Microchip Technology Inc awarded 11 scholarships, 200 development tools and 500 books to nearly 2,000 students of five leading national universities at a ceremony in HCM City on January 30.

The winners of the scholarship were shortlisted from top final-year electronic engineering students during the 2017 academic year. In addition to academic excellence, the winners had to demonstrate their mastery over Microchip products in their research and development projects.

“We are proud of our commitment to play a key role in helping the region’s next generation of electronic engineers hone their skills and gain qualifications,” said Joe Krawczyk, vice president, Asia Pacific Sales at Microchip Technology. “We strongly believe this initiative can play an important part in motivating and encouraging promising students to strive for even greater academic excellence in future.”

Since the launch of its first Viet Nam university programme in 2008, Microchip has supported academic institutions by providing development tools, reference books and assistance in setting up laboratories. For the 2017/18 programme, Microchip contributed US$20,000. The company also oversaw the establishment of four micro-controller laboratories in the five universities.

These include Ha Noi University of Science, HCM City University of Technology, People’s Police University of Technology and Logistics, Da Nang University of Science and Technology, and HCM City University of Science.

Microchip Technology Inc is a United States-based provider of micro-controller, mixed-signal, analogue and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower system cost and faster market delivery of thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. — VNS