1. External projects with other Research institutes Projects with External Supervisor  Will have a academic QM Staff as 1st Supervisor  Will follow the EXACT project process  Will follow the project deadlines defined by the 1st Supervisor for each step (no late than other projects)  The student must be back HongFu campus for final viva

2. How to do the external projects:  1st Semester on campus, 2nd Semester is abroad in external institution  External supervisor is responsible for the project content while academic supervisor mainly take care of the project process  All project forms are approved by academic supervisor but contents must be agreed by both supervisors  Project report is marked by external supervisor but final mark will be agreed by both supervisors

3. Projects Quota and Call for Students: Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain: http://www.upv.es/index-en.html -> 10 students http://www.upv.es/index-en.html – Titles are released by 10 th July 2015 – Application deadline by 10 th September 2015 – Interview dates are 24/25 September 2015 – Decision on 30 th September 2015 Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain: http://www.cttc.es/  6 studentshttp://www.cttc.es/ – Titles are released in June – Application deadline by End of June – Interview dates are 1/2 July 2015 – Decision on 3rd July 2015

4. Aborad Time Scale and Cost Do the project in the external university from 1 st February 2016 till 14 th May 2016. (15 weeks in external institution is mandatory so travelling in Chinese New Year holidays cannot be avoided.) There is no extra tuition fees required but living cost/travel insurance will be covered by the students themselves. It is around ERU 150~200/week but varying in different cities. QM will cover one return flights as subsidy. Submitting a conference paper based on the project is one of mandatory outputs as a successful project. This will be one item in your project output for viva check.

5. How to Apply for the external projects:  the students should have the academic performance of >=70 UK scale for the first 3 years  Read Project Title Information Carefully, especially the requirements – Only ONE topic per applicant  Send your application email and CV ONLY to the QM academic supervisor from your school email account, indicating the title you choose, your rank in year3 and attaching your marks for all 3 years (details in email )  External supervisor will make the final decision (interview might apply), NO contact with external supervisor before confirming the project

6. Other topic Scope (not external)  Smart Phone Apps Artist and Musician with good HTML5 Programming skills and image/audio processing knowledge  Virtual Reality Game Harry Potter Fans with good C # programming skills  Mobile Ad Hoc Network Research Interests in WSN with strong C programming skills  Big Data Interests in Computer Science with good programming skills and mathematics