Research Internship

A Research Internship is a civil engineering research or design project conducted in a professional environment. The aim of a research internship is twofold. On the one hand, it is about formulating and conducting a research or design project directly related to some topical quest, raised by either an external party (such as private company, (non-)governmental body, scientific institute, pressure group, either in the Netherlands or abroad) or an internal party (research or advisory projects of any kind, for instance related to externally funded projects, private-public co-operation and so on). This basically means that the topic of a research internship must be of evident societal, entrepreneurial or scientific relevance and that it needs to be conducted in the professional environment that raised the quest.

On the other hand, the professional environment in which the concerned project is conducted in, must be reflected on. This means that students conducting a research internship are required to evaluate the influence they experience from their working environment on their performance and deliverable. This has a broad notion. From an organisational perspective, this comprises at least supervision, guidance, availability of relevant information, technical and administrative facilities. Besides, the student is required to reflect on her/his role in and contribution to the organisation where the research internship is conducted, as well as her/his personal development.

It is important to note that conditions may apply, for instance regarding confidentiality, intellectual property and so on. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that such conditions are agreed upon by all parties involved prior to the start of the project and in compliance with TU regulations (see TER).