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Alstom Partners With Universities to Build Rail Talent Pipeline

The partnerships include a new engineering scholarship fund at Alfred State College in Western New York and collaborations with transportation centers at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University.

June 2, 2026
Alstom Partners With Universities to Build Rail Talent Pipeline

Alstom has manufacturing sites in both New York and Pennsylvania, and offices in New York City and Philadelphia.

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  • Alstom is forming partnerships with academic institutions, including Alfred State College, the University of Pennsylvania, and NYU, to develop a skilled workforce in the rail and transit sectors.
  • The company is establishing an engineering scholarship fund and collaborating with transportation centers as part of its workforce development strategy.
  • Alstom's initiatives highlight its commitment to the U.S. market through local manufacturing and creating jobs in the transit and rail industry.

*Summarized by AI

Alstom is expanding partnerships with leading academic institutions to help develop the next generation of rail and transit professionals as the company ramps up hiring across the US and Canada following several major contract wins over the past two years.

The partnerships include a new engineering scholarship fund at Alfred State College in Western New York and collaborations with transportation centers at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University (NYU).

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Alstom has manufacturing sites in both New York and Pennsylvania, and offices in New York City and Philadelphia.

Together, these efforts underscore Alstom’s long-term commitment to the US market, local manufacturing, and workforce development.

"Modernizing and expanding transit and rail has many benefits, including creating good American jobs," said Dani Simons, VP of communications and public affairs, Americas. "From high-school graduates who want to be skilled welders to master’s students who dream of building more energy-efficient engines, we want more students to understand that this is a growing field and there are real opportunities to build a career and to be part of shaping the future of the U.S. rail industry."

Investing in Talent, Research

At Alfred State College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, Alstom will donate $50,000 to endow a scholarship fund for students majoring in engineering technology.

The college and Alstom’s manufacturing facility in Hornell, NY, just 12 miles apart, have been collaborating for years to support hands-on technical education and workforce development.

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Alstom has also become a founding sponsor of the Transportation Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania (TRIP), a new effort led by former Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Leslie Richards.

The initiative aims to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world solutions by providing agencies with policy and planning guidance.

In New York City, Alstom leadership has joined the Advisory Board of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, a nationally recognized center that unites cutting-edge research with convenings to shape transportation policy, explore emerging innovations, and develop the next generation of leaders for the New York region and beyond.

Charging Ahead in the US Market

Alstom’s academic partnerships come as the company expands its footprint across the US rail sector.

In the past 12 months, the company reported that it has received orders for hundreds of new commuter railcars in New York and New Jersey and produced the first high-speed trains made in America.

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As a rolling stock and rail services provider in the US, Alstom has delivered more than 12,000 new or renovated vehicles for domestic rail agencies, including those in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New Jersey.

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Alstom is expanding partnerships with leading academic institutions, establishing a new engineering scholarship fund at Alfred State College, and collaborating with transportation centers at the University of Pennsylvania and NYU.

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