università di bologna

Università di Bologna is a large public comprehensive research university with 97,235 students across Bologna and four Romagna campuses, combining deep historical roots with an international, multicampus character. Its industry-facing model supports commissioned research, shared equipment, open innovation, multi-year company partnerships, joint laboratories, and doctoral training. Located in Emilia-Romagna’s industrial ecosystem, it also helped lead BI-REX, a public-private Industry 4.0 competence centre linking universities, research bodies, companies, and SMEs. Research is supported by Italy’s Ministry of University and Research and European Commission programmes including Horizon Europe, ERC, and MSCA; technology-transfer services support patents, spin-offs, start-ups, and incubation through Almacube.