Erasmus + mobility at the University of Sassari

In July, colleagues from TIP-UPJŠ – Ing. Zuzana Svoreňová, Operations Director and Mgr. Slavomíra Hrabovská, Marketing and PR manager participated in the Erasmus + Staff Training Mobility program and visited the University of Sassari in Italy. The aim of the program was to visit the partner university in Sassari and the mutual exchange of information and experience between the various departments in the field of marketing, PR, economic processes and technology transfer.

Mgr. Hrabovská informed colleagues from the University of Sassari about the Cassovia New Industry Cluster project and introduced the individual CNIC research centers.

A representative from the International Relations Office – Felice Langiu presented the University of Sassari, the individual premises of the Rector’s Office, faculties and workplaces. The University Degli Study di Sassari was founded in 1558 by Alessio Fontano, a prominent resident of Sassari. The university has more than 10,000 students and 700 academic staff.

Francesco Meloni, Head of Technology Transfer (the so-called Third Mission), talked about the activities of the university incubator and Technology Transfer. The main activities of Technology Transfer include – communication and support, dissemination of business culture and protection and management of intellectual property, support in setting up start-ups, scouting, business planning, networking, developing partnerships between SMEs and regional development, project planning, and management support.

Andrea Melis from FabLab presented the laboratory of rapid prototyping and digital production. They provide their services to researchers, students, and also external users of the laboratory.

The CUBACT incubator at the university is intended primarily for researchers from the University of Sassari but is also open to innovative ideas from start-ups outside the academy. It provides two types of services: preincubation and incubation.

Pre-incubation: provides facilities and services for coworking and training to support the creation and growth of a new company by transforming a business idea into a business model. The phase includes the creation of a business plan, audit, verification of the sustainability of the project, and business and legal advice.

Incubation: provides established companies (spin-offs, start-ups) with high innovative potential with a real and virtual platform, premises, hardware and software equipment, common areas for training and networking.

Companies already established and registered in Sardinia may apply for access to incubation services for a period of 2 years from the date of signature of the contract.

The incubator currently has seven start-ups, for which Technology Transfer provides up-to-date business support. The incubator’s start-ups focus mainly on information technology, the environment and climate, agriculture and food production, energy, biotechnology and sport.

At the end of the mobility, Stefania Bagella and Giampaolo Dore presented the MUNISS University Science Museum, which exhibits samples of scientific exhibits from various fields – physics, medicine, botany, mineralogy, zoology, veterinary medicine and entomology. The museum displays the historical scientific collections of the University of Sassari. Currently, the construction of new larger museum spaces is underway, where all scientific collections (approx. 4000-5000) available to the university will be exhibited.