• What does is cost for clients to be involved in PREMIUM?

    – There is no fee involved for the client. PREMIUM is an educational programme, with clear learning objectives for the students. Therefore, projects need to provide students with enough freedom to come up with innovative and out-of-the-box ideas and results. However, results are not guaranteed. We only ask your guidance throughout the project, and if you request our students to travel due to your project, we request that you cover their travel expenses.

    How much time commitment is requested of me?

    -There are two types of clients: A formal client provides an assignment and perceives the team of students as consultants doing a job for them. The formal client provides guidance and supports the team with feedback, but is not actively involved in project execution.
    A co-creator client might join the team for brainstorm sessions, meetings, and preparatory sessions. The co-creator is more actively involved in/during the project execution. Both roles are fine, but each of them comes with a different time investment pending on your own preference and project aim.

    Who has intellectual property of the project?

    – Intellectual property lies with the client and our students are made aware of this.

    How about confidentiality?

    -We can work with a NDA that the University signs on behalf of the students. Students and Project Mentor are made aware of the stipulations in the NDA.

    What makes for a good PREMIUM project?

    -We select projects that are current, relevant, interesting for different disciplines, and that allow students to create impact. We look for Projects that provide students with enough freedom to negotiate the final scope and deliverable in close consultation with the client. Projects that have a very narrow defined problem statement, and also already indicate a solution and even implementation are not suitable PREMIUM projects since students learn the most from truly investigating the problem and then define their own potential best solution.

    When will I know if my project is selected?

    – Around mid-October we do the first selection of projects. In December however, we can give all selected projects a final confirmation that there are enough students selected among the students that applied for PREMIUM, that have showed preliminary interest in their project.