Global EMC University
Advance your EMC knowledge and career with in-depth classes on
EMC at the IEEE EMC Society’s premier educational event.
About Global University
The first Global University took place at the 2007 International Symposium on EMC in Honolulu, Hawaii. Janet O’Neil, the symposium chair, was looking for events to help encourage people relatively new to EMC to come to the symposium. Dr. Clayton Paul proposed a series of courses taught by internationally recognized EMC instructors from around the world. Together, they organized an event they named “Global University” consisting of ten, two-hour courses that ran throughout the symposium week. The event proved to be very popular and has been a fixture at every EMC symposium since then.
In the early years, the name of the event changed from Global University to Global EMC University to Global EMC & SI University, as the topics and the nature of instruction evolved. However, in 2013 the IEEE EMC Society Education Committee determined that the membership was best served by Global University as it was originally envisioned and organized by Dr. Paul. The committee established strict standards for both the topics and instructors to ensure a high-quality educational experience. They also renamed the event “Clayton R. Paul Global University.”
Detailed information about the 2025 Global University is coming soon.
PLEASE NOTE: The Clayton R. Paul Global University course content is intended for engineers who have been working in EMC and/or SIPI for several years and wish to be able to deepen their understanding. It is suggested that those who would like to attend will have already participated in the “Fundamentals Tutorial” held on Monday during the annual IEEE EMC Society Symposium week.
*Attendees participating in Clayton R. Paul Global University must attend all 20 hours of the instruction to receive a participation certificate. Other Symposium sessions and activities can be attended outside of these hours.