Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Capstone: A University-Industry Partnership The Capstone project is a University-Industry partnership whereby students work in cross-functional teams to solve real-world challenges. Working in teams of 5 to 7 students, these final-year undergraduate students will learn to apply the principles, concepts, techniques that they have learnt to investigate your technical and business challenges. Nature of a Capstone Project A Capstone project is an industry-based project which gives senior year undergraduate students the opportunity to practically apply the knowledge, principles, concepts and techniques they have learned to solve multi-disciplinary challenges. It aims to give students a holistic, integrative design experience that requires an extensive range of technological design skills and knowledge such as: Identifying real world needs Transforming needs into technical specifications or design strategies Applying modelling techniques and evaluating design alternatives Using teamwork to resolve the challenges in designing and validating a tangible solution Benefits for Industry Partners Capstone Partners can look forward to: Gaining access to design and technology oriented students to investigate your technical and business challenges Owning intellectual property generated during the Capstone project Gaining access to a wide range of faculty technical expertise Having consistent exposure to gauge the abilities of students over the two-term (8-month) project duration to recruit the right talent with the right attitude and understanding of your business environment Contributions from Industry Partners Capstone Partners should provide: Projects that involve students from at least 2 different pillars Project should have enough scope for 5 to 7 students per team Projects that last 2 terms (from January to August) Projects that fulfill university learning objectives Mentors who will work closely with students and faculty instructors The cost of participation is S$6,000 per team to cover design, prototype and project materials How to Participate Be a Capstone Partner simply by: Submission for Capstone 2022 has closed. Please email capstone@sutd.edu.sg for enquiries on new submissions and the submission schedule for Capstone 2023. Providing details of your proposed Capstone project(s) using the Project Form* brief. Please email the completed form to the Capstone Office; or Filling in details of your proposed Capstone project(s) using the Online Project Form* The Project Form brief will help to facilitate subsequent project scoping discussions with SUTD to fine-tune the proposals When the project scoping is completed, the approved project will be accepted as a Capstone project for student selection from September to November Signing the standard Capstone agreement letter. (Note: All Intellectual Properties generated during the Capstone project belong to the Capstone Partner. There are also non-disclosure clauses to safeguard confidential information.) Completing project scoping discussions and signing of Capstone agreement letter latest by August, before the project starts in January the following year *Kindly note the window for project proposal submission: January - August SUTD may stop accepting proposed Capstone projects earlier if suffucient projects have been received for the year. DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME BROCHURE Capstone Programme