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Awards and honours

Awards and honours

We are creating a webpage to showcase the achievements of DIFA professors, researchers, and students. If you want your awards included, please fill out the provided form.

Support the Specola Museum

Support the Specola Museum

Preserving the Museum’s historical and artistic heritage, for the university community and the public.

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Research areas

Research areas

A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.

Innovation and Research

RedAI among the finalists of Start Cup Emilia-Romagna 2025

Innovation and Research

RedAI among the finalists of Start Cup Emilia-Romagna 2025

Our finalist startup proposes an innovative system that uses a smartphone to analyse eye health, combining optics and artificial intelligence non-invasively.

IDEA Alma Mater
The call for Great-ER is open!

Innovation and Research

The call for Great-ER is open!

Participate in "Growing and Empowering Advanced Technologies in Emilia-Romagna," a free advanced incubation program for startups and deep tech research spin-offs. Apply by 11 October.

Notte dei Ricercatori
Waiting for European Researchers' Night 2024: guided tours and AperiScienza

Innovation and Research

Waiting for European Researchers' Night 2024: guided tours and AperiScienza

From 28 August to 27 September, in the run-up to the night dedicated to research, the city comes alive with numerous initiatives to promote science and culture. Discover the programme.

6th Physical Sensing and Processing summer school

Innovation and Research

6th Physical Sensing and Processing summer school

Registrations opened - deadline 30th June

News

Career Day in Rimini - Job networking event

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Career Day in Rimini - Job networking event

On 5 November, meet companies and test your approach to the job market. Sign up now!

ANVUR Accreditation Visit 2025

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ANVUR Accreditation Visit 2025

How the visit works, its phases, and the actors involved.

Startup Creation Lab | Startup Development Programme

Meetings and Initiatives

Startup Creation Lab | Startup Development Programme

The free entrepreneurship program promoted by Laboratorio Aperto di Forlì. An experimental program designed to provide practical tools and entrepreneurial knowledge to talented young people.

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Grants to university students faced with difficulties

If you are enrolled in the 2024/25 academic year and find yourself in a situation of personal, family, or economic hardship, apply for the grant by 5 September.