Capstone Projects are an opportunity for undergraduate students to apply their education towards solutions for ‘real world’ problems.
Industry and community partners contribute the challenges and context for the Capstone Project, and in return the solutions and intellectual property arising from the Capstone Project are assigned to them at no-cost. Click here to learn more about different Capstone programs and contacts.
1. Framework
The framework for Capstone Project success is based on time-tested cornerstones:
The University and Faculties have invested in education, oversight, and guidance to keep Capstone Projects within scope, on-time, and with exemplary results;
UBC deeply values the participation of industry and community sponsors and understands that in order for them to participate clear processes are needed to protect sponsors' existing IP and confidential material, and to ensure any new IP that results from the project will be assigned to the sponsor
The capstone students are not yet professionals and the primary purpose for their participation in capstone is to enhance their education. Thus, the defined processes must provide strong protection for the students commensurate with their level of experience.
2. Process
An initial quick assessment is made by the capstone instructor and/or the Innovation UBC team to determine whether the sponsor has an existing relationship to UBC, whether that creates real or perceived conflicts of interest, or includes other research activities for which agreements are already in place.
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