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Memorandum of Understanding between UK and NVIDIA on AI skills

Published 9 June 2025

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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NVIDIA and the UK government (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - DSIT) on AI Skills opportunities.

The transformative potential of AI through skills, workforce and research development

  • Artificial intelligence (“AI”) can help solve some of the largest and most complex problems. Continuous research and innovation can drive breakthroughs across industries, supporting growth, scientific discovery, and a more sustainable future.
  • Recognising the opportunity presented by AI and accelerated computing, this collaboration aims to have the UK build an inclusive, AI-skilled workforce capable of driving growth.

Our ambitions for the collaboration

  • In a shared commitment to education, research and access, the UK government and NVIDIA are collaborating to support the upskilling and reskilling of the UK workforce across industry, research and the public sector.
  • The collaboration draws on NVIDIA’s global leadership in AI technologies and training, the UK government’s strategic commitment to economic resilience and innovation through the UK’s modern industrial strategy, and the world-class research capacity and academic excellence embedded across the UK.
  • The UK government and NVIDIA plan to collaborate on workforce development to create a nationwide AI talent development pipeline that expands access across all stages of the pipeline and all parts of the UK, including to pre-university, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students, public servants, apprentices, underrepresented communities, and mid-career professionals.
  • NVIDIA intends to support the government’s ambition to upskill the UK workforce in AI skills in the next 5 years.
  • The ambition is to enhance the UK’s global leadership in education, research and development through curriculum integration, faculty training, and international collaboration, supported by cutting-edge NVIDIA tools, training and infrastructure.

Opportunities for continued collaboration

  • DSIT and NVIDIA intend to explore areas of shared interest and collaboration including:
    • Delivering scalable AI skills training through workshops, “AI Days”, ambassador programmes, hands-on labs, sandbox environments and online learning.
    • Providing access to NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute resources to accredited educational institutions for integration of industry-standard AI tools and methodologies directly into academic, continuing education, and workforce training programmes. The parties intend to also explore support for government funded training and talent programmes, such as the ‘Pioneer’ fellowships.
    • Supporting collaborative AI research projects to enhance national scientific computing and innovation capacity.
    • Collaborating with UK post-secondary institutions to develop certification pathways in AI, machine learning, and GPU technologies that align with industry-recognised standards that prepare learners and educators to improve employment opportunities and in-role development.
    • Collaborating with higher education providers to increase the link between higher education and workforce so that students graduate with industry-ready skills and work opportunities.
    • Attracting AI-centred businesses to the UK by fostering a favourable environment for startups and industry leaders.
    • Promoting inclusive access to AI training to support AI education and workforce programmes reaching underserved and underrepresented communities across all UK regions.
    • Promote upskilling of research technical professionals needed to deploy AI in the UK’s research ecosystem - such as research software engineers.
    • Supporting the development of ‘bilingual’ talent at the intersection of AI and key scientific domains.
    • Establish learning communities to share knowledge between NVIDIA and the publicly supported science ecosystem on best practices in applying AI to science.

DSIT and NVIDIA intend to explore these shared priorities, with details - including resource commitments and timelines - to be finalised through ongoing collaboration and subsequent agreements. The activities described above are voluntary, not legally binding, and without prejudice to any future procurement decisions or signed agreements.

Signatories

Feryal Clark MP
Minister of State for AI and Digital Government

Ronnie Vasishta
SVP, Telecom, NVIDIA

Date: 9 June 2025.

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