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Bring the semiconductor industry closer to campus.

Industry-academia programs from SION Varsity and the wider SION technology ecosystem — practical, credible, engineer-led.

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01 · Partnership Offerings

Industry-academia programs from SION Varsity + SION ecosystem.

Structured partnership offerings that bring practicing semiconductor engineers, industry EDA workflows and real projects directly onto your campus — designed with placement officers and department heads in mind.

Offering 01

Semiconductor Workshops

Half-day and full-day on-campus workshops delivered by practicing engineers — VLSI design, verification, FPGA basics, career pathways.

Offering 02

VLSI Labs

Support for setting up or upgrading VLSI teaching labs, including EDA environment guidance and lab manuals.

Offering 03

Faculty Development

Structured FDPs for ECE / EEE / Electronics faculty focused on current-industry RTL, verification and FPGA content.

Offering 04

Curriculum Advisory

Advisory on updating VLSI and semiconductor engineering electives to align with current industry hiring criteria.

Offering 05

Industry Electives

Full electives — ASIC, Verification, FPGA — delivered as credit or non-credit modules for final-year students.

Offering 06

Semiconductor CoE

A structured Center of Excellence — labs, curriculum, engineering mentorship, project pipeline. See structure below.

Offering 07

Student Projects

Industry-mentored final-year projects in ASIC, verification or FPGA — reviewed by practicing engineers.

Offering 08

Hackathons

On-campus semiconductor engineering hackathons — RTL, verification, FPGA design challenges.

Offering 09

Talent Assessments

Campus-wide SION Semiconductor Talent Tests as part of your placement preparation.

Offering 10

Internship Pathways

Where suitable, top student pipelines connected to internship consideration within the SION ecosystem.

Offering 11

Industry Lectures

Guest lectures on real semiconductor engineering topics delivered by SION ecosystem engineers.

Offering 12

Custom Programs

Bespoke industry-academia programs designed collaboratively with your department leadership.

02 · Semiconductor Center of Excellence

A semiconductor Center of Excellence on your campus.

A flagship long-term partnership — a fully-structured Semiconductor Center of Excellence delivering ASIC, Verification, FPGA and Embedded engineering capability inside your institution.

CoE Zone

EDA Lab

Professional EDA workflow environment for RTL, simulation, synthesis and timing analysis.

CoE Zone

FPGA Lab

FPGA development benches, boards and instrumentation for real hardware bring-up.

CoE Zone

ASIC Design

Structured ASIC design curriculum and labs aligned with industry workflow.

CoE Zone

Verification

SystemVerilog + UVM verification curriculum, environments and coverage practice.

CoE Zone

Embedded

Embedded systems engineering — hardware, firmware, systems integration.

CoE Zone

Project Center

Industry-informed student project pipeline — spec through demonstration.

CoE Zone

Faculty Development

Ongoing FDP cycle to keep faculty current with industry EDA, methodology and tools.

CoE Zone

Industry Mentoring

Rotating SION ecosystem engineer mentorship engagement on curriculum and student projects.

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Bring the semiconductor industry closer to your campus.

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