ST partners with two more Universities in China

In 2006, ST announced the signing of cooperation agreements with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) to establish a microcontroller laboratory on each university campus, to train electronic engineering students to develop embedded application technologies.

On top of all the necessary training and technical support, ST is providing its advanced 32-bit STR7 ARM-based MCUs and development tools for hands-on embedded systems training, in which the engineering students will work on real-life embedded design projects.

On the other side, the universities are setting up an ST-sponsored MCU laboratory for teaching and scientific research, and will develop student training courses based on ST MCUs and tools.

These initiatives will benefit ST, the Chinese universities and of course, the students who will gain valuable experience on the very latest development tools used in commercial environments.

Student training had already begun in early September 2006, when the new university term started. Approximately 1,000 students are expected to be trained in each university every year.

These two universities, together with Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Harbin Institute of Technology, add to the list of the most prestigious educational and research laboratories and universities, in many of the countries where we operate, with which ST has established very strong links and partnered on a long-term basis.

ST is contributing through cooperation with these Chinese universities to the country’s future in the high tech industry.