17 students of Synopsys and MIET joint program successfully complete it

PanARMENIAN.Net - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET), announced on June 3 that another 17 master’s students of the Synopsys and MIET joint educational program successfully completed the program and are ready to begin their professional engineering careers. The program is based on Synopsys EDA tools and a customized curriculum for very large scale integration (VLSI) design offered by the Synopsys Armenia Educational Department (SAED) through the Synopsys University Program.

During this year’s commencement ceremony, Rich Goldman, vice president of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Synopsys and honorable Professor of MIET, conferred Synopsys Certificates of Achievement to the graduates. “We inaugurated our joint program with MIET five years ago with the intent of contributing to the Russian semiconductor industry. The results are clear. The highly trained specialists graduating from this program are making a significant contribution,” said Mr. Goldman.

“I am glad that the program is gaining more and more autonomy due to the fact that some of the program graduates are already PhD students, and take part in the teaching process,” said Prof. Vazgen Melikyan, director of SAED and honorable scientist of the Republic of Armenia.

Synopsys Worldwide University Programs have been providing technology, tools and resources for teaching and academic research since 1986. The programs serve thousands of students and professors worldwide, with Synopsys’ tools currently installed in more than 450 educational institutions.

Synopsys established its presence in Armenia in 2004, after Armenia declared information technology (IT) as a priority business for the country. Since then, Synopsys Armenia closed joint stock company (CJSC) has become an important Synopsys site, providing R&D and product support in EDA, design for manufacturing (DFM) and the development of semiconductor intellectual property (IP). The company employs several hundred qualified Armenian engineers and is one of largest IT employers in Armenia.