Collaborating with our faculty

Internships in a company

To gain more experience, students can take up an internship, during which they carry out a well-defined, supervised project for a company or organisation that belongs to the field of work of their study programme. On the one hand, acquired theoretical knowledge and competences are tested in practice and developed further. On the other hand, an internship allows the student, by means of a first professional experience, to develop a number of additional competences and attitudes that are important within the working field. 

Would you, as a company, like to offer an internship position?

​​​Please contact the work placement coordinator of the master’s programme for content-related questions:

 
 

Master’s thesis
in collaboration
with a company

A research question that requires meticulous thinking, but that you just cannot get around to? Need a more in-depth analysis of a problem within your organisation? 

Then it might be a good idea to call on one of our master's students and offer a master's thesis topic together with one of our professors.

 

Student jobs
(relevant to your study)

Every year, numerous students look for a student job, preferably one that fits in with their studies. Are you, as an employer, looking for a student to work at your organisation?
Viathe KU Leuven Career Zone, you can offer student jobs to our students.
In order to be able to offer study-relevant student jobs, KU Leuven works together with Randstad.

 

Product Innovation Project – PiP

Product innovation Project (PiP) is an English course unit, in which an interdisciplinary team of students empathize with a (societal) challenge over the course of an academic year.

This challenge is provided by an external project sponsor (company, NGO, local government, etc.), for which the PiP team devises and works out a solution.
Is your company interested in becoming a sponsor? 

 

  • KU Leuven Transfarm Research Infrastructure Lovenjoel

    The TRANSfarm-site, managed by the Science & Technology Group, facilitates pilot-scale scientific research within the research domains of sustainable bio-economy and translational biomedical research.

 

KU Leuven’s greenhouses at Campus Leuven (Arenberg)

KU Leuven’s greenhouses at Campus Leuven (Arenberg) offer an innovative, future-oriented research and education facility, focused on high flexibility, professional support and sustainable technology. This infrastructure is operated by the Department of Biosystems, in joint management with the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and the associated departments of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Microbial & Molecular Systems.

Microbiological water analyses and chemical analyses by ECOVO

The staff of Expertise Unit on Educational Provision (ECOVO) has built up many years of experience in microbiological and chemical analyses and – thanks to the university environment – they are constantly informed of the latest evolutions.

Third parties are welcome to contact ECOVO for advice and for certain microbiological water analyses and chemical analyses.

 

Setting up a collaboration between the university and companies?

Researchers associated with our faculty are always interested in exploring opportunities in collaboration with companies, and our researchers’ know-how in diverse fields allows them to expertly rise to the many occasions. Do not hesitate to contact the professors concerned.

KU Leuven Research & Development offers tailor-made support throughout the entire collaboration process between companies and researchers, and sets out the research collaboration in an agreement.