There are several advantages to an AAU thesis collaboration with a company. Amongst those are a broader professional network, access to resources, and insight into the company and the industry.

A broader network is achieved through the close cooperation you have with the company throughout the thesis period. You connect with professionals within the industry, you wish to work in.

This way you have connections with employees that potentially can help you get hired after you graduate.

Access to resources is often a hassle for students. With a thesis collaboration, access to interviews with employees and access to data becomes easier because are working on your thesis at the company’s location.

You can also get guidance from the employees who deal with the company’s challenges on a daily basis.

Many companies offer, as part of the collaboration, an on-site office spot for the student. By sitting in the office a few days a week, having lunch with the employees, and experiencing everyday life in the organisation, you gain a deeper insight into the company and culture.

This can be valuable for your thesis and give you useful knowledge about whether you can imagine working in the organisation.

It can be difficult to decide what your thesis should be about. Use Excelerate to get inspired. We have a number of topics within different research areas by other AAU students:

• Cyber Security
• Culture, Communication & Globalisation
• Techno-anthropology
• Visual Studies and Art Education
• Structural and Civil Engineering
• Materials and Nano-technology
• International Relations
• Economics and Business Administration
• Applied Industrial Electronics
• Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
• And much more…

Click below to find all AAU thesis projects students have uploaded to Excelerate.

Getting started with your AAU thesis collaboration can be confusing. Where do you start? Who do you contact?

Create your thesis topic and fill out your student profile on Excelerate. If you’re still in doubt about what your thesis project should be about, you can find inspiration for your thesis topic on our inspiration site.

Get matched with a company. The company contacts you based on your thesis topic. You will be notified if a company wants to hear more.

Start the collaboration. If both you and the company experience good chemistry and have the same goals, then there is nothing to do but begin the collaboration and write your project.

If you want to know more about, what companies are looking for in a project collaboration, and how it can result in a job, you can read more about our tips to land a full-time job through a thesis collaboration.