Two elements are included in the final assessment, and these are weighted according to the descriptions below:

1. Research project report (50% of final grade). The written report of the entire bachelor project is evaluated. The assessment components emphasized are choice and use of scientific method any models or other depending on the individual project academic results the project process, including documented work effort and project documents as planning tools

2. Oral presentaion combined with other media presenting for the project (50% of total grade). The oral presentation (lecture) of about 15 minutes, then a debate or discussion with exam evaluators. It is also an option for other media presentation forms to add, a website, a standing post or others, appointed and approved by the project coach/supervisor. If the students attend this course in the spring semester, the students are normally required to join the faculty's EXPO event, including oral presentation with own project exhibition stand and website, scheduled in the middle of June.

An overall grade is added for the two components that are included in the assessment, and individual grouping can be done for the group members.The subject is assessed with letters A - F, where F is not passed.

A final overall grade is awarded for the research project. Individual grades may be awarded to group members. The grading used is the A - F system, where F means fail.