Joint Training with Enterprises

School of Microelectronics takes the initiative to explore a deep cooperation model of school-enterprise joint training of postgraduate students by cooperating with well-known enterprises in the industry circle. The School has invited senior experts in the IC industry to serve as part-time mentors and make up a panel with the professors in relevant professional domains of the School. Connecting industrial demands to the objectives of IC industry talent training, the School is committed to developing inter-disciplinary talents by setting up cutting-edge courses and carrying out problem-driven researches. The School has established a school-enterprise cooperative training platform so that students can convey their preliminary employment intentions with enterprises through two-way selection before admission into the school. Also, the School has established a dual mentor training mechanism by involving both corporate mentors and school mentors in postgraduates' training process. Students are encouraged to undergo a one-year off-campus internship in the enterprise before getting employed. That can really help align industry demands with students training.

At present, the School has signed joint training agreements with Empyrean Software, aiming to cultivate professional talents mainly in computer science, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing, EDA software and related services, EDA tool R&D, IC chip design, and other more fields.

 The model of joint training with enterprises is conducive to promoting the quality of postgraduate education and employment, boosting corporate technological innovations and serving local economic development. In the upcoming one to two years, the School will progressively expand the scope of cooperation with enterprises, and set up five to ten bases for joint training of postgraduates, which are estimated to cover 100 to 150 postgraduate students.