Mission Statement

The PACE Partnership (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) links GM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard and Siemens PLM Software in the support of strategically-selected academic institutions worldwide, to develop the automotive product life cycle management team of the future. PACE was established in 1999 and is operating in 10 countries and 49 world-class institutions.

PACE Industrial Partners

• General Motors
• Sun Microsystems
• EDS
• Siemens PLM Software
• AutoDesk

Fully Deployed PACE Institutions

• Australia
  • Monash University

• Brazil
  • University of São Paulo

• Canada
  • British Columbia, University of
  • Dalhousie University
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Waterloo
  • Queen's University
  • University of Ontario Institute of Technology

• China
  • Jilin University
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Tongji University

• Germany
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt

• India
  • National Institute of Design (NID)
  • PES Institute of Technology
  • SJCE--Mysore

• Mexico
  • Instituto Politecnico Nacional
  • ITESM - Toluca
  • ITESM - Estado de Mexico
  • ITESM - Monterrey
  • ITAM
  • Universidad Iberoamericana

• South Korea
  • Hongik University
  • Korea University
  • Sungkyunkwan University

• Sweden
  • University West
  • Trollhättan, University of

• United States
  • Art Center College of Design--Pasadena
  • Brigham Young University
  • Cincinnati, University of
  • College for Creative Studies
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Kettering University
  • Howard University
  • Kettering University
  • Lehigh University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Michigan, University of
  • Michigan State University
  • Michigan Technological University
  • Missouri University of Science & Technology
  • New Mexico State University
  • Pennsylvania, University of
  • Missouri-Rolla, University of
  • Tuskegee University
  • Northwestern University
  • Prairie View A&M University
  • Purdue University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Texas at El Paso, University of
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wayne State University

Products and Services

• Hardware donations
• Software donations
• Training
• Automotive parts donations
• Collaborative industry projects for students