The University of Aberdeen connects organisations with talented undergraduate Year 4 Computer Science students who want to apply their skills to real-world challenges. By working with us, you can progress a meaningful project while supporting the development of future software professionals.
Whether your challenge is exploratory, innovative, or practical, our students gain invaluable experience by working directly with industry and community partners.
What's the opportunity?
You’ll supervise a student who contributes to your project as part of their degree programme.
September - December
Flexibly scheduled
Can be split into short check-ins
Remote, onsite, or hybrid
Your only investment is your time
Project Areas
Projects should be practical, career-relevant or innovative, and may relate to areas such as:
- Software development
- Data and analytics
- UX / user research
- AI and machine learning
- Sustainability and digital innovation
Your role as a project partner
As an employer partner, you will:
- Propose a suitable project for a student to work on
- Meet weekly to provide guidance, feedback and context
- Complete a short end-of-project appraisal to support student assessment
Academic staff provide oversight to ensure projects align with learning outcomes.
Why get involved?
Access to this course is restricted to students whose prior academic performance demonstrates the required level of competence.
- Make progress on real work or explore new ideas
- Gain fresh perspectives from motivated students
- Support employability and skills development
- Build early connections with future graduate talent
- No financial cost — just your expertise and time