A capstone design project is a major component of our engineering curriculum. Capstone students will design a product/service of significance, and solve an open-ended problem in electrical or computer engineering.
Students must register to the specific capstone project course related to their program and option, as the nature of the projects offered will be different.
Are you a member of industry interested in getting involved? To find out more please visit our Call for Capstone Proposals page, or to learn more about submitting a project proposal visit our Project Submission Page.
Interested in seeing some of our past Capstone projects? See some of the award winning projects from 2020 below, andcheck out the 2022/2023 and 2021/2022 capstone award winners!
Take a look at some previous year’s projects: 2021, 2020, and 2019.
Some of theskills gained through participation in a capstone project:
– work in a team
– communicate with a client
– formulate and analyze a problem
– explore and propose a solution
– manage a budget and run a cost evaluation
– present to an audience in written and verbal format
– implement and validate a working prototype of your proposed solution
Course Structure
Capstone runs from September to April and counts for 10 credits. Students are grouped into teams of four to six and focus on working with a client or customer. In many cases, the client will be from local industry or from an organization on campus.
Each project will be assigned an instructor, who will act as your supervisor. You may also be assigned a project mentor or advisor to provide expertise as required.
You will be supplied funds for the project.
Two afternoons each week will be reserved for the capstone design project courses to allow for regular meetings with your supervisor for:
– progress reports
– in-class instructions
– invited lectures
– student presentations
– team meetings and work time
Each student is expected to put about 260 hours of work across both terms into this project.
If you know of any industry members who would like to submit a project, or if your co-op employer is interested in offering a project, please contact capstones@ece.ubc.ca or visit the Capstone Partners page.
