The partnership agreement between Italdesign and the Politecnico di Torino, signed in 2017, extends to the next five years and enriches, to strengthen a collaboration consolidated over time further and to speed up the process of internationalization of research and training activities.
Announced today, April 5, 2022, in the Rector’s Boardroom of the University in Turin, the collaboration activated will particularly focus on Individual Sustainable Mobility Systems, on Car Network Architecture for Future Mobility Needs, especially Autonomous Driving, and on the possibilities AI offers when applied to Vehicle Development.
As for the teaching activities, higher education and permanent training, the partnership will specially deal with the development of theses, projects and internships; the financing of Doctoral scholarships and research grants; the use of laboratories and structures for research and development activities; the organization of events, talks and conferences; the support to didactic activities aimed at students, such as the Challenge@PoliTo, the planning of 2nd level Master.
Furthermore, the partnership will foster the promotion of the internationalization of research and training activities, by participating in European and international projects; the development and furthering of activities of common interest by ways of the international network contracts the Politecnico and Italdesign have; the promotion of activities for the diffusion of scientific and technological culture on the territory and the organization of events in synergy with other local authorities.
“I am very satisfied, because the renewal of this agreement allows us to further expand the areas of collaboration between the Politecnico and Italdesign – stated Guido Saracco, the Rector of the Politecnico di Torino – Contributing to the progress of sectors such as sustainable mobility and autonomous driving, and offering our researchers unique know-how and cutting-edge infrastructures is our common interest. Italdesign is one of the best productive companies in our area, acknowledged as one of the expressions of the excellence of Made in Italy worldwide, and it has always represented one of the most coveted professional opportunities for our students”.
“The Politecnico di Torino is an acknowledged excellence on the national and international scene – confirms Antonio Casu, CEO of Italdesign – Ours is a multi-year partnership now and promotes the creation of competence and innovation to build new know-how to face the transformation of work and social organization. The process of regeneration of our company is constant, structured and always innovation-oriented. The collaboration we have established with the Politecnico di Torino on the one hand makes us proud, on the other hand it empowers us in facing future challenges. Autonomous, connected, electric and shared, these are the trends of mobility and in these areas we will act in synergy“.
“About 60 percent of our engineering hires are from the Politecnico di Torino – explains Giuseppe Savino, Italdesign Chief Human Resources Officer – For years, we have been investing in training and development with reskilling and upskilling programs. This was done to favor the transformation of our company; for being open and ready for the future and for bringing on board new talents in sectors related to the electrical transition and the digitalization. Our company is growing exponentially in the field of Electric & Electronics in a broad sense and in particular in software development and human-machine interaction. We are reacting well to the speed assumed by the transition to electrified transportation, by offering several, interesting opportunities”.