Learning and Development

Applied Materials seeks to support every employee with an opportunity to continuously learn and grow professionally. The mission of Applied Global University (AGU) is to provide learning and development solutions to build individual, team and organizational competence in support of Applied’s business priorities.

AGU specializes in leveraging learning as a strategy for advancing the organization in ways that will drive business success. Through learning we, as individuals and an organization, have the ability to target and invest in developing critical capabilities that will make a difference for today’s business and the business of the future.

Applied Global University’s centers of expertise, called Learning Centers, are responsible for designing and developing learning programs in areas of professional, functional or technical significance to Applied Materials.

AGU Learning Centers

  • Employee Development

Provides professional development opportunities for all employees, in content areas which span across most job families.

  • Engineering and Technology

Provides learning programs aligned to Applied Materials’ products, processes and technologies.

  • Environmental Health and Safety

Provides a curriculum to ensure Environmental Health and Safety compliance.

  • Finance

Delivers content that develops and strengthens the finance and accounting skills of all employees.

  • Global New Hire

Assists in developing and deploying global New Hire and onboarding processes, products and services that support employee orientation and assimilation into the company.

  • Human Resources

Enables Global Human Resources employees to become the most innovative, capable and flexible in the industry.

  • Leadership Development

Provides development opportunities to build world-class leaders at all levels who will guide the future growth of the Company.

  • Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Provides educational opportunities for all Global Operations employees in content areas which span across most job families.

  • Quality and Reliability

Provides programs to enhance employees’ competencies and capabilities in the quality and reliability sciences as well as the management of quality.

  • Sales and Marketing

Partners with regional and product business units to jointly develop curriculum and tools to enable world-class leadership in sales and marketing.

  • Wellness

Enhances employee and company health, well-being and productivity.

AGU Services

  • Corporate Library

A knowledge resource center that provides all employees access to industry related news, electronic journals, standards, databases and other information sources.

  • Learning Technologies

An award-winning media development organization dedicated to developing technology enabled learning solutions for all AGU learning centers and all Applied employees.

  • Academic Partnerships

AGU partners with academic universities such as Harvard Business School, Cornell University, Stanford University and Santa Clara University to bring professional resources to Applied Materials employees.