The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) programme unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context. As a VIP student you earn academic credits, while working in connection with a research project.

Vertically integrated projects are

  • Ambitious: Embedded in faculty scholarship and exploration
  • Collaborative: Enabled by vertical integration of teams
  • Large-scale: Teams can have dozens of students
  • Long-term: They span semesters, even years
  • Multidisciplinary: Students from different programmes participate

How to join a VIP team

You must apply to a team before applying to the course to ensure there is a VIP team within your interests and skills. You apply by contacting the VIP team leader and the administrator.

Choose a team 

Once you have chosen a team that you think is right for you, email your application to the team leader. In the email, tell them what you are currently studying. Describe in a few sentences why you have chosen this particular team and what you think you can contribute.

Write to the administrator

In order to register for VIP course you need to contact the VIP administrator at your department.

  • VIP: Research Integrated Development Project (for students new to VIP)
  • VIP: Research Integrated Development Project, continuing course (for students having already participated in VIP)

Current VIP teams

Contacts at TS