To Asia for knowledge about chips – two students from the Technical University – Plovdiv branch are departing for training

In July, Trakia Economic Zone is sending two students from the Technical University – Plovdiv Branch to specialized training in Asia. Where does this opportunity and need come from? Plamen Panev, Executive Director of Trakia Economic Zone, explains: "It comes from the increasingly high level of technical education in Bulgaria and from the 'business-education' link that we have established with the team. When this link was weaker, we could not derive sufficient benefits from the overall improvement in our level to establish high-tech production in Trakia Economic Zone. All of this is possible, however, when we have better education in Bulgaria." 

And so: times have changed. For the past 7-8 years, foreign investors have been coming to Bulgaria and, in particular, to Trakia Economic Zone, not to seek cheap labor. They are looking for engineers and programmers of the highest level for their high-tech production. It is precisely such personnel that the Technical University – Plovdiv Branch is producing. Elena Karakasheva and Petya Hristova are fourth-year students majoring in "Computer Systems and Technologies" at the Technical University – Plovdiv Branch. Both girls are top students. They have been selected to undertake a specialization at the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute. The costs of travel, training, and the 30-day stay are covered by the program Taiwan-Europe Semiconductor Training Program. Emil Yankov – "Business Development" Manager at Trakia Economic Zone, recounts: "Our students will be trained in chip design. The lecturers are people from the business sector. The training takes place in Hsinchu city, where the country's microelectronics industry is concentrated. At the end, our two students will take an exam and receive a certificate of the level of knowledge acquired. In Bulgaria, they can build a career in companies related to electronics and robotics."

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