Non-industrial Internship project

LST-STUDENTS WHO STARTED 1st SEPTEMBER 2021 OR THEREAFTER, LM3804 Non-industrial Internship project is ONLY one of several options for Q5. The company internship (LM3803, 15 EC), iGEM (LM3692) or PARTICIPATION in IFM4040 Joint Interdisciplinary Project (15 EC), TPM423 Technology venture development or similar are equally possible.

In case the start of your programme was before the 1st of September 2021, you can also replace your company internship (LM3802, 18 EC) by participation in IFM4040 or TPM423, supplemented with one elective course of min. 3 EC, preferably AS3121 = Scientific writing en argumentation.

THE PROJECT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PROGRAMME COORDINATOR OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME AND REGISTERED IN ON-STAGE (see below) BEFORE YOU START. PLEASE REFER YOUR REQUEST TO Info-lst@tudelft.nl.

What is allowed?

- a trajectory at De Kleine Consultant (https://www.dekleineconsultant.nl/)

- a trajectory at The Young Advisory Group (https://youngadvisorygroup.nl/?lang=en)

- participation in the BISC-E competition (https://bisc-e.eu/)

- an internship at a not-only-for-profit institute is allowed, provided that the internship is non-academic and that the institute is (at least partially) privately funded. In this case, a UNL contract is mandatory (if the internship is done in the Netherlands).

You will be working full-time on a LST related subject for a period of 3 MONTHS. Your Master Life Science en Technology knowledge is necessary for the project.

The project is guided by an internal (TU Delft) and an external supervisor. The mark for the internship/competition is awarded by these two supervisors. The mark is based on a series of criteria, including an individual report of the student, in which the experiences concerning the main goals, including the experience in the working environment, are discussed.

During the internship/competition you are expected to get to know the organization. To do so, you need to start gathering information about the organization of your choice well in advance, and make a list of questions you would like to have answered. During the internship you need to make time to get acquainted with other departments/parties/fellow students within the organization and interview, for example, a number of people in different parts of the organization/institute.

The assessment of the internship is done by the two supervisors, based on a series of criteria, including an individual report of the student, in which the experiences concerning the main goals, including the experience in the working environment are discussed.

For the assessment you need to submit two reports:

• A scientific report using the format and guidelines as published on the Brightspace organization Internship Office Applied Sciences

• An evaluation report for the Internship office.

Even if duration of the internship is slightly longer, these reports should be submitted and assessed after three months, as

a) all students should be assessed equally, b) the assessment criteria are mainly based on a range of transferable skills and not specifically on scientific output.