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If everything goes according to plan, in just over a year between 30 and 60 students will start the new Master Programme in microelectronics production and packaging at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
Technical subjects like CAD and material science, together with more economics-based topics like logistics and organisation - make up the training recipe, which intends to strengthen Sweden's ability to develop new volume products in electronics.
Chalmers' Master Programme spans one and a half years. During the first year, students will spend a couple of months at company locations, and during the last half year, when they will be working on their final assignments, they will be industry-based almost all the time.
According to Professor Johan Liu, who is responsible for the programme, there is great demand for production knowledge from Sweden's many new high-tech companies. He says:
"Not least from companies involved in smart cards, Bluetooth and optics. To understand production is very important."
As examples he mentions companies like Bluetronics, Obducat, Strålfors and Qeyton. He sees the training as strongly complementary to the Swedish efforts in system-on-chip.
To attract foreign students, English will be used throughout the training. According to Johan Liu, the proposed programme has already attracted a great deal of interest from Korea, China, the US and Britain.
The Chalmers' board has yet to give the training the final go ahead.
Chalmers' Master Programme spans one and a half years. During the first year, students will spend a couple of months at company locations, and during the last half year, when they will be working on their final assignments, they will be industry-based almost all the time.
According to Professor Johan Liu, who is responsible for the programme, there is great demand for production knowledge from Sweden's many new high-tech companies. He says:
"Not least from companies involved in smart cards, Bluetooth and optics. To understand production is very important."
As examples he mentions companies like Bluetronics, Obducat, Strålfors and Qeyton. He sees the training as strongly complementary to the Swedish efforts in system-on-chip.
To attract foreign students, English will be used throughout the training. According to Johan Liu, the proposed programme has already attracted a great deal of interest from Korea, China, the US and Britain.
The Chalmers' board has yet to give the training the final go ahead.
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