Bachelor's Final Project

The Bachelor Final project (BEP, year 3) is the final project of the major Industrial Engineering, and an assessment of the academic proficiency. The BEP is an individual project of 10 ects (1BEPIE - internal project), or 15 ects (1BEPIE+1BEPIEX – external project), and can be performed in one quartile, or spread out over two quartiles. During the BEP, students demonstrate that they are capable of analyzing a perceived business problem in the field of Industrial Engineering and that they can communicate the set-up and findings of the research both in a presentation as well as in a written report. The course teaches students to individually perform research on a specific business problem, including the articulation of a clear research question, a transparent and relevant research methodology, data collection and analysis, and the formulation of possible causes and explanations for the problem, and directions for improvement. The project is carried out at, or in collaboration with a company/ external organization (1BEPIE+1BEPIEX). Alternatively students can opt for an internal variant of the BEP (1BEPIE). Students are supervised by an academic member of the school of Industrial Engineering.

Prerequisites and enrollment

For students from cohort 2017 and earlier, the following prerequisites apply:
- passed the first year exam (Propedeuse), and
- has obtained at least 50 ects major IE courses

For students from cohort 2018 and later, the following prerequisites apply:

A student can only enroll in the course if he/she has obtained at least 110 ects at the moment of enrollment, of which:

- All first year courses
- All Basic courses (25 ects)
- 65 ects major courses, incl. 1ZV00 (generation 2018) or 1ZV60
- 20 ects electives

Enrollment takes place in the semester preceding the BEP via OSIRIS. That is, if a student wants to start in Q1 or Q2, he/she has to register for 1IBS0B in Q3 of the preceding year or if a student wants to start in Q3 or Q4, he/she has to register for 1IBS0 in Q1 of the preceding semester.

BEP and Quickscan
1CK100 (Quickscan) is phased out from September 2019 onwards. We encourage students that have 1CK100 in their package to switch from 1BEP0 + 1CK100, to 1BEPIE+1BEPIEX and an additional elective course.