The UV-VaSiC Chair of Advanced Materials for the Microchip and Semiconductor Industry has been created within PERTEChip, the Strategic Project for Microelectronics and Semiconductors, which aims to strengthen the design and production capabilities of the microelectronics and semiconductor industry in Spain, and to promote R&D&I through public-private collaboration from a comprehensive perspective, enhancing national and EU strategic autonomy in this sector, in line with the recently proposed European Chips Act.