Bachelor Graduation Project EE

The “Bachelor graduation project” (BAP) is a complex educational activity offering the students the possibility to materialise the knowledge and practical skills accumulated during the complete Bachelor curriculum in a design project in the area of Electrical Engineering. Students are expected to go in a structured and iterative manner through the complete design process:

• drawing up a set of requirements,

• concept analysis and design,

• concept selection,

• realisation and verification,

• reporting and delivery of the final design.

As a baseline, the project is carried out in groups of 6 students – however projects specially tailored to groups of 4 or 2 students are also possible, under certain circumstances that are elaborated upon in the project’s Manual. The group’s task is approached concurrently by subgroups (in the majority of situations, 3 subgroups) that address specific aspects or components of the given assignment. Each subgroup is required to draw a thesis (one per subgroup) that must then be defended in front of a jury consisting of specialists in the area. Furthermore, the group is expected to deliver a concept demonstrator illustrating (be it partially) the functionality of the proposed design – the concept demonstrator can be general, cooperatively developed by the entire group, or be tailored to the task of a specific subgroup, as applicable.

The project is assessed via a final exam that each subgroup is doing in front of a professional jury. The grade obtained during the exam is the final Bachelor Graduation Project EE grade.

During the project, the students must effectuate a number of non-technical trainings – the minimum number of trainings and their validation is elaborated upon in the project’s Manual. The completion of the non-technical trainings yields a check validating the final exam grade.

Each group must advocate the societal relevance of the project via a pitch and a poster presentation given during the so-called Grand Finale. The completion of the Grand-Finale-related tasks yields a check validating the final exam grade.