Research at the University of Milan

The University of Milan (UNIMI) plays a major role in promoting sciences at international level. With its consistent commitment to both basic and applied research, UNIMI is a leader in research and scientific productivity as confirmed in a recent ranking by the University of Leiden, and a founding member of the League of European Research-intensive Universities (LERU).


With a proactive role in science, technology and economics networks, UNIMI is involved in national and international research programs and in a collaborating with other scientific institutions. UNIMI has also strengthened its efforts to promote technology transfer, a growth area offering exciting new changes and challenges.


The patent portfolio has grown significantly in the last five years, with focus areas in the fields of pharmaceutics, life sciences and biotech, technical and chemical devices and agro-food. The recent spin-off track record is also remarkable with 25 companies founded by UNIMI researchers to exploit internal know-how.


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Our Biotech Areas

• Biotechnologies for Health
• Bioprocesses and Bioremediation
• Plant, Agro-food and Veterinary Biotechnologies
• Diagnostics
• Nanotechnologies
• Across the fields expertise
• Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics

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UNIMITT - Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer

UNIMITT, the Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer of the University of Milan, provides technical assistance in procedural and operations matters in the areas of Intellectual Property protection and spin-off company creation.

In order to purse its mission the Centre:

• coordinates and supports innovation management processes, as well as those of protection and transfer of innovative solutions to enterprises
• promotes the dissemination of knowledge of economic interest with specific actions and advertises UNIMI’s supply (explicit and implicit) by means of specific information systems
• boosts the strategic planning capacities of UNIMI in the fields of innovation and technology transfer through close cooperation with the latter’s scientific and administrative bodies and performs the functions of a technical structure of scientific policy
• supports the operational development of new firms (spin-out, start-up, spin-off) by offering incubation facilities in cooperation with financial institutions, foundations and local actors

As of December 2009 the University’s patent portfolio contains over 150 patent applications, the bulk of which are in the fields of:

• pharmaceutics;
• medical devices;
• diagnostics for human and veterinary use;
• agro-food;
• innovative chemical processes;
• bioremediation and environment.

The University boasts 21 active spin-off companies to date, developing business opportunities based on the University’s new technologies and know-how and operating mainly in the areas of biotechnologies for health, new materials, diagnostics, pharmaceutics, ICT and environmental protection.

For any further information do not hesitate to contact us:

UNIMITT - Centro per l'Innovazione e il Trasferimento Tecnologico

Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7 - 20122 Milan (Italy)

e-mail: unimitt@unimi.it, tel. +39.02.503.12854, fax +39.02.503.12861

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