The School of Engineering can offer all students a host company. This means that students select a company, and can compare their own theoretical knowledge with the actual experiences of that company. This is an excellent opportunity for students to familiarise themselves with the environment in which they will one day be working. In a host project, a contact person is engaged at a company selected by the students.
Work is conducted individually or in groups.
The company and students have a certain number of meetings each year. The companies see the host concept as a way of keeping in touch with the University, and thereby with new generations of highly qualified engineers. For this reason, it is easy to find host companies which are interesting and productive for the students. So that the degree programmes can keep up with industrial developments, a number of industry advisory boards have been set up. Each technical area has its own industry advisory board, which consists of lecturers, company representatives and students.