At the recent EIT Education and Skills Day event, EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Pledger, UiPath, was named Enterprise Trainer of the Year. We spoke to Razvan Petria, Director, Learning Content Design about UiPath’s commitment to deep tech training and their plans to strengthen STEM and deep tech education.
“Our commitment to deep tech training is deeply rooted in our origins. We’re incredibly proud of this recognition, and we see it as just the beginning. There’s so much more we can do.”
Founded in post-communist Eastern Europe, which is also where Razvan spent his formal education years, UiPath has seen, first-hand, how transformative education can be. In those societies transitioning from centrally planned economies to open markets, they witnessed an entire generation needing to reskill in order to adapt. That experience shaped UiPath Academy’s mission that education, particularly in advanced technologies, is the most powerful driver of social and economic change.
And it’s this perspective that makes UiPath’s involvement in the EIT Deep Tech Initiative a natural extension of its mission. Having always believed in democratising access to cutting-edge technologies that accelerate human achievement, strengthen communities, and boost Europe’s competitiveness on the global stage, UiPath’s commitment to deep tech is not just strategic; it’s deeply rooted in who they are and where they come from.
“UiPath has stood out in the automation market is by embracing an open architecture and a low-code approach from the very beginning.”
Open architecture and a low-code approach have been key to lowering the entry barrier to UiPath’s technology and making it accessible to a broad audience, not just developers. While building advanced enterprise solutions still requires a higher level of expertise, usually achieved by full-time professionals, UiPath’s goal has always been to let anyone explore automation, and providing the right training through UiPath Academy is central to that mission.
This mindset has made it easy for UiPath to support global reskilling and upskilling initiatives with training programmes that offer people who have lost their jobs or professionals seeking a new career path a real chance to step into the digital economy. UiPath’s partnerships with organisations like Black Girls Code, and their recent reskilling programmes for public sector employees, are just some of the efforts that align closely with the goals of the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative.
“Focus your efforts on those who need it most.”
UiPath know that the biggest impact often comes from empowering non-technical individuals who may never have imagined working with deep tech. Enabling them to build digital literacy or even become citizen developers is incredibly rewarding and creates real, lasting change.
A key principle that guides UiPath is to constantly ask: How can we lower the entry barriers? Whether it’s through intuitive, low-code tools or accessible, self-paced training, or both, the ultimate goal is to make deep tech as accessible and inclusive as possible.
UiPath’s advice for organisations or trainers who aspire to make a lasting impact in deep tech education and training is not to wait until everything is perfect. Starting small, launching early, and iterating, will begin creating impact from day one, and that momentum is motivation to keep going and also helps the programme grow stronger over time.
“It’s like a flywheel, the more it turns, the more impact it generates.”
Following on from the era of robotic process automation, UiPath has recently entered a new chapter in this AI-powered world, called Act II: agentic automation, a shift they see as opening up a wide range of learning opportunities.
They remain committed to supporting their existing community of practitioners in closing the skills gap, but can also see an opportunity to reach entirely new audiences. To that end, they are developing a new series of courses covering agentic automation, agentic orchestration, and agentic testing, which will help expand their footprint in deep tech education and ensure that learners and professionals alike are equipped to thrive in the next wave of technological change.
For updates on the new courses and resources, follow UiPath Academy.
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