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Vives University College
Major · Applied Computer Science

Four ways to work with our students.

Start with one supervised afternoon a week and scale all the way to a full-time team and an embedded intern. It's a low-risk way to get real work done — and to meet the talent you might hire — across the four specialisations of our Applied Computer Science major.

Four specialisations Business & IT Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Software Development
Where it runs Practice Enterprise 1–3 take place inside Abinet, our in-house learning company — https://abinet.vives.be

When it happens & how the commitment grows

YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Practice Enterprise 1 6 h / week · one afternoon Sep – Dec Practice Enterprise 2 6 h / week · one afternoon Sep – Dec Practice Enterprise 3 40 h / week · 6 weeks full-time Feb – Mar Internship Full-time, inside the company Mar – Jun Weekly commitment rises → …until students are embedded full-time

Four ways to engage

01For your company

Practice Enterprise 1

Year 2 · Semester 2
February – May
24–30 h/ team · week
6 h per student · one afternoon a week, for 12 weeks (one semester)
Weekly load · 15% of full-time

A low-commitment entry point. Hand a scoped brief to a fresh Scrum team and see what they deliver in short sprints.

Supervised by VIVES
Team of 4–5 · Scrum / agile · all specialisations enter here
02For your company

Practice Enterprise 2

Year 3 · Semester 1
September – December
24–30 h/ team · week
6 h per student · one afternoon a week, for 12 weeks (one semester)
Weekly load · 15% of full-time

Same rhythm, bigger ambition. Bring a more demanding brief to a team that has already run a full project.

Supervised by VIVES
Team of 4–5 · Scrum / agile · single or mixed specialisations
03In or for

Practice Enterprise 3

Year 3 · Semester 2 · first half
February – March
up to 1,000 h/ team
240 h per student · 40 h/week × 6 weeks
Weekly load · full-time

Six weeks of full-time delivery capacity focused on one project — enough to ship something substantial.

Supervised by VIVES
Team of 4–5 · Scrum / agile · single or mixed specialisations
04In your company

Internship

Year 3 · Semester 2 · second half
March – June
Full-time
Embedded in the company for the whole period
Weekly load · full-time

Embed a near-graduate in your team, coached by your own mentor — the clearest look at a candidate before you hire.

You supervise
Solo or in pairs · company-mentored

How Practice Enterprise works

Students work the way your teams do: Scrum / agile, in teams of four to five, delivering a real project for your company across short sprints. A team can be from a single specialisation or deliberately mixed.

Practice Enterprise 1–3 · we run it. VIVES supervises and coaches the team. You provide the project, input and feedback.
Internship · you run it. The student works inside your company, supervised day to day by your workplace mentor.
Example mixed team
2 × AI 1 × Cybersecurity 1 × Software Dev
4–5students per Scrum team for Practice Enterprise, running their own sprints and stand-ups
~1,000 hof delivery capacity a single team can put into your project during Practice Enterprise 3
3 + 1touchpoints to work alongside — and assess — students before any hiring decision

Participation in the cost

For Practice Enterprise, a contribution towards Abinet's operating cost — charged once per project, covering Practice Enterprise 1, 2 and 3 together. Hosting an internship is always free.

Non-profit · PE 1–3
± €1,500
per project (PE1 + PE2 + PE3)
Commercial · PE 1–3
up to €3,500
per year
Internship
Free
no participation cost

Exceptions can be made depending on the case — get in touch to discuss your project.

Have a project in mind?Let's find the right way for your company to work with our students.
Milan Dima · Vives University College milan.dima@vives.be +32 486 83 20 48