2019-2020 / ASTG9008-1

Internship (coupled with Master thesis)

Duration

80d FW

Number of credits

 Master of Science (MSc) in Data Science5 crédits 
 Master of Science (MSc) in Data Science and Engineering5 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Geurts

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Internship of 80 days in a company or a research center, combined with the master's thesis (TFE).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the internship the student will have discovered a professionnal environment and techniques specific to the visited company or research center. He/she will have completed a substantial amount of work using his/her knowledge and skills, both theoretical and practical, contributing to his/her master's thesis.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Co-requisite: master's thesis

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Fully embedded (no homeworking) in a company or research center.

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Non-technical chapter or appendix added to the master's thesis with an analysis of strategic aspects of the company providing it with a competitive advantage in the marketplace. These non technical aspects can include: marketing strategy, human ressources strategy, financial strategy, R&D strategy, etc.
Same jury and evaluation crietria as the master's thesis.

Work placement(s)

80 days

Organizational remarks

Professors (or permanent scientists) propose intership subjects that they would be willing to sponsor academically. These subjects emanate from companies or research centers. Students propose subjects on their own, but these subjects must be approved by an academic sponsor.
A non-exhaustive list of subjects is available on the website http://www.fsasurvey.ulg.ac.be/tfe/list.php. The webpage http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/tfe-internships-companies also lists companies that regularly propose internship in the field of electrical engineering and computer science.
Students' University registration must be complete by the time they start the internship.
Before the intership begins, the student has to send the completed internship agreement and the risk analysis form (cf. https://www.facsa.uliege.be/cms/c_3178752/fr/facsa-stages) to the intership coordinator.

Contacts

Internship coordinator: Prof. P. Geurts (p.geurts@uliege.be)

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

When the master thesis involves the collection, by the student, of data in the laboratory or on site, alternative devices, compatible with the COVID19 constraints will be considered (use of other external data, theoretical developments, literature analysis, alternative digital study, ...). The work objectives will be adapted accordingly.
Remote work with the company is exceptionally encouraged.

Assessment subjects

Not applicable.

Assessment methods

The assessment involves a written report and an oral defense (consisting of an oral presentation, followed by a question and answer session).
The terms and deadlines for filing the written report are unchanged.
The oral defense will be organized remotely by videoconference.

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts