工业培训项目和学位项目可以合并，以加强两者。通常情况下，科技学院和大学试图将工业培训与普通学位项目隔离开来。本文展示了结合这些程序的几个优点。这些优势包括合并预算以购买自动化设备，让行业中经常遇到新技术问题的教员，让教员更及时地将新技术带回传统课堂，以及修改课程和课程内容，使其对行业有用。

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AND DEGREE PROGRAMS CAN BE MERGED TO ENHANCE BOTH. NORMALLY, TEHCNICAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TRY TO ISOLATE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FROM NORMAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THIS PAPER SHOWS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OF COMBINING THESE PROGRAMS. THE ADVANTAGES INCLUDE COMBINING BUDGETS TO PURCHASE AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT, HAVING FACULTY MEMBERS IN INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY ON A FREQUENT BASIS, HAVING FACULTY MEMBERS BRINGING NEW TECHNOLOGY BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS, AND MODIFYING CURRICULA AND COURSE CONTENT TO BE USEFUL FOR INDUSTRIES.