How to pick a good FYP title
A good FYP title is specific, feasible within your time, and approved by your supervisor. Choose something that interests you and that you can finish in two semesters with the data, tools and skills you have access to.
Test a title against these questions: Who or what is being studied? What is the problem? What will you measure or build? Can you get data or resources in time? A title like "Social media and business" is too broad; "The effect of Instagram marketing on purchase intention among university students in Selangor" is more workable.
Business and management ideas
Business and management ideas, with a specific setting you can narrow down:
- Factors influencing consumer intention to use e-wallets.
- Employee engagement and turnover intention in small businesses.
- The effect of social media marketing on brand loyalty.
- Work-from-home arrangements and productivity.
- Customer satisfaction with online food delivery services.
- Sustainability practices and SME performance.
Add a population, location and time frame to make any of these testable.
IT and computer science ideas
IT and computer science ideas:
- A mobile app to help students manage their study schedule.
- A web-based system for managing a small clinic's appointments.
- Sentiment analysis of product reviews using machine learning.
- An intrusion detection model tested on a public dataset.
- A chatbot for answering FAQs for a university department.
- A comparison of web frameworks for performance.
Make sure the scope includes a measurable evaluation, such as accuracy, response time or user testing, not only building the system. See our IT FYP ideas guide.
Engineering ideas
Engineering ideas often combine design, simulation and testing:
- Design and simulation of a small solar-powered charging system.
- Structural analysis of a low-cost bridge design.
- An IoT system for monitoring water quality.
- Energy consumption analysis of a building and proposed improvements.
- Optimising a manufacturing process to reduce waste.
Check lab access, equipment, safety approval and budget before choosing, since these often decide whether an engineering project is realistic.
Education, health and social science ideas
Education, health and social science ideas:
- Students' use of digital tools for self-study.
- Stress and coping strategies among university students.
- Teachers' perceptions of online assessment.
- Awareness of healthy eating habits among young adults.
- Social media use and mental wellbeing.
Projects involving people usually need ethical approval and informed consent. Projects involving patients or minors may need extra clearance, so ask your supervisor early.
Testing feasibility before you commit
Before committing, check:
- Data: Can you reach enough participants or obtain the dataset?
- Time: Can you finish data collection and analysis within your schedule?
- Skills: Do you know, or can you learn, the method needed?
- Resources: Are the software, lab access or funding available?
- Literature: Do you find enough recent studies to build on?
- Ethics: Does it need approval, and how long will that take?
If the answer to any of these is uncertain, narrow the topic or choose a safer alternative.
Presenting your title to your supervisor
Come prepared with two or three topic options, not just one. For each, write a short note with the problem, the objective, the method and why it is feasible. Show that you have done some initial reading by mentioning two or three relevant studies.
Be open to feedback and ready to adjust the scope. Supervisors usually respond better to a draft idea you have thought through than to a request for a topic. Our guide on writing an FYP proposal shows what to prepare next.