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    Climate-neutral Brainport 2040: Circular water hubs

    We proudly announce a landmark collaboration between Eindhoven Engine, Rijkswaterstaat, and a coalition of visionary partners. This agreement, officially kicked off during the Festival of Disruption 2025, marks a decisive step toward achieving a climate-neutral Brainport by 2040 through circular water hubs.

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    Are you on the lookout for an internship or a cool project for your bachelor’s or master’s thesis? Eindhoven Engine and its projects are on the hunt for enthusiastic students like you who want to team up with companies, researchers, and fellow students to work on innovative and impactful projects!

    Check out the interesting assignments available where you can get involved. They cover a wide range of themes like Energy transition, Smart cities, Preventive health, Sustainable semicon, Inclusive society and Business innovation. It’s a chance to dive into exciting multidisciplinary work and make a real and sustainable impact on society!

    The next internships will start in September 2026. You can apply for these from May 1, 2026 onward.
    Do you want to keep informed by the latest internship and/or graduation projects? We will inform you in Mid -April with details about the assignments.

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    Current assignments

    Help shape circular water hubs

    Livable region | At Eindhoven Engine we’re working on creating these hubs in the Brainport region. But to make this vision a reality, we need more partners, more awareness, and more engagement.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Circular business models in the semiconductor industry

    Sustainable semicon | Together with Eindhoven Engine, ASML, Neways, and Fontys, we’re looking for enthusiastic students who want to dive into the intersection of business, sustainability, and technology. In this assignment, you’ll help companies move from isolated pilots to real circular value chains.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Data dashboard for social organizations

    Inclusive society | Mijke the Matchbot | For this project, we are seeking motivated students with a passion for technology, innovation, and making an impact in society.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Advancing campus energy transition

    Livable region | Raise campus users awareness and involvement with energy transition. Explore how we can improve the awareness and the active participation of campus users.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Implementing inclusive healthcare portals

    Inclusive society | Healthcare | In this assignment, we aim to conduct research on online patient portal products within Inclusive society.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Empowering societal impact through technology and innovation

    Inclusive society | To work on improving fundamental skills in language, mathematics, and digital literacy, making a difference in the lives of people in the Eindhoven region and beyond.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Advancing campus energy transition: a multilevel comparative study

    Livable region | Institutions of higher education are also not exempt. They, too, must undergo energy transition. In this challenge, Eindhoven will delve into the complexities of energy transition on campuses, analyzing strategies, challenges, and successes across multiple campuses.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Improvements for Eindhoven Engine as innovation accelerator

    Innovation | Various possible assignments in the domain of organization design and management, human interactions, creativity and innovation, and life-long learning. 
    Varying from bachelor to master internship/ thesis

    How to measure innovation speed?

    Innovation | Delivering a set of innovation speed and innovation acceleration measures applicable to Eindhoven Engine.
    Varying from bachelor to master internship/ thesis.

    Business Innovatie bij Eindhoven Engine

    Innovatie | Pas je kennis en vaardigheden toe bij Eindhoven Engine. Momenteel worden 26 projecten begeleid in zeer uiteenlopende toepassingsgebieden.
    Avans/fontys afstudeeropdracht

    Build a Privacy‑Preserving Local LLM for Mijke

    Inclusive society | Mijke the Matchbot | Develop and evaluate a privacy-preserving local LLM for Mijke’s matching engine.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Awareness campaign – The power of understanding each other

    Inclusive society | Our immersive workshop make people experience the challenges faced by those with reduced language skills. It highlights how complex systems can unintentionally widen societal gaps and encourages participants to reflect and take action. We want to expand the reach of this impactful experience.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Measuring social return on investment

    Inclusive society | Our mission is to tackle the ‘wicked problem’ of 3,1 million people in the Netherlands with reduced of basic skills and to create an inclusive society. We are seeking for an enthusiastic and driven student to help us assess and communicate the broader impact of our Inclusive society initiatives.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Help launch Mijke the Matchbot into the real world

    Inclusive society | Mijke the Matchbot | Mijke the Matchbot, an AI-powered assistant hosted on WhatsApp. Mijke helps users find the right local services through voice and text interactions, making support more accessible and user-friendly.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Towards climate adaptive Brainport: Regional water hub

    Livable region | Regional water hubs have the potential to create a climate adaptive Brainport regional by using large local water generators (cities, highways, etc.) to provide the necessary water for local use.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Inclusive society – open project

    Inclusive society | open project | This project invites driven individuals with unique perspectives to propose and develop initiatives addressing basic skills challenges across domains like finance, work, healthcare, etc.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Local LLM optimisation and feedback integration

    Inclusive society | Mijke the Matchbot | Developing and evaluating a privacy-preserving local LLM for Mijke’s matching engine, building a feedback loop, optimizing model performance, and …
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Energy transition and inclusive participation

    Inclusive society | Energy transition | In this assignment we focus on addressing energy justice and energy poverty by exploring ways to ensure inclusive participation in the energy transition.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    Future proof care in the Netherlands

    Future proof care | Given the current structure of the care system in The Netherlands, which may not be sustainable for the future . In this challenge, we aim to bring people together from diverse sectors to tackle wicked problems within the Dutch care industry.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis

    ☆ Advancing environmental sustainability in the semicon

    Sustainable semicon | Like many other industries, the semiconductor sector needs to assess and improve its impact on the environment. This project aims to go beyond small-scale changes and instead investigate forward-thinking, sustainable strategies for organizational and collaborative processes.
    Varying from internship to Master thesis