National Software Academy Student-Industry Live Projects
If you are not aware, as part of their software engineering degrees, students at the National Software Academy work with real-clients on software-based ideas or problems to apply their academic knowledge and develop their ‘soft skills’ to make them work-ready when they graduate. We now welcome you to submit any ideas or business problems for 2026-27 academic session.
What are the projects?
Please click this link to our NSA Projects Information – where you can read more details about how the projects operate, and what’s involved.
Submit a proposal
Please click here to submit a proposal.
Submit multiple forms if proposing multiple project ideas.
Projects Event and Showcase
You may have already seen we have our annual NSA Industry Projects & Engagement Networking 2026 on 3rd Sept, which includes a showcase of our MSc Software Engineering students’ projects they are currently working on. Register here, if you haven’t already: NSA Projects Showcase Event Registration
Promo video
To see some excellent examples and fantastic testimonials from students and clients we have worked with, and give you a favour of what this is all about, please take a look at our promo video: https://youtu.be/jDWlpJet2Wk?si=Sl72MRIg-aTIiANr
Essentially, the projects are designed to provide students with the valuable skills and experience they need when they graduate to secure employment within the sector as part of their programme.
Projects timeline
Approximate timeline for projects:
- Submission of ideas: now-to-15th September
- We reserve the right to close the form early if we receive enough good quality projects – we can only run a limited number!
- Our consideration of proposals: early-October
- Confirmation [to organisations] of successful projects: by late-October
- Short projects run: mid-November to mid-December (specific dates)
- Major projects run: late-January to late-April OR mid-June to late-Aug
The WSA worked with the NSA recently to develop a proof of concept for a volunteer App which will be available for members in the coming months. We found the opportunity to work with extremely talented Cardiff University students a wonderful experience and without this, we wouldn’t have had the confidence to proceed with the App development.
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