ABOUT // THE INSTITUTE

The Institute for Digital Enterprise Advancement

SET Academy is an initiative of IDEA — a nonprofit institute advancing digital engineering education and workforce development across industry, government, and academia.

MISSION

Advance Digital Enterprise

IDEA exists to accelerate the adoption of digital engineering — equipping the workforce, institutions, and industry with the practices that Industry 4.0 demands.

PARTNERSHIP

Built with Industry & Academia

The SET Academy curriculum was developed with industry, government, and academic partners — so what students learn maps directly to what programs need.

OUTCOMES

A Pipeline, Not Just a Program

From community college classrooms to professional upskilling through DigitalWERX, IDEA builds the talent pipeline for the next decade of engineering.

What is SET Academy?

SET Academy — Systems Engineering Technology — is IDEA's flagship curriculum: a five-course Model-Based Systems Engineering sequence delivered through partner colleges, with professional training available through DigitalWERX Pro.