Industry Partners

Leading holistic workforce development and integration through industry-academic collaborations.

Accelerate to IndustryTM is a professional development program offered by UC Irvine that represents the interests of more than 6,000 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

A2i offers you opportunities to collaborate with UCI to shape the future of holistic and integrated workforce readiness at your company. Through A2i, you can recruit and directly impact the training of graduate and postdoctoral researchers. Our industry members help us prepare trainees in the following areas through participation in workshops, career panel discussions, site visits, lunch & learning.

    • Leadership, teamwork, and communication
    • Intellectual property and regulatory affairs
    • Market and technology evaluation
    • Project management
    • Commercialization
    • Finance

The A2i program includes five modules that offer a broad range of distinctive partnership opportunities:

A2i Modules

Our Partners

Thank you to our current industry partners: Phonexa, Cie, RTX, Leonid, Altura, Edwards Lifesciences, Rachio, Orange County Business Journal, The Pacific Club, Holman Capital and growing!