PTC to Cooperate with Chinese Ministry of Education

By DE Editors

PTC (Needham, MA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on education cooperation with The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in which PTC will provide Pro/ENGINEER, Windchill, Arbortext, and Mathcad software and related training to numerous Chinese universities and colleges, as well as its primary, middle schools, high schools, and vocational schools.

In an effort to cultivate engineering talents across all education levels in China, spokesmen for the two organizations discussed how to improve engineering education and design skills for college students soon to enter the workforce as well as how to encourage science education in younger students.

PTC will further strengthen its partnership with several higher education institutes and establish PTC Academies, whose focus will be on design skill training. Additionally, PTC will continue to focus on early technology education, providing free Pro/ENGINEER design software and training to primary, middle schools, and high schools throughout China.

PTC is committed to furthering its support of engineering education in China by helping Chinese students of all ages increase their technological literacy, mastering technological skills to become qualified, talented engineers.

PTC's education program provides teachers and professors with complete learning solutions to prepare a new generation for success in a technological world. From secondary school to the university level, PTC gives students the ultimate in product development education by providing software, training and classroom materials to educators worldwide. Their education program is a part of a technological literacy movement that seeks to improve critical thinking and multidimensional problem-solving skills as well as preparing a growing number of students to become engineers.

For details, contact PTC.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.