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Students in the Master of IT in Business (Service Sector Analytics) Programme are required to complete and present a major Capstone Project as part of the curriculum. The Capstone Project is an integral part of the MITB programme where each student is required to complete a project sponsored by an industry partner. The project enables students to apply and integrate what they learn, and gives them an opportunity to explore in greater depth, one or more of the topics covered in the courses.
The SMU School of Information Systems has completed a substantial number of practice oriented data and decision analytics related projects with industry over the past five years. In addition, we have completed many state-of-the-art research projects in the area of data and social network analytics, and we have built numerous R&D prototypes of intelligent systems for decision analytics.
Students work on the projects individually, in collaboration with a sponsoring company, under the supervision of an SMU appointed advisor. In cases where the project scope is large enough to allow for the involvement of more than one student, two may work on the project provided each student makes a distinct contribution towards the project.
Students may be expected to work on-site at the sponsoring company's premises if necessary. This may help them in understanding the business domain, problem definition and even in gaining access to information systems, documents and resources available within the company. An allowance may be paid to the students for their work, at the discretion of the company. The work arrangement may assume the form of an internship with the sponsoring company.
Strictest confidentiality is maintained between the sponsoring company, the students and SMU advisor. Prior permission will be sought from the company before the use of any information, in any way, such as for presentation and report purposes.
Students are expected to commit a minimum of 182 hours each to their Capstone Projects. This includes meetings and consultations with the company representatives and SMU advisors. Part-time students spend two years in the MITB (Service Sector Analytics) Programme and typically start their Capstone Projects within their first year of study, completing it during their second year.
Part-time students usually hold full-time employment and complete 2 courses per term. They are typically able to commit to meeting their sponsors once every 2 weeks to report progress, while most of their work will be done away from the company's premises. Projects which are less time sensitive and do not require the students to work on-site will be more suited for our part-time students.
Interested company sponsors will be required to provide the following information which will be shared with the students:
- Brief description of the project
- Role of the student
- Skill sets required (technical and non-technical)
- Project duration
- Expected deliverables
The Graduates Programme Office (GPO) will liaise with the company to forward the profiles of interested students for consideration. Companies select the students via a process of interviews. Upon confirmation from the company, the GPO will formalize the sponsorship with a letter of sponsorship and the assignment of a suitable SMU advisor to the project.
We welcome interested company sponsors to contact us at sis_masters@smu.edu.sg