UW Opportunities
Coming soon!
US Domestic Opportunities
Graduate Student Workshop, April 14-17
Boise State and the UPWARDS Network are excited to welcome graduate students from each of the 11 UPWARDS universities. The students’ schedules will be full of networking, research, experiential learning and opportunities to showcase their work. The workshop schedule includes campus and industry tours, meals and demos.
More information about lodging and logistics and a map of the campus are available on the Boise State Upwards site.
Contact:
Dan Lamborn, Boise State University:
daniellamborn@boisestate.edu
+1 (503)913-9506
UPWARDS @RIT – Immersive Learning Program in Rochester, NY
The UPWARDS Program provides students and faculty with a wide array of experience and exposure centered centered around hands-on-training sessions, technical demons demonstrations, tours of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s cutting-edge facilities and labs, time in clean rooms, seminars, globally recognized company visits and more.
The Immersive Learning Program in Rochester, NY semiconductor development is currently one of the fastest growing industries. Gain firsthand experience and insight in this highly sought after field at the cutting-edge facilities and labs at the Rochester Institute of Technology located in Rochester, New York.
Program Details
Tentative Dates: August 6-16, 2025
Location: Rochester, New York
Program Fee Per Participant: $3,500 USD
Limit # of Student Participants: 20 in total
To Apply: Your home university will nominate exchange students to RIT by Feb. 28th to Alyssa (anbgbl@rit.edu). Each university can select up to 4 student participants, together with 5 additional waitlisted students to Alyssa. Questions could be directed to Alyssa as well.
Program fees include:
Tuition for the eleven-day Certificate Program
Stay Accommodations (Tentative: August 6-16)
Program Orientation
Group Meals and Personal TigerBucks Dining Cards
Professional Visits and Cultural Excursions
Transportation for Program Activities
Transportation to and from the ROC airport
Please note: Students should plan on additional costs for daily meals and personal, miscellaneous spending. Program does not include cost of airfare,health or travel insurance or visitor visa costs.
Contact information:
Kate Gleason
Jing Zhang, Ph.D. Associate Professor
College of Engineering
jzeme@rit.edu
Alyssa Brault,
Program Administrator International
Education and Global Programs
anbgbl@rit.edu
Japanese Opportunities
2025 UPWARDS summer intensive programs:
Where: Kyushu University, Ito Campus
When: July 28 – Aug. 7
Open to one or two students from each partner. Approximately $3,000.
Requirements: Undergraduate student in department/course of electrical engineering, material science, applied physics, information science, or information technology who is interested in
Semiconductor technology or business. Graduate student in STEM field who is interested in the theme related with Semiconductors. Ph.D. students matching the proposed research topic related with Semiconductors.
Application: The Application document should be submitted to Kyushu University through the applicant’s university. The document format will be shared among UPWARDS partners by email and posted on our site.
Deadline: March 31, 2025 (tenative)
Curriculum Overview:
1.) Introduction of semiconductor
2.) Applied course of semiconductors – Business/Sustainable/Social implementation
3.) Short term study in laboratories — it is a main part of this program. The research topic will be announced at recruitment.
4.) Company tours in Kyushu area
Contact Info:
okazaki@ ed.kyushu-u.ac.jp
hiromi.yuasa@ed.kyushu-u.ac.jp
niihara.suguru.999@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Where: Nagoya University in Nayoga
When: July 28-August 8
Open to one to three students per university (up to 18 students)
Approximately $3,500 per student (subject to change). Students currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program at an UPWARDS member university do not need a visa to enter Japan.
Application method:
Documents to be submitted through the partner university
1.) Document that includes Name, Gender, Class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior,
Senior, Master, PhD), Department of affiliation, Major, expected year of graduation, E-mail, and residential address.
2.) CV
3.) Motivation and interest in participating in Nagoya University’s summer program (approximately 100 words to 200 words)
4.) Photocopy of passport page, which shows the participant’s name, date of birth,and nationality
5.) Headshot photo in JPG format with adequate pixel size for 3cm-width x 4cm-height
6.) Declaration of Applicable Specific Categories
Application deadline and submission of materials is tentatively April 15. Email upwards@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp with questions.
Curriculum overview:
Nagoya University will offer a two-week summer intensive program in Nagoya, Japan,
focusing on cutting-edge semiconductor device and process technologies.
Highlights include:
Visits to semiconductor-related companies and laboratories in the UPWARDS and/or Chubu industrial cluster district. Participants will have the chance to:
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- The opportunity is to conduct experiments in multiple laboratories and participate in
tours of CIRFE Transformative Electronics Facilities, the Center for Low-
temperature Plasma Sciences, and several Clean Rooms.
- The opportunity is to conduct experiments in multiple laboratories and participate in
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- Introductory lectures on semiconductors and presentations by faculty and students
about their research.
- Introductory lectures on semiconductors and presentations by faculty and students
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- Visits to semiconductor-related companies and laboratories in the UPWARDS and/or Chubu industrial cluster district.
Participants will have the chance to:
- Visits to semiconductor-related companies and laboratories in the UPWARDS and/or Chubu industrial cluster district.
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- Work with undergraduate and graduate students, including NU student tutors, on research related to semiconductor material/process/device technologies.
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- Receive a thorough debrief on the experimental experience conducted in research labs.
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- Join a campus and semiconductor industrial factory tour and immerse yourself in Japanese culture.
Nagoya University will provide accommodation from the night of July 27 to the
morning of August 8, 2025. Email: upwards@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp with questions.
Tokyo Electron Summer Camp for Women
Location: Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. (tentative)
Dates: August 7 – August 9 (tentative)
1-3 participants per participating university, up to 33 people total.
Fee: Approximately 50,000 Japanese Yen per person (subject to change)
Includes: accommodation, meals, traveling expenses while staying in Miyagi participation fees for activities, etc. Air fare or train fees are not included.
Requirements:
Students currently enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at an UPWARDS
member university and faculty. Students who do not require a visa to enter Japan (TEL does not provide Visa support for this program).
*If there is a wish for high school students related to each university to participate in
this program, please contact the TEL UPWARDS office.
*Please let us know if any female faculty members wish to attend. We will confirm if we can adjust the number of slots after the final number of student participants from all universities has been determined.
**Applications due end of May.
Curriculum overview:
This is a program for female students at universities participating in UPWARDS. Staying at our beautiful “Tokyo Electron Miyagi club” in Miyagi, students can learn about everything from semiconductors to Tokyo Electron while enjoying some fun activities!
(Tentative program)
1. A session about Semiconductors
2. Engineer roundtable discussion
3. Tokyo Electron Miyagi factory tour
4. Team building activities (Curling!)
5. Make new friends
Accommodations provided by TEL. Contact info: Mihoko White