External Degree Project
Doing a degree project outside the university is a good choice if you don't plan to do PhD studies. It is a great way to gain experience of how maths is used in real life. You get the chance to show what you can do and make valuable contacts that can lead to employment.
How does it work?
Find an area and project that interests you. If you do this well in advance, you will increase your chances of finding a project and you can also adapt your course choices to ensure you have what you need. Use your department's contacts or find something on your own. Read about degree project event and other tips below.
The fact that a project is advertised or proposed as a degree project does not automatically mean that it is a suitable degree project at the right level and scope. You must first check with the programme coordinator who can suggest a subject coordinator who is formally responsible for it and who must give the go-ahead before the thesis can begin and who also assesses when it is ready for presentation.
When you do an external degree project, you have a supervisor from the company/organisation/authority where the project is carried out and a subject reviewer and examiner from the department.
Tips on how to find an external degree project
Sometimes there are degree projects advertised that you can find via, for example, the university's career portal, CareerGateLinks to an external site. or Graduate Land - Thesis in SwedenLinks to an external site.. The fact that a work is advertised as a degree project does not mean that it is a suitable degree project, so you have to agree with the programme coordinator. Another channel to reach out to companies is via the mathematics department's alumni group on LinkedInLinks to an external site.. As a student, you are also an alumni and can join the group and send a request for project works as a post or as a message to one of the alumni.
Do not hesitate to contact the programme coordinator or study councellor to discuss different ideas for external degree work in advance. You can ask someone at the department to be a subject examiner or ask the programme coordinator for advice.
Degree Project Matchmaking Event on 5 December 2023
- When: 5 December at 12:00 - 13:00. The department will provide a sandwich for lunch.
- Where: room 101260 (find on map)
- For whom: both bachelor and master students in all years. It is good to start thinking about and planning for degree project in good time and we guess that several of those who come and who are interested in offering degree projects may also need more time before it can be implemented. For those of you who are going to do a degree project this spring, we hope that there are some who have projects that they can supervise already.
This event is a result of our first alumni event we had in October where many alumni indicated that they were interested in offering thesis projects to our students. We now invite them at fairly short notice to come and present project ideas they have, or just their business and an area or project they are working on where there are problems or development opportunities that are suitable for a degree project in mathematics. We hope that several of them can come and meet you at this event and for those who can't, we have asked them to send suggestions and contact details so that you who are interested can contact them yourself.
In order to get a lunch sandwich, registration for the event is required no later than 3 December (let us know if you happen to miss it and maybe it can be solved).
See who is coming and prepare yourself
We will continuously post a list of the expressions of interest that come in and with a link to business/project descriptions, so keep an eye on this page. It is good to prepare for the event as it is positive if you can suggest what you could do in cases where there is not already a planned project.
Company | Project proposal or area of activity | Prior knowledge | Contact | Coming to the event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VakeWorks AB | VakeWorks vision is to use systems research and thinking from an algorithms-machines-lives-planet perspective, to create regenerative and resilient living systems that are economically profitable and beneficial to society and the planet. Read aboutdegree project opportunities at VakeWorks AB. | Mathematics and some familiarity with computer programming. Interest in living systems theory (universal algebra should suffice). | Raazesh Sainudiin "You can propose meeting times IRL or Online with me based on my calender (scroll down via my contact link)" | No |
| Stockholm Environmental Institute
| Identify risks and inform immediate action geographically on the beef supply chain in Brazil. The work has the potential to be extended to other products and countries. More information on the project opportunities at Stockholm Environmental Institute. | Graph analysis, Supply network mapping and interest in sustainability applying to agricultural supply chains | Vivian Ribeiro vivian.ribeiro@sei.org | Yes |
| Truesec | Cyber security |
| Gabriele Bocca | Yes |
| Kambi | Betting company |
| Djalal Mirmohades | Yes |
| For next year's event, we will have a longer lead time and work on bringing in more projects. | |||
Contact
- If you need help choosing a project, finding an supervisor or subject reviewer, or if you have other questions, you are welcome to contact us:
- Study advisor for the Master´s Programme
- Programme Coordinator for the Master´s Programme