Software EngineeringUniversity of Melbourne · Master of Software Engineering
We invite organisations to partner with graduate software engineering teams—from early requirements analysis to the design and delivery of a substantial software solution.
No project fee
Partners contribute their time, organisational context and feedback throughout the semester.
Choose the right pathway
You do not need to select a subject before contacting us. We will help identify the best fit and scope.
Discover & define
Best for an important problem that is not yet well understood, where stakeholders, priorities or possible solutions need to be investigated.
Focus: deciding what should be built and why.
Design & deliver
Best for a well-framed project with a committed partner, a feasible semester scope and clear access to the knowledge or data needed by the team.
Focus: delivering and evaluating a software solution.
A project may be suitable for one or both subjects. Participation in both can create continuity from discovery to delivery, subject to scope, student allocation and teaching-team approval.
Why participate
A team devotes a semester to understanding or progressing a challenge that day-to-day work may leave unresolved.
Students bring current software engineering methods and question assumptions constructively.
Receive documented analysis, models, prototypes or software outcomes suited to the selected subject.
Suitable projects
Strong projects have an engaged contact person, access to domain knowledge and enough uncertainty for students to make meaningful engineering decisions.
Business processes and internal tools
Data, reporting and decision support
Customer and community services
Research software and digital platforms
System integration and modernisation
Responsible AI-enabled software
The partnership
Enquiry
Share the organisational context, the need and what a useful outcome might look like.
Scoping
We assess suitability, expectations, access constraints and the appropriate student pathway.
Semester
Join a kickoff and regular focused meetings to provide context, answer questions and review progress.
Completion
Attend the final presentation and receive the agreed project artefacts and recommendations.
What we ask of partners
named contact who can represent the organisation
meetings at agreed points through the semester
access to stakeholders, systems or de-identified examples
feedback on student understanding and project outcomes
No. There is no project fee for participating organisations. Partners contribute time, access to relevant people or information, and regular feedback to the student team.
You can submit one enquiry without choosing. SWEN90009 suits open problems requiring investigation; SWEN90014 suits well-framed projects ready for design and implementation.
No. We welcome a broad range of software and socio-technical problems. AI may be considered where it serves a genuine need, but it is not a requirement.
SWEN90009 focuses on analysis rather than implementation. SWEN90014 may produce a substantial working solution, but it remains an educational project and should not be treated as guaranteed production delivery.
Non-confidential or de-identified information is strongly preferred. Any confidentiality, privacy, intellectual-property or system-access needs must be discussed during scoping.
Companies, government teams, research groups, not-for-profits and community organisations are welcome to enquire.
Industry project expressions of interest · 2027
Send a brief description of your organisation, the project or problem and the people it affects. We will help you assess its suitability.
Submit a project enquiry tingting.bi@unimelb.edu.au