We’re delighted to share new information packs, which include information about your local semiconductor industry, ways to learn more about Electronics and semiconductors, and inspiring engineer stories.
Each pack is tailored to a region, highlighting local strengths, capabilities, networks, and opportunities.
Northern Ireland
In Derry~Londonderry, engineers create tiny but powerful parts used in hard drives and data centres. This technology helps us store the photos, videos, apps, and data we use every day. The area is also home to cutting-edge research centres supported by Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University, QAMEC and Smart Nano NI, providing the very spaces where students, researchers, and industry partners collaborate on real-world challenges, turning scientific ideas into working devices.
Find out more about the Semiconductor industry in Northern Ireland below
North East
If you’re thinking about what to study next, the North East is an exciting place to start. If you arrange to take a walk through the NETPark science park in County Durham, you’ll find cleanrooms, pilot manufacturing lines and labs. This is where engineers and researchers are creating all these flexible chips, photonics devices and advanced Electronics used around the world.
Find out more about the Semiconductor industry in the North East below
Scotland
In Scotland, great ideas don’t just stay in the lab, they’re fabricated into reality. From the bustling streets of Glasgow to the creative hubs of Edinburgh, the Central Belt thrives on collaboration. Students and apprentices gain hands-on experience while researchers and engineers turn theory into working chips, sensors, and devices.
Find out more about the Semiconductor industry in Scotland below
South Wales
In South Wales, ideas quickly turn into real technology! Scientists, researchers, engineers, and students at Cardiff University, University of South Wales, or local colleges such as Coleg y Cymoedd help turn research into real products shaping how we live, communicate, and move every day. From semiconductor firms like IQE and the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult in Newport to university labs at Swansea University, collaboration between education and industry transforms creative thinking into cutting-edge technology.
Find out more about the Semiconductor industry in South Wales below
South West
Instead of huge chip factories, the region specialises in the parts of the semiconductor world that require precision, creativity, and teamwork. Photonics, microelectronics, packaging, assembly, and chip design are the technologies shaping today’s local industry. If you’re thinking of what to do next, the region offers plenty of routes into the sector! Universities such as Bristol, Bath, Southampton and Plymouth teach Electronics, photonics, chip design and semiconductor manufacturing, giving students access to specialist cleanrooms and research labs.
Find out more about the Semiconductor industry in South West below