Partnership since 2023 | Expanded 2025
Partnership Goals
T-Mobile needed a real campus environment to pilot private 5G use cases and was looking for a pipeline of engineering talent willing to work in the Mid-Atlantic region. The University's Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is now one of only three university-hosted T-Mobile private 5G labs in the country.
How We Worked Together
Our office worked with the Statler College, Athletics, and Career Services to structure a four-year agreement that includes a live T-Mobile 5G testbed inside Statler's wireless systems lab, a $2.4 million T-Mobile Campus Innovation Fund, presenting sponsorship of the WVU Athletics "Built on Country Roads" campaign, and an on-campus recruiting residency tied to the engineering career fair.
Results
The testbed has become a case-study factory for T-Mobile's enterprise team, and the recruiting residency has become WVU's highest-converting on-campus pipeline. The partnership expanded in 2025 to include a new endowed faculty position.
Outcomes for the Partner
- 47 engineers and interns hired
- 8 5G use-case patents filed
- 3.4 million co-branded impressions
- -12% regional sales cycle time
- 3 enterprise reference customers
- #1 highest-converting residency
Outcomes for Our Campus Community
- $2.4 million in sponsored research to the Statler College
- 280+ students working in or alongside the testbed per year
- 28 doctoral research projects funded
- 1 new endowed faculty chair in wireless systems
- $125,000 in student research awards distributed
- 6 senior capstone teams co-sponsored by T-Mobile