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UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI (UNIWARSAW) – Poland
The University of Warsaw is Poland's largest public research institution, established in 1816. It offers a wide range of academic programs, including 37 fields of study and 100 specializations in the humanities, technical fields, and natural sciences. The university is spread across 126 buildings, housing over 18 faculties, including law, biology, economics, and psychology. Among its notable alumni are Nobel laureates like Olga Tokarczuk and Joseph Rotblat, as well as famous historical figures such as Frédéric Chopin and Alfred Tarski.
The university's history reflects Poland’s political struggles, having been closed twice due to uprisings and significantly impacted during World War II. Despite these challenges, it has grown into one of Poland's leading institutions. Since Poland's transition to democracy, the university has continued to expand, adding new facilities and consistently ranking as one of the top universities in the country. Its main campus is located in central Warsaw, with additional campuses dedicated to natural sciences.
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO (UNITN) – Italy
The University of Trento was founded in 1962 and has always aimed at building alliances and reciprocal efficiency with Italian and foreign institutions and organizations. In 1982, the University (until then private) became public, with a statute that guaranteed self-government.
UniTrento aims to recruit young, enthusiastic, qualified, and dynamic researchers: these are the main features that form the basis to drive the research guidelines of its departments and centers toward new and interesting research issues.
Further, it prompts its researchers to create cooperation networks through specific mobility and cooperation programs, aimed at reinforcing the research networks which are fundamental both to update the researchers’ training and to attract new funding opportunities.
UniTrento supports its research structures continuously, spanning from the planning phase to the drafting of the final financial report, through all stages of the increasingly complex and competitive process to access funding for research projects.
Active since 2005, the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science offers an integrated approach to the study of the mind, the brain and human behavior.
By employing methodologies from diverse disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, pedagogy, philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, and cognitive technologies—all of which are central to the cognitive sciences—research and teaching within the Department aim to capture and understand the variables involved in all aspects of human behavior. This interdisciplinary approach is the Department’s greatest strength, as it allows multiple fields to enrich one another, fostering innovative insights and solutions to complex problems. This collaborative synergy drives forward both research and education, offering a more comprehensive understanding of human cognition and behavior.
The Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science (DiPSCo) has been recognized as a Department of excellence by the MUR (Ministry of University and Research) for two consecutive five-year periods.
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG (UHEI) – Germany
Heidelberg University, founded in 1386, is Germany’s oldest university and one of the strongest research universities in all of Europe. The successes in both rounds of the Excellence Initiative and in internationally recognised rankings prove that Heidelberg’s excellent reputation and leading role in the scientific community are well deserved. In terms of educating students and promoting promising early-career academics, Heidelberg relies on research-based teaching and an outstanding, well-structured training for doctoral candidates.
Heidelberg University is a comprehensive university, offering the full spectrum of disciplines in the humanities, law and the social sciences alongside the natural and life sciences, including medicine. As a comprehensive university, Heidelberg aims to continue to strengthen the individual disciplines and to further interdisciplinary cooperation, as well as to carry research results over into society and industry.
With its aspiration of connecting traditional academic values with future-oriented scientific concepts in research and teaching, the university is building bridges to the future – Zukunft. Seit 1386.
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (UMIL) – Italy
A hundred years in the life of the University of Milan - A history that speaks to your future
Milan University, affectionately called as ‘La Statale’, is one of Italy's youngest universities. Doctor Luigi Mangiagalli established La Statale in 1924, realizing his long-held dream of building a university in the regional center of Lombardy. Law, Humanities, Medicine, and Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences were the four colleges that comprised the University of Milan when it was formed. Over the years, Milan's many educational institutions and best schools would become part of the University of Milan. The University, of which Mangiagalli was Rector until 1926, grew steadily until World War Two, with 3,000 students and six faculties (the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine were added in the 1930s) in Città Studi, home to the scientific faculties, and the historic city center. Since its founding, the University has focused on transdisciplinary, creative education and new professional skills needed by a rapidly changing labor market. Over time, the University has increased its commitment to technology transfer and economic-production application of scientific research. Recently, a project has been launched to establish a science campus in the Milan Innovation District (MInD), the location of Expo 2015, which will house a prominent research and technology center. In 2022, the University of Milan Board of Directors authorized the final Science Campus project in MIND-Milan Innovation District, which would house the University's scientific faculties starting in 2026. The final project will rationalize, optimize, and develop research and teaching services and infrastructures to international standards, concentrating the University of Milan's rich and multidisciplinary scientific offer in one location and enabling its interaction with a strongly innovation-driven ecosystem.
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (UCPH) – Denmark
The University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) is one of the leading public research institutions in Denmark, founded in 1479, making it the second-oldest university in Scandinavia. Located in the vibrant city of Copenhagen, the university is organized into six faculties across four campuses.
With 36 departments, 122 research centers, and several museums and botanical gardens, it fosters a diverse academic environment. The university also plays a crucial role in healthcare through its collaboration with regional hospitals, forming the Copenhagen University Hospital.
The University of Copenhagen’s commitment to excellence is reflected in its notable alumni, including 10 Nobel laureates, a Turing Award recipient, and numerous political leaders. It continues to lead groundbreaking research both in Denmark and globally, with research stations spanning from the capital to Greenland.