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Targeted training
Minatec® will be giving new impetus to courses in micro and nanotechnology
at INP Grenoble,
which launched its first microelectronics courses at the end of the
1970s.
In all, almost €35m will be invested for the benefit of training
at Minatec, which will be taking more than 1,000 student engineers,
Masters, PhDs and interns.

New courses, focusing specifically on emerging technologies, are already
on offer, as part of initial and continuous training schemes.

Several projects are under study to focus more attention on nanophysics
and nanoscience, and respond to rapidly evolving demand in research
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As part of
INP Grenoble,
one of Minatec's founding members, the following schools are directly
involved in this new approach:
Grenoble's
Graduate School of Physics (ENSPG-Phelma).
Grenoble's
Graduate School of Electronics and Radioelectricity (ENSERG-Phelma).
INP Grenoble TELECOM - ENSIMAG
The
Doctoral School of Electronics, Electrical engineering, Automation,
Telecommunications and Signals (EEATS).
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The
new Centre
for Continuous Training in Microelectronics and Microsystems (CFCMM),
jointly operated by INP
Grenoble and CEA
Grenoble, draws on the high-grade educational and technological
potential surrounding it to offer custom-built training schemes in
advanced technology.
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Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (CIME) |
In
their drive to develop new courses and content all the organizations
mentioned above make use of the resources available at the Interuniversity
Microelectronics Centre (CIME). It has its
own clean room and tools for designing, characterizing and testing
microelectronics, microwaves and optoelectronics components and microsystems.
CIME will take on a new lease of life when it moves to Minatec in
2005, occupying 3,000 sq m of new premises and clean rooms. |
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