Your Internship
After studying two semesters, all students have to complete a two month internship – either an industrial or an academic – at one of our universities. After full time successful employment students will get 4-credit points (TUM), but no grade.
The internship can be conducted in Germany, any other European country or Asia. Students with industrial scholarships will undergo their internship with their sponsor company. Meanwhile students without industrial scholarships will have internships arranged either by themselves or TUM Asia.
The purpose of the internship is to provide a structured and supervised work experience. This will help the students to gain job-related skills and to achieve their desired career goals.
Before application for the internship, there will be an informative meeting to provide our students with all necessary knowledge to aid them in finding the best place and company for the internship. This meeting will be held mid of the first semester at TUM Asia.
Master Thesis
The 6 month of thesis work is the culmination of graduate work and an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills that students have acquired through course work and research assistantships. Through this guided learning experience, students work in collaboration with industry-partners or other researchers on a project of mutual interest and may in some cases publish manuscripts resulting from the thesis.
The thesis should be practical based. Theoretical frameworks or conceptual models may (and should in many cases) guide the research questions. A strictly theoretical paper is not acceptable for a master’s thesis.
Organization of the Thesis
Since the master’s time line is quite short, it is important to start exploring and discussing possible thesis topics as early as possible, no later than the end of the first term.
After deciding if the thesis-project will be carried out at an industry- or an university-site the student has to find an university-supervisor. Professors or the TUM Asia-staff will assist in finding the right supervisor depending on the programme either at TUM, at NTU or at NUS.
For the final completion of the thesis project, the student prepares a written thesis that will be rated by the university-supervisor together with (if applicable) the industrial supervisor.