CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 October 2004
Company News
Oakland University Teams with UGS to Improve Student Career Prospects through Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Technology
UGS and Oakland University (OU) announced that UGS is providing a PLM software grant to OU with a commercial value of $30.2 million. The grant is designed to expand career opportunities for students at OU's School of Engineering and Computer Science by providing product development and management tools widely used in the automotive and other industries.
"We are extremely grateful for the generous grant UGS has made to Oakland University," said OU President Gary D. Russi. "The grant recognizes that we educate our students with a curriculum that teaches real-world, practical experience. This partnership will not only prepare our students for future jobs, but will also provide companies like UGS and their clients with employees who are well-versed with high industry standards right out of college."
The UGS NXT software package for digital product development will provide project-based education that reflects real-life product design, analysis and manufacturing challenges. Students will simulate actual industry practice by collaboratively designing, building and assessing products using the same PLM software and methodologies employed by today's leading global manufacturers.
"It is absolutely essential for our students to be familiar with the software and methodologies being utilized within the automotive industry," said Pieter Frick, dean for the OU School of Engineering and Computer Science. "Thanks to this generous grant, we have a tool set utilized by leading automotive OEMs and their suppliers and our technology-driven curriculum now provides an industry-inclusive education that will make OU students highly sought-after candidates within the industry."
The OU grant is made available through UGS' Global Opportunities in PLM (GO PLM) initiative, which leads the industry in the commercial value of the in-kind grants it provides with more than US$2 billion in 2003. GO PLM provides PLM technology to almost 800,000 students yearly at 7,752 global institutions, where it is used at every academic level - from middle schools to graduate engineering research programs.
Oakland University is a comprehensive, doctoral research-intensive university located in Oakland County, Michigan. The university has 114 bachelor's degree programs and 82 graduate degree and certificate programs. Visit Oakland University on the Web at http://www.oakland.edu
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