Microelectronics is the major force driving electronic and knowledge-based markets. The college operates a microelectronics training facility capable of Research and Development, and small run manufacturing, housed within a clean room environment. Every course features a major practical laboratory component with a professor or lab technologist present at all scheduled periods. The laboratory portion is generally 50 per cent of the total time allocated to the subject, but may vary as needed. Since most courses involve project work, the laboratories are accessible to students for assignment work.
Several plant tours at potential employer sites are schedules in term two.
IPC is a U.S.-based trade association that creates quality and design standards for the electronics manufacturing industry, working alone or jointly with other industry associations. These standards are widely accepted and used throughout the world.