Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

AlmaLaurea Gender Report Presented at Unimore

A total of 5,695 degrees were awarded in 2024 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (3,302 first-cycle degrees, 1,863 two-year Master’s degrees and 530 single-cycle degrees). Women accounted for 54.5% of all graduates (55.5% in first-cycle programmes, 47.3% in two-year Master’s programmes and 74.0% in single-cycle programmes). Female graduates are less likely to come from culturally advantaged families: 26.1% of women have at least one graduate parent, compared with 34.7% of men. ...

Science and Gender Equality: Global Women’s Breakfast 2026 at Unimore

The Global Women’s Breakfast (GWB) – an international initiative promoted by IUPAC for the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science – returns in 2026 with the theme “Many Voices, One Science”, hosted by the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences at Unimore (https://iupac.org/gwb/2026/gwb2026unimore/). “The Global Women’s Breakfast,” explains Prof. Erika Ferrari, who is organising the event together with Dr Monica Vaccari and Dr Valentina Nicolini, “is not int...

Placement and Equal Opportunities: Two Unimore Initiatives to Strengthen Dialogue with Businesses and the Local Area on 10 and 11 February

As part of its institutional policies, Unimore is organising two opportunities for discussion on 10 and 11 February, dedicated to placement and equal opportunities, with the aim of further strengthening dialogue and collaboration between the University, the productive sector and the local community within an integrated ecosystem approach. The University’s strong results in terms of employability — which consistently place the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia among the top institutions nat...

€2.5 million for Unimore for a project that is set to revolutionise epilepsy care

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has awarded a prestigious €2.5 million grant to CLUSTREL – Seizure Cluster Relief through Smart Therapeutic Management. The project, coordinated by Professor Michele Giugliano, Bioengineer, involves the participation and close collaboration of leading scientific and clinical experts within the University, including Professor Giulia Curia, Physiologist and specialist in preclinical epilepsy models, and Professor Stefano Meletti, Head of Neurology at Baggiova...

Formula Student: the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s MoRe Modena Racing team tops the world rankings

Following the latest update to the official Formula Student World Ranking ( www.fs-world.org ), released in recent days, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s MoRe Modena Racing team has officially secured overall first place worldwide in the category for hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. This historic achievement marks the culmination of the 2024 and 2025 seasons, during which the Unimore team delivered outstanding performances, excelling and dominating at some of Europe’s mos...

Two National Awards for two PhD Candidates from the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Two prestigious awards recognising the high quality of their respective research activities in the field of chemical sciences have been received by Dr Chiara Cavazzoli, a PhD candidate in the Models and Methods for Material and Environmental Sciences (M3ES) doctoral programme with a PNRR scholarship (DM 118), and Dr Chiara Grassi, a PhD candidate in the Health Innovative Products and Technologies (HIP-TECH) doctoral programme – Innovative technologies and products for health – with a PNRR ...

Narcolepsy and AI: a Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. delegation visits Unimore to launch a project with the AIRI Research Centre

The Takeda Pharmaceutical Company delegation, representing Japan’s largest pharmaceutical firm and one of the major players globally, visited Unimore on Tuesday 20 January at the Modena Technopole to finalise an important three-year collaboration agreement with the AIRI Interdepartmental Research Centre (Artificial Intelligence Research and Innovation), led by Professor Simone Calderara. The partnership will launch a multidisciplinary project on the diagnosis and study of narcolepsy through the...

Unimore celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Geophysical Observatory with two events: 14 and 17 January

This year Unimore is celebrating the bicentenary of the Modena Geophysical Observatory, one of the longest-running historic meteorological stations in the world. The celebrations will begin on Tuesday 14 January, the Observatory’s official founding date, with an institutional event to be held in the morning from 10.00 a.m. in the Aula Magna of the Rectorate Building. In the presence of the Rector, Rita Cucchiara, and academic and institutional authorities, the history and activities of the O...

Unimore honoured for research into innovative therapies for retinitis pigmentosa

A significant recognition for Unimore’s research: Dr Sabrina Cuoghi, a PhD candidate on the HIPTECH doctoral programme, was awarded the Best Poster Prize at the 24th Emilia-Romagna Chemistry Day, held in December 2025 at the University of Ferrara. The award was conferred for an innovative research study in the field of nanomedicine applied to ocular diseases, focused on the development of advanced and non-invasive drug delivery strategies for the treatment of autosomal dominant retinitis pig...

Italian Research in Antarctica: Professor Alessandro Capra in the Spanish Antarctic Campaign 2025–26

A new and significant chapter in international scientific cooperation is being added to the long history of Italian research in Antarctica. Professor Alessandro Capra is set to depart to participate in the Spanish Antarctic Campaign (CAE) 2025–26, at the invitation of Spanish colleagues, within the framework of the ATMESHET project, dedicated to the study of crustal deformation and volcanic monitoring in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The mission will be conducted aboard the Spanish Navy’s ...