New report: Student demand for chip programmes has doubled. Universities aren't keeping up.

Semiconductors have become critical to everything from national security to the economy. Now students want to study them, but there aren’t enough programmes to meet the surge in interest.
By Karl Baldacchino

Semiconductors went from obscure to strategically critical in less than a decade. Student demand for chip-related programmes nearly doubled between 2019 and 2025, but universities are struggling to scale. Equipment costs hundreds of millions, and traditional degrees don’t cover what the industry needs. Governments are spending billions on chip factories, but you can’t run a factory without trained workers.

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