Cadence Academic Network Benefits

Educators play a valuable role in shaping the future of technology by cultivating the next generation of engineers. Bring all the tools needed for the full design flow into your classroom curriculum. How will you be an education trailblazer?

CADENCE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM 

Education Kits and Academic Resources

The Academic Network has partnered with professors and business groups to develop academic resources to be used in classroom teaching. Enrich your lectures by incorporating our education kits or encourage continued learning by recommending the professor-written e-books.

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Unified Learning and Support Portal

Educators can request a Cadence Online Support account where they can access software downloads, a troubleshooting database, Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs), Generic Process Design Kits (GPDKs), and so much more!

The learning resources, including short, introductory videos—called Training Bytes—for Cadence tools and full Online Training courses that can be incorporated into your classroom curriculum are now a part of the Support Portal, making it even easier to enhance your classroom teaching with Cadence tools and materials.

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Cloud Passport Partner Program

Cadence, in collaboration with our Academic Cloud Partners, is providing academia easy access to all the benefits of the Cadence University Program in a cloud environment.

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Academic Leaders

Distinguish yourself as a leader in the academic community by representing the spirit of the Cadence Academic Network, certifying your lab, or participating in Cadence events:

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Professor Testimonials

We are grateful for the engagement with Cadence over the past 10 years. It has led us to innovative breakthroughs and has helped us educate pioneering scholars for the future workforce in EDA.

Dr. Xin Li


Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University

Highlights

5000+

Online Training courses and videos available
125+

Cadence Certification digital badges available
~5000

Training Bytes videos
780+

Rapid Adoption Kits

UCLA Leverages High-Level Synthesis to Make Rapid Architecture Tradeoffs

Hear how UCLA’s Dejan Marković and his students are applying high-level synthesis to baseband communications, signal processing, connective radio, highly parallel data processing, and more!

Academic Expert Insights – Matthew Morrison

Professor Matthew Morrison established an entire curriculum using Cadence tools.

Academic Expert Insights – Mohammed Ismail

Professor Mohammed Ismail shares how his long-term relationship with Cadence has enabled him to take on challenging research problems.

Cadence Academic Network Blogs