- People who attend NICU will be called “learners” and will receive a certification of completion upon graduation and not a degree diploma
- It will have courses based on chip companies job descriptions and learners knowledge gaps, designed to teach practical and specialised skills
As per a report by Xinhua, Nanjing launched China’s first integrated circuit university as the country aims to work on the talent shortage in the semiconductor industry. It added that China has established Nanjing Integrated Circuit University (NICU) in a bid to boost domestic chip manufacturing and technology innovation capability.
It added that NICU will not recruit high school graduates from the national college entrance examination, but will select college and university graduates who already have relevant knowledge, or those who have an interest in working on integrated circuits. It will also train junior staff for integrated circuit companies.
Boosting China’s chip manufacturing capability
It added that people who attend NICU will be called “learners” and will receive a certification of completion upon graduation and not a degree diploma. NICU is not under the Ministry of Education or provincial and municipal education authorities. It was founded by the management committee of Nanjing Jiangbei New District, a national-level special economic zone where NICU is located.
It will focus on boosting China’s chip manufacturing capability, according to Shí Lóngxīng, president of NICU and dean of the Electrical Science and Technology School of Southeast University added the report. It will have courses based on chip companies job descriptions and learners knowledge gaps, designed to teach practical and specialized skills. It is expected that veteran chip engineers, industry experts, and university professors will taech here
