Program Vision & Mission
The vision for the PingCAP University Relations program is to be the best industry-education-research program in the world.
Our mission is to empower researchers so that they can innovate and solve real-world challenges. In addition, we will help university students gain the knowledge and experience they need to pursue career opportunities in the world of open source software.
For Researchers
- Joint Research between Universities and PingCAP
- Doctoral Fellowships
- TiDB Research
For Students
- Membership in the Talent Plan learning community
- Learn how to develop applications on TiDB
- Learn TiDB Internals
For Educators
- Access to PingCAPs formal TiDB training materials
- Faculty training of TiDB
- Connect with other TiDB trainers

TiDB Dedicated
A fully-managed cloud DBaaS for predictable workloads

TiDB Serverless
A fully-managed cloud DBaaS for auto-scaling workloads