International project studies
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Why international project experience is valuable?
Gaining practical experience
By working on real-world projects, you can apply your theoretical knowledge in practical settings and develop valuable skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
Expand Your Network
Collaborating with diverse peers broadens networks and establishes valuable connections across disciplines.
Enhancing Your Resume
International project experience is highly valued by employers, and can help you stand out in a competitive job market.
Exploring the Working Mechanism of Demola
Join co-creation process and tap into the collective intelligence of a diverse community. Collaborate remotely with other students worldwide, or meet your local team on campus. All teams have a designated Demola co-creation expert to support them.
Global distributed teams
Experience a truly international collaboration with diverse remote teams, backed by expert support and Demola online platform.
Hybrid teams in locations
In addition to platform, you can take advantage of local events and work with your team in-person as well.
Discover Your Demola Project
Student, do meaningful project studies as part of interdisciplinary team.
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Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa
Human Beings in the Modern World
Healthcare Superplatform
Currenty public healthcare service apps are very limited due to the lack of ability to utilize user’s personal data and 3rd party integrations. We are missing lots of efficiency and personalization due to the rigidness and basic digitalization of the healthcare services. There are lots of good but separated data hubs (like kanta.fi) where the information exists, but it is not used for our benefit. What if we could build a superplatform for Finnish public healthcare users, aka citizens? How might we aggregate personal, medical and lifestyle data from the public healthcare sector, 3rd party service providers and users themselves to build new kinds of value propositions for the citizens? Which would be the first simple use cases where the public healthcare sector and 3rd party service providers could offer extremely good service for the citizens? In this project we aim to build use cases and demonstrate those through simple apps and user interfaces. We are looking for people interested in software engineering, data sciences, healthcare, service design and UX.
Apply by 23 Feb
Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa
Healing the Planet
Green Ticket Options
In this project we want to focus on sustainable consumer decision-making. As a context we are interested in cruise industry. On cruises, most of the sustainability burden comes from the fuel used by the ship. There are many options nowadays for different bio-based fuels, hydrogen or even ammonia, which are much less polluting than diesel. Still, cruise companies are not purchasing the new engines or the sustainable fuels for their existing engines. The main concern is that consumers are not willing to pay extra for the sustainable options. At the same time the companies are not even trying to communicate or offer these sustainable options. What would be the sustainable ticket type for Helsinki-Stockholm route cruise in the future? How should we visualize the information for the customer when they are buying the tickets? What kind of promises we should make and what kind of data could be useful for the customer? This project is for you, if you are interested in business models, sustainability, consumer behaviour, new technologies or online commerce!
Apply by 23 Feb
Oulu
Byte-powered Future
Body Cam For Construction
Body cams have been in the news in the recent years as police officers around the world have started using them. After the initial resistance, this has shown to be positive addition as it protects the rights of both the police and citizens. What if we would implement similar body cams for construction workers? In construction business there are many situations where the documentation of the work done is very tedious. There is also possibility to hide possible mistakes and errors behind the walls and hope nothing bad happens. By increasing transparency, construction sector could create completely new business models for renovation, reusing and refurbishing older building when every step of the construction is documented. In this project we are creating concepts and first demo of a body cam for construction workers. The camera should document the work, but could it also support the worker in the daily tasks? What kind of added value could be imagined? How to make sure the body cams can withstand the rough conditions of a construction site? We are looking for students interested in camera tech, wearable tech, software engineering, construction, communication or product design.
Apply by 23 Feb
Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa
Human Beings in the Modern World
VIP Event Experience
Event experience is extremely standardized nowadays. Everyone who buys a ticket gets same experience during the event. 5G Advanced and 6G positioning paired with “superplatform” of personal information could be used to tailer event experience to another level. What if you don’t have to show your ticket to anyone, but the gates recognize you and you can just walk in? What if the bartender at the venue knows already what you would like to drink? The opportunities are limitless, and we are eager to explore them with you. How to build personalized VIP experience for every visitor by utilizing location data? How can we streamline the visitor experience to know what we have, what we want and what we would like? Let’s assume we have the exact location of the visitors at our disposal and visitor’s personal information and utilize that to personalize the experience for the users. Join the project to create the demonstration of next-generation personalized event experience. If you are interested in events, software, positioning tech, data analytics, UX or visual visual design, this is the project for you!
Apply by 23 Feb
Oulu
Byte-powered Future
Designing Drone Base
There are grand visions of how autonomous drone fleets could be used in various situations from entertainment to safety and industrial use cases to national defense. If we want to utilize autonomous drones and fleets in larger scope, we need to have stand-alone, autonomous drone bases that shelter, charge and even maintain the drones between the operations. This is especially crucial for sparsely populated countries like Finland. There are some designs for drone bases already done for simple use cases, like surveillance for industrial area, but they are usually meant for urban areas with “nice weather” and access to basic infrastructure. But what if the drone base would need to function in the deepest forests of Finland? How should a drone base for Nordic conditions be designed and built? What kind of other features the base should have apart from charging the drones? You can assume the base has access to the main electricity grid, but otherwise would need to be autonomous. If you are interested in drone tech, mechanical design, product design, electrical engineering, software engineering or communication tech, this project is for you!
Apply by 23 Feb
Oulu
Byte-powered Future
Emergency Drones
Whether it is an ice hockey game, music festival or vappu, lots of people in a small area inevitably creates risky situations in which emergency help might be needed. Nowadays police, firemen and first responders are in these events to guarantee our safety, but they can’t see everything or be everywhere. What if we could use drone fleets to surveil and identify people in need in these crowds? In this project we want to design and prototype safety drones for mass events. How might the drone fleet detect people in need of help? How can the drones help locating and supporting the people until the first responders find their way to the scene? What kind of “tools” could be attached to the drone to make it as useful as possible in these situations? We are looking for students interested in first response, healthcare, drone tech, software engineering, mechanical engineering and product design!
Apply by 23 Feb
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Glasgow
Milestone Event
15/05/2024
Demola Glasgow: Finals 2024
Tampere
Coaching program
29/05/2023
MYLLY Group Coaching Program
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IP Portalegre
Boot camp
08/05/2023
Demola Portugal: Facilitator Training Boot Camps
IP Bragança
Boot camp
05/06/2023
Demola Portugal: Final Facilitator Training Boot Camps in June
Helsinki
Milestone Event
12/12/2024
National Demola Finals 2024
Vaasa
Milestone Event
10/12/2024
Local Demola Finals in Vaasa
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20/04/2023
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Master’s Student in Public and Global Health
Excellent
20/04/2023
“I joined Demola for the third time already, since I enjoy how my personal skills are developing here and I love the feeling of freedom of thoughts, to be able to think, feel and express anything.”
Sofia Kasari
Master’s Student in Sustainable Digitalisation
Excellent
20/04/2023
“I wanted more experience in interdisciplinary project work and real-life, tangible development of solutions with external stakeholders. I also wanted to practice what the design process is like in the real world and how to present novel ideas in an attractive, business- oriented way. And Demola delivered!”
Dário Santos
Master’s Degree Student in Engineering and Technology
Excellent
10/06/2022
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Antti Hyytinen
Master of Business
Excellent
17/04/2023
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01/02/2024
Kuka? Mikä Demola? Missä?
(ENG: As our hubs in Finland are growing in numbers, we thought it would be nice to give a brief introduction to Demola’s innovation projects also in Finnish. Please click "In English" for the English translation.) Demola-projekteja on tehty Suomessa jo vuodesta 2008, ja kansainvälisen osallistujajoukkomme ansiosta työkielemme on aina ollut englanti. Vaikka työkieleemme ei ole tullut muutosta, Suomessa olevien hubiemme eli paikallisten toimipisteidemme kasvaessa ajattelimme, että pieni paketti Demolasta suomeksi olisi paikallaan. Tässä siis lyhyt katsaus Demola-projekteista toisella kotimaisella kielellämme.
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