EMI is heading up an 18-partner consortium which has won up to €4 million in funding to develop the European Chips Skills Academy.

The academy is an initiative to help tackle the skills and talent shortages in Europe’s electronics industry.

The initiative is backed by more than 30 partner research organisations, vocational and education training providers, certification agencies and industry stakeholders.

The academy will expand on the Microelectronics Pact for Skills and the EU Chips Act to support the microelectronics ecosystem in Europe to attract new talent.

It will deliver targeted European-wide training in key microelectronics fields such as automotive and additive manufacturing. The grant, provided by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme, will fund the academy for four years.

The academy is the second phase of the Microelectronics Training, Industry and Skills (METIS) consortium.

Both initiatives are designed to foster microelectronics industry collaboration with key education, training and certification providers to address the skills shortage and European competitiveness.

“The pan-European alliance guiding the European Chips Skills Academy will leverage the diverse and considerable strengths of its many partners from across the microelectronics’ ecosystem and industrial value chain,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “The project aims to bring greater strategic foresight to the evolution of professions and skills in the industry by applying evidence-based, data-driven success metrics to workforce development.”

Expected to begin work in autumn 2023, the academy consortium consists of:

Asociación Nacional de Centros con Certificados de Profesionalidad (ANCCP) – Spain

Association for European NanoElectronics Activities (AENEAS) – France

Budapest University of Technology & Economics (BME) – Hungary

DECISION Etudes & Conseil – France

Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) – Germany

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) – Austria

Infineon Technologies – Austria

Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence (CIMEA) – Italy

Innovazione Apprendimento Lavoro Friuli Venezia Giulia (IAL-FVG) – Italy

Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec) – Belgium

Knolyx – Romania

Melexis – Belgium

Okmetic – Finland

Platform Talent voor Technologie (PTVT) / European STEM coalition – Netherlands

SEMI Europe – Germany

Silicon Saxony – Germany

Technical University of Ostrava (VSB) – Czechia

Tyndall National Institute – Ireland

Visit SEMI Global Advocacy to learn more about public policy efforts and developments, andSEMI Workforce Development for more information on efforts to address the microelectronics industry’s talent needs.

By: DocMemory
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