Research a topic and learn from a subject expert
Many courses in the University of Greenwich’s Faculty of Engineering and Science require students to complete an assessed project in their final year of study, which can be a research-based project or a creation. Application processes for projects vary between courses, so students wishing to find out more should speak to their lecturers.
Students will be supported throughout their project work by their supervisor – an academic or researcher at the university. Supervisors share their expertise and insights with their students and help them in accessing the laboratories and equipment they may need to use to complete their project. In this way, students may connect with academics or researchers they had not yet encountered on their courses and learn more about the exciting research currently taking place at the university. For example, Associate Head of School of Science Professor Joshua Boateng has supervised project students interested in his research into drug delivery technologies.
Often students use their project to investigate or identify solutions to big problems they are passionate about. For BSc Computing student Suvan Leelasena, the project was an opportunity to use the computing knowledge he gained in his degree to create a product that would improve accessibility in the hospitality sector.
I now feel confident in developing Android apps to a professional, industry-level standard by following recommended practices, guidelines, and architectures to produce a robust app that can easily be tested, scaled, and maintained.
Suvan Leelasena, BSc Computing graduate 2023
Collate and present your findings alongside your peers
All students collate their research into a poster, which is displayed at a poster presentation event. Students are graded on how they present their projects to the judges, and they are expected to be able to answer any questions about their project. Many Faculty of Engineering and Science students have credited their final year project as a pivotal moment of their university journey, where they have been able to work on a project relevant to their industry, giving them a taste of the working world as well as helping them to develop their skills and gain specialisms.
My experience at the University of Greenwich has been excellent. The work we complete as students makes us reassess our limits and how far we can go when it comes to creating tangible work like this [micro-domestic air conditioning system].
Dinul Wijetunge, BEng Mechanical Engineering graduate 2022, Engineers in Business Award winner 2022, Inventor
Take your project out into the world
Suvan was one of several BSc Computing students able to present his project at big student-employer event Digital Shark Expo in 2023, while in 2022 final year BEng Mechanical Engineering students found success in internal and national competitions with visions that stemmed from their final year projects. Students are encouraged to continue thinking about their projects, expanding upon them, and seeing if they can find a place for their vision in the wider world, and this is what many students try to do. BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences student Mupeta Njebele, for example, hopes to expand his project, a 3D printed intrauterine device, to help women with Asherman’s syndrome.
The vision is for this treatment to be available from any and every medical institute from all over the globe... Designs could be specific to each individual.
Mupeta Njebele, BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate 2023
The Faculty of Engineering and Science is proud to be supporting the researchers, creators, and innovators of the future among its science, technology, and engineering portfolio of courses.
