In response to the manpower shortage in the semiconductor and display equipment manufacturing industry, STUST, Taiwan Applied Materials Co., Ltd., Affiliated Tainan Industrial Senior High School of NCKU , National Hsinhua Industrial Vocational High School, National Tainan Maritime Industry High School, Chang Jung Senior High School jointly organized the " Special Class for Industrial-Academic Cooperation in Semiconductor and Display Equipment Manufacturing," which was approved by the Ministry of Education to open in the 113 school year. After one year of basic training at Affiliated Tainan Industrial Senior High School of NCKU , National Hsinhua Industrial Vocational High School, National Tainan Maritime Industry High School, and Chang Jung Senior High School, they started to "learn by doing, learn by doing" through Taiwan Applied Materials workplace internship, combined with the Advanced Studies Office of STUST. The faculty of the Department of Semiconductors and Optoelectronics and the Department of Electrical Engineering has been strengthening their professional capabilities in order to achieve diffusion and application results in practical internships. Through industry-university cooperation and resource integration, STUST enabled students to graduate with practical skills. Excellent students now can seamlessly join the workforce and directly become full-time employees after graduation.

【STUST, Affiliated Tainan Industrial Senior High School of NCKU , National Hsinhua Industrial Vocational High School, National Tainan Maritime Industry High School, Chang Jung Senior High School, and Taiwan Applied Materials, a major American semiconductor and display equipment manufacturer, jointly held the "Special Class on Industry-Academic Cooperation in Semiconductor and Display Equipment Manufacturing", working together to improve semiconductor talents.】

STUST has been working hard on teaching innovation for many years, integrating curriculum planning and research development with STUST. Most of its graduates work as process engineers or equipment engineers in Southern Taiwan Science and Industrial Park. In order to expand and cultivate talents in the semiconductor and display equipment industry, STUST cooperates with the Ministry of Labor to implement a pilot program for new industry leaders and opens practical training courses on semiconductor manufacturing in 2021 and 2023.

104 Job Bank's "104 Play Data" has sorted out talent recruitment in three major hot stamping industries: semiconductors, software networks, and the financial industry. These are among the top ten industries where freshmen have most wanted to go in the past six years, and are among the top three hot stamping industries with the highest starting salaries. The STUST is one of the universities most frequently invited by the semiconductor industry.

Global Vision Magazine's 2024 Company Most Favorite College Students Survey asked human resources and recruitment units of Taiwan's listed companies and large companies with a capital of more than 100 million about the best-performing public and private universities of science and technology. STUST firmly sits on the top of the list of private universities in the South. In this special class, students can learn the professional capabilities of semiconductors and displays at STUST and implement the "last mile" teaching linking schools to enterprises through diversified industry-university cooperation methods.

Applied Materials is the world's number one semiconductor and display equipment manufacturer. Its equipment is used to manufacture nearly every new chip and advanced display in the world. Founded in 1967, Applied Materials is present in 24 countries and 150 cities around the world, with approximately 34,000 bits. This year also marks the 35th anniversary of Applied Materials in Taiwan. It has a dedicated and leading technical team to efficiently provide customers with a full range of professional solutions in processes, machinery, software and automation, with a high degree of commitment and resources in talent development. The total amount invested in training in Taiwan last year and this year exceeded NT$100 million in talent education, training and development. Students in this special class were hired an assistant engineer during the technical college student period. Taiwan Applied Materials Company arranges tutors and senior students to help them adapt to the company environment and establish a workplace network. They also enjoy labor insurance, health insurance, annual travel allowance, free breakfast, meal subsidies, Interest-free car loans worth of NT$ 360,000, 15% off employee stock subscriptions, etc. It allows freshmen to study with peace of mind for four years as soon as they enroll. After graduation, they also have the opportunity to apply for transfer to other engineering departments or be promoted to engineers and other diversified career development.

Affiliated Tainan Industrial Senior High School of NCKU, National Hsinhua Industrial Vocational High School, National Tainan Maritime Industry High School, Chang Jung Senior High School are Tainan City's key high schools for cultivating technical and vocational talents. Each school continues to enrich various teaching and internship equipment, professional classrooms, and internship factory venues to meet students' self-skills enhancement. It is necessary to improve the implementation of the Class B and Class C license system in the school. This special class will take basic training from the professional courses of Affiliated Tainan Industrial Senior High School of NCKU , National Hsinhua Industrial Vocational High School, National Tainan Maritime Industry High School, Chang Jung Senior High School, combining the teaching excellence of the south with the model university of science and technology, STUST, to take root in professional capabilities, and work with Taiwan Applied Materials Corporation for partners, allowing students with technical and vocational needs and abilities to receive corporate internship training as soon as possible to fill the manpower gap in the semiconductor and display equipment manufacturing industry.