GreenChips-EDU

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GreenChips-EDU

An international collaboration led by TU Graz brings together six Unite! universities - TU Graz, PoliTo, TUDa, UPC, Grenoble INP-UGA, and ULisboa - alongside an association, a research institute and six companies, including Infineon Technologies Austria and Končar from Croatia.

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An international collaboration led by TU Graz brings together six Unite! universities - TU Graz, PoliTo, TUDa, UPC, Grenoble INP-UGA, and ULisboa - alongside an association, a research institute and six companies, including Infineon Technologies Austria and Končar from Croatia.

The European Chips Act aims to elevate the European microchip industry, requiring a substantial workforce for new semiconductor production facilities. The demand for skilled personnel in the electronics sector is pressing, with estimates ranging from 60,000 to 150,000 across Europe.

GreenChips-EDU seeks to address this workforce shortage. The project, funded by the European Commission and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, aims to accelerate the training of skilled workers in microelectronics. The initiative also aims to redefine the criteria for locating production facilities, focusing on education and talent development.

The overall success of GreenChips-EDU project will be supported by the development and achievement of the specific objectives: 

  • Addressing skills needs: GreenChips-EDU will design bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, offer massive open online courses (MOOCs), provide MBA & Self-Standing Modules, and host summer schools, Sustainability Hackathons, Maker Spaces, and Learning Repair Cafés.

  • Attracting qualified teaching staff and students: Initiatives include a staff exchange program, internships, summer schools, or hackathons at various locations, double degree programs, student mobility, and scholarships.

  • Upgrading digital solutions, equipment and infrastructure, with a focus
    on interoperability of IT systems across participating HEIs: To enhance the project's impact, the team will prioritise upgrading digital solutions, equipment, and infrastructure, with an emphasis on ensuring the interoperability of IT systems among participating higher education institutions (HEIs). This involves providing access to state-of-the-art IC design infrastructure, facilitating entry to IC fabrication facilities and lab testing of chips, establishing shared CAD infrastructure, and implementing a common testing platform that is accessible to all partners.

    • Establishing structural and sustainable partnerships between the members of
    the consortium: The network will strengthen through harmonised education programs and joint activities among all consortium members.

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    Greenchips-EDU is an education initiative, aimed at training essential specialists for the European semiconductor industry. By aligning education with sustainability principles, the EU project emphasizes green applications in the energy sector and empowers students to support a sustainable, circular economy.

    Greenchips.EDU is co-funded by the European Union. Project ID: 101123309 Programme DIGITAL - Call: DIGITAL - 2022-SKILLS-03.

    Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed ara however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor HADEA can be held responsible for them.

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