UPWARDS

What

Boise State is one of 11 institutes of higher education pioneering the University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research and Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future program.

UPWARDS for the Future is an international semiconductor program that is funded by Micron, Tokyo Electron and the National Science Foundation.

This partnership was launched in 2023 by Micron Technology, Inc.

Who

Japanese Universities:

Hiroshima University
Kyushu University
Nagoya University
Tohoku University
Tokyo Institute of Technology

USA Universities:

Boise State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Washington
Virginia Tech and Purdue University.

Objectives

The UPWARDS program seeks to empower collaboration between industry and higher education across Japan and the U.S., and together:

• Advance women in semiconductors
• Create industry relevant curriculum design and subsequent implementation
• Promote experiential learning
• Encourage student and faculty exchanges
• Conduct semiconductor and memory centric research (non-IP).