NanoTrasen Academy

= NanoTrasen Academy =

The NanoTrasen Academy is a state of the art corporate training centre and recognized university located within District 12 or the 'Xavier District' of Mendell City located in Biesel with a sister facility - The NanoTrasen High Academy - in the NTCC Odin within the "Archway" district. The Academy provides training and diplomas for work across all levels of NanoTrasen's corporate structure; from Assistant to Executive Management, the college provides qualifications for all. The High Academy facility based on the Odin is a smaller and much more elite place of learning with only those with exceptional skills, recommendations, and references being given admittance. Students and trainees based within the NanoTrasen Academy are provided with subsidized shared accommodation in which groups of students live in a series of dormitories. The High Academy students are provided with free apartments within the Odin.

"The Miranda Trasen Scholarship" allows students to attend the NanoTrasen Academy for free and is therefore largely an award granted to prospective students who wish to enter the college but cannot afford to do so. It requires three written recommendations and references from Command Staff tier or above, including NanoTrasen Liaisons and allows for employees at the lower rungs of the company's employ to study and enter into relevant fields across NanoTrasen. The most common use of this scholarship is to allow Assistants from poorer backgrounds who have the potential to contribute greatly to the company a chance to study into a higher tier field - be it medical, service or science - which they would not normally be able to pay. The staff members who provide the recommendations and references are held responsible for any time wasters or dropouts who "waste" the scholarship, usually being fined for the credits spent on the individual. These fines can enter into hundreds of thousands of credits. However, the cost of the fine is shared over the three recommenders. Due to this, Miranda Trasen Scholarships are given out sparingly.

The NanoTrasen Academy is also heavily involved in the collegial sports scene. Its mascot is Bob the Cyborg, a clerical unit transferred from the Odin. Because of his status as a cyborgification subject, Bob is a very divisive topic on the campus; some argue that the mascot is gruesome and should be retired, while others believe that he is an essential part of the college's history. The college has a historical rivalry with the New Gibson University.

Relevant Career
The NanoTrasen Academy has courses that focus on the service, research, and medical industry.

Notable Graduates

 * Rook Keller, the current Chief Research Director of the NanoTrasen, graduated from the NanoTrasen High Academy.