Cadence and the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET) with a joint curriculum development project to assist engineering students. Under the project, Cadence provided design expertise and training, computer equipment and software, and funding for instructors and student scholarships. The program offers a master's degree in analog/mixed signal engineering and includes 24 courses, accompanying laboratory projects, and practical trainings. So far, 42 students have graduated and begun working for such companies as Angstrom, Cadence, Freescale Semiconductor, Unicor and Unique IC's. Curriculum of technical courses at MIET are available for educational use at no charge at the Cadence repository (see Link below).
Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology
Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET) is a technical university, training specialists in electronics, information science, telecommunications and several specialties in economics and humanities. MIET has created a system, which combines thorough education in physics, mathematics and the computer science, foreign languages and specialized training at the university chairs and research laboratories and core enterprises in the industry.