What is a Company Project?
Company Projects offer an alternative to a traditional dissertation. It involves working directly with an organisation to solve a particular issue or challenge that they have identified. Your work will be presented to the organisation in the form of a written report and will form the basis of your dissertation project.
Every year our team works with contacts in the Management School’s professional network to create a number of high quality projects for our Masters courses. The projects cover a wide variety of organisations in many different settings, including both the public and private sectors and not for profit and charities.
Who’s eligible?
Most (but not all) masters students can take part. Check with your course director if you’re not sure. If you are eligible, you’ll be invited by email to apply.
The application process
If you would like to apply for a Company Project, you must:
- Attend an introduction to projects / application & interview session
- Submit a successful application form
- Pass a final interview
- Pass all semester one modules (achieving a mark of 60 or above)
- Attend pre-project training for successful candidates
You can download the timeline for this year so you can see the dates for each stage of the application process. Please access this using your University email address.
Why choose to do a Company Project
Undertaking a work-based dissertation project can help you to gain specialist knowledge, and develop essential skills, to support your journey into your chosen career area.
Doing a company dissertation project can help you to:
- Gain valuable skills and experience.
- Build your CV
- Create a network for your future career
- Experience a competitive application process
Questions?
Email us at mgt.employability@sheffield.ac.uk or submit your question via the talk to us page.