Third mission

With the Third Mission, the Department comes into contact with the industrial fabric, entities and society, proposing itself with an active role in the economic and social development of the territory.

By enhancing the results of research, including through strong links with the productive fabric, the Department fosters the dissemination of innovation and access to knowledge with the ultimate goal of effectively responding to the challenges, economic social and environmental, of society and thus making a concrete impact in the community of reference.

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Public Engagement is the set of initiatives, aimed at a non-academic audience, organized by the Department, on a non-profit basis, with educational, cultural and societal development value. Through this tool, the Department brings research results to the attention of the community, sharing expertise and knowledge.

List of initiatives

FOR ENTITIES AND ENTERPRISES

The Department constantly collaborates with the local, national and international industrial world. It works on a daily basis with the productive reality, towards which it acts as a partner of knowledge and expertise for the study of specific industrial problems, to activate or enhance applied research themes and to cope with new technological challenges.

How to activate a collaboration

INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS

Companies can collaborate with the department by offering internships and apprenticeships for students in the various undergraduate and master's degree programs in engineering, as well as for students in the professionalizing paths. For companies, it is an opportunity to get in touch with research groups and enhance their know-how on the specific topics proposed, as well as to attract and get to know students about to enter the world of work.

How to propose internships and apprenticeships

LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS

Research laboratories constitute the beating heart of the development of expertise and technology in the Department. The Interdepartmental Centers, created to promote and facilitate interactions and synergies between cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary expertise, decline the regional strategy to transfer this innovation to the industrial fabric and society.

PATENTS

On the strength of the highly innovative nature of its applied research, the Department supports its Professors and Researchers in developing technologies and solutions leading to patent filings.

Patent List