IIT (Istituto italiano di Tecnologia), Genova

Founded in 2003, the IIT aims to promote excellence in basic and applied research and to encourage it development of the national economic system and higher education.

It operates in 4 main research domains: robotics, nanomaterials, technologies for life sciences and computational sciences. About 2,000 people from over 60 countries around the world work in this company, which is located in Genova.