Top 500 Enterprises in Silicon Valley Rocket Program

In 1939, before the advent of technology and Silicon Valley, WJU had already been established in the location which has become the core area of Silicon Valley today in California. At that time, who could have imagined that Silicon Valley would become the place for top global technology companies in the world? Since its founding more than 80 years ago, WJU’s graduates have been studying and developing their careers in this area. “The forefathers plant trees and the succeeding generations enjoy the crops.” From the alumni of earlier days, many have been business owners or corporate executives in California and in Silicon Valley today. This extraordinary alumni network was truly built over time. 

This is the birthplace of WJU, and WJU is also the cradle of many talents. After more than 80 years of hard work, today we have built our strengths through "time, place and people". By taking advantage of our strengths, we have created the “rocket tickets” for our graduates to directly enter major organizations in Silicon Valley. 

"The rocket soars up above the sky and oversees the world", This is the vision of our “Top 500 Enterprises in Silicon Valley Rocket Program".  

After many years of preparation, WJU finally opened its Department for International Students in the Fall of 2016. Despite various difficulties, with the joint support and efforts from all parties, WJU insisted on creating a win-win situation where international students could meet the important requirements of internship before graduation as local students in the United States. However, in reality, it was impossible for international students to practice outside the campus in the United States, and it was even nothing more than just a dream to let them have the concept or opportunity of CPT (Curricular Practicum Training) from school.
WJU insists on making dreams happen, making the impossible possible. Simply speaking, WJU not only needed to obtain the special quota contract signed by each organization, but also required the special approval document from the state government. Both were absolutely necessary. This “simple” arrangement was anything but that.

For this reason, international students of our university must complete CPT internship for credits of their major subject before they proceed to study in the third or fourth year of university or graduate from university. At the same time, it is also the foundation that overseas students should lay before they work in Silicon Valley. In addition, the Top 500 Enterprises in Silicon Valley not only benefit those students majoring in Computer Science and other IT-related subjects, but also includes those students who are in Business related Majors.

WJU annually only accepts 35 international students from all over the world for its Computer Science Major. Here, we have to introduce Mr. John Crawford, the famous Intel Pentium chips engineer and computer science pioneer, who is also invited as WJU’s computer science advisory board member. Since computer science and technology develop rapidly, this major must keep pace with the times. The syllabus written for this subject in our school also needs to be changed every year, just to comply with the rapid development of global science and technology and the arrangement of different Silicon Valley organizations for direct engagement of our graduates.

Generally speaking, when students come to WJU for the first year, they not only need to adapt to American life and get involved in the local social circle, but also need to complete necessary courses. More importantly, they need to study hard and achieve good academic results. Currently, all teachers in our school have doctoral degrees, and are also professionals in the industry and even researchers in computer science. Therefore, after entering the second year of study, students of computer science major with excellent academic results will have the opportunity to be invited to participate in the research of Silicon Valley's future science and technology and expand their future achievements in science and technology.

In addition, about 87 % of the students were employed by the Fortune 500 companies successfully through internship before graduation last year. Several are employed by major companies in Sacramento and Silicon Valley, such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Intel, Oracle, VMware, Tesla, Bank of America, Hilton Worldwide, Kaiser Hospital, EA Games and Hewlett Packard. By far, the top three companies offering the most internship opportunities and employment opportunities to our students are Google (11%), Apple (10%) and NVIDIA (4%).

Since 2019, WJU has been further recognized by more large companies and organizations. WJU has officially partnered with Walk Water Technologies to offer Oracle Gold Certificate training courses to qualified candidates who successfully pass the training program. WJU regularly arranges students to enter Oracle and other companies who utilize the Oracle ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) to get training directly before graduation. Students who successfully complete the training and perform well will be eligible to be employed by Oracle, SAP, or other organizations during CPT and OPT (Optional Practical Training). Not only can qualified students receive a work authorization visa, but many also enjoy generous benefits such as contract bonuses, housing allowances, promotions and insurance. 

Over the past decades, we believe that our school is a nurturing hub for talents for top organizations in Silicon Valley in the United States. We welcome global talents to join us for win-win cooperation. Would you be one of them?