Industrial Training

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University

This is a dedicated site for facilitating Industrial Training of final year students of Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University

What is Industrial Training?

Industrial Training refers to professional experience that is relevant to professional development prior to graduation. All mechanical engineering students must gain relevant industrial training during the period of their engineering studies. Industrial Training is normally undertaken during the summer recess at the end of the fourth year.

Industrial training is a great opportunity for students to learn about the industry, to establish important contacts and most importantly, to seed the beginnings for a career in their chosen profession. Students get out of industrial training what they are willing to invest in the process. With a positive attitude, Industrial Training can be a challenging and rewarding experience.

Mechanical engineering degrees must include practical experience in an engineering environment outside the university. These help student to gain real world experience.

Reasons for Industrial Training

Industrial Training works to develop an individual's sense of professionalism by experiencing first hand the industry's culture and practices learning from professionals, their roles and responsibilities as active professionals.

Employers can utilize the Industrial Training period as an opportunity to evaluate students for future graduate positions. The companies can make use of services of trainees to execute small investigative projects, which may contribute to enhance efficiency and productivity of the system.

Guidelines for Industrial Training

Mechanical engineering student must gain 3 months of industrial experiences at the end of their 4th year of study. This training will be of 12 weeks duration after the completion of final year project defense. This Industrial training will carry 6 credits of weightage.

The nature of the students’ work during Industrial Training relates to their studies, experience and ability. Eligible students register for the training in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KU and then submit their applications during early days of final year. Dedicated Industrial training facilitator has been appointed to facilitate students of each subdivision. The facilitator for the training allocates the companies to the students in consultation with respective companies. The department will prepare the roster of companies for industrial training. The relevant companies for the Mechanical Engineering students range from large manufacturing industry to small specialist organizations, service industries to government agencies, NGOs, INGOs, maintenance, energy sector and so on.

If students are willing to arrange Industrial Training Company on their own because of location of industry close to their hometown or because of special interest, the following requirements should be fulfilled:

The name and profile of the company you want to work for;
The name of the supervisor in the company and their professional background;
Duration of your Industrial Training and details of any training you would be given;
Acceptance letter of company and assurance of company to provide training facility in future;

The collaborating company shall permit 2-10 students from The Department to work for at least 3 months as intern by involving them in its daily business/operation. The involvement of student in the company shall not interfere with its ongoing activities in any way. Before students begin their training, the company will allocate a supervisor (industrial) who will look after the students’ activities, guide them and keep a track of their progress in the allocated work. The Head of the Department and the external shall jointly decide the areas, scope and methodology of the students’ activities.

The obligation of the partner company will be limited to providing opportunity to the students to work in its premises for three months and allocating a supervisor to guide and evaluate student’s work. The company as per its convenience may also provide accommodation to the students during their stay as interns. Other costs (such as transportation, stationery etc) associated with internship of the students shall be born by the students themselves.

The external will submit a confidential assessment of the student’s work to the department by the end of the Industrial Training period. Students’ evaluation of training will also be based upon this assessment report given by the external. Within 1 week of completion of Industrial Training, the students will have to submit the Industrial Training report in standard format to the HOD/ Industrial Training coordinator through respective facilitator. Further evaluation of Industrial Training will be based upon this report, presentation & viva-voce examination or seminar to be conducted within a month of completion of Industrial Training.

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