CEMS Business Projects Kick-off Presentations

On February 19, 2020, the CEMS course Business Project (BP) for the Summer Term 2019/20 was launched. Total of 9 CEMS Corporate Partners along with VSE representatives gathered to introduce 9 BP topics to 32 CEMS students.

The Business Project is a consultancy-like project. This year, 9 international teams of 4 students solve a real business problem as a one-semester part-time activity tutored by both the company and a professor in parallel. Based on last year’s great success two cross-border projects with Hilti and Google were introduced again.

Each CEMS student has to carry out a Business Project during Term 2. It amounts to 15 ECTS, which is about 50 % of Term 2’s workload. Business projects reinforce the CEMS partnership between universities, students and companies.

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Companies introduced 9 BP topics for Term 2 2019/2020:

Students are thus offered the opportunity to:

• gain insight into business life,
• train their analytical and problem-solving skills,
• apply research methods,
• transfer theoretical knowledge into practice,
• learn process management,
• acquire social skills,
• get to know potential employers and re-define their professional goals.

Students are expected to:

• take responsibility for the project,
• strive for the best results,
• share the workload equally within the team,
• communicate well with their tutors.

Project results are evaluated by academic and corporate supervisors. Students write a report and give an oral presentation, both as a group. Final presentations will be held on Friday, May 22, 2020, at VSE.