IIT Global
Connecting research, talent and innovation worldwide
IIT Global defines the Italian Institute of Technology’s international positioning within the global scientific ecosystem. International engagement is a strategic dimension through which the Foundation strengthens scientific excellence, attracts and develops talent, and increases the impact of its research and innovation activities.
Through IIT Global, the Institute pursues selective, long‑term collaborations with outstanding partners worldwide, acting as a credible and proactive contributor to international research and innovation agendas.
Strategic partnerships and joint initiatives
IIT establishes partnerships and agreements with selected international institutions to develop shared research agendas, co‑design initiatives and promote sustained scientific interaction.
Moreover, IIT promotes international training and mobility opportunities, including joint PhD programmes, postdoctoral exchanges, visiting researchers and staff mobility schemes, fostering cross‑fertilisation of ideas and skills.
IIT’s agreements differ in scope, level of detail, and purpose, ranging from strategic partnerships to specific research activities.
Institutional
Agreements Institutional agreements establish strategic, long-term partnerships, defining shared objectives and broad cooperation areas as a basis for future joint initiatives.
Agreements Institutional agreements establish strategic, long-term partnerships, defining shared objectives and broad cooperation areas as a basis for future joint initiatives.
Framework
Agreements Framework agreements define general collaboration terms, rules of engagement, and shared interests, enabling specific activities through subsequent implementation agreements.
Agreements Framework agreements define general collaboration terms, rules of engagement, and shared interests, enabling specific activities through subsequent implementation agreements.
Research
Agreements Research agreements define specific IIT collaborations with partners, setting objectives, roles, resources, responsibilities, and conditions independently from any prior framework agreement.
Agreements Research agreements define specific IIT collaborations with partners, setting objectives, roles, resources, responsibilities, and conditions independently from any prior framework agreement.
Higher Education
Agreements Higher education agreements support PhD programmes, student activities, and academic cooperation, defining supervision, funding, and management of research outcomes.
Agreements Higher education agreements support PhD programmes, student activities, and academic cooperation, defining supervision, funding, and management of research outcomes.
For competitive projects, please refer to this page.
Contacts
For further information or to propose an international collaboration, please contact the IIT Global team at iitglobal@iit.it.