学习工厂是一个设施，它支持一个新的基于实践的工程课程，该课程由参与制造工程教育伙伴（MEEP）的参与大学开发并通过，将宾夕法尼亚州立大学、波多黎各大学在马亚圭斯召集起来，华盛顿大学与桑迪亚国家实验室及其合作伙伴。学习工厂是一个基于活动的设施，旨在将课堂上的活动与双手紧密联系起来- 凭经验。设计和实施旨在让学生在模拟工业环境的环境中磨练技能和实践工程。

The Learning Factory is a facility that supports product realization within a new practice based engineering curriculum developed and adopted by the participating universities of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP) bringing together Pennsylvania State University, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and the University of Washington with Sandia National Laboratories and its corporate partners. The learning factory is an activity based facility designed to tightly link activities in the classroom with hands-on experience. The design and implementation is intended to allow students to hone their skills and practice engineering in an environment emulating an industrial setting.