Become a Sponsor of the University of Florence

The University of Florence is among the leading academic institutions at international level, with a strong commitment to educational and research excellence.

Supporting our University means being protagonists of a growth and innovation project that has concrete impacts on the future.

Every Department, every School, every researcher has an important opportunity to contribute to this process, both through the referral of potential Sponsors and by actively participating in the design of sponsorable initiatives. Our university is a dynamic and lively reality, and any support that comes from outside can translate into new resources for innovation and academic quality.

Sponsoring the University of Florence increases the visibility of the sponsor and offers an opportunity to build a bond with one of the most prestigious universities. 

Benefits

• Visibility through events, projects and academic programmes
• Strategic collaborations: access to partnerships with our faculty and innovative projects that impact industry sectors
• Social responsibility: contributing to a sustainable growth path and training professionals and researchers who will drive change
• Innovation and talent: access to a talent pool ready to enter the worldforce with advanced skills and excellent training
• Brand positioning in the education sector.

Sponsorship may relate to events, initiatives, projects and activities. In particular:

• Events: Sporting, cultural and social events organised by the university (central administration, schools, departments, research facilities etc.)
• Acquisition of works, products and services (e.g.: maintenance, management and care of buildings and green areas by awarding contracts to companies in return for the display of plaques in the University's premises bearing the sponsor's logo; supply of goods - e.g. benches, waste bins, flower boxes, bicycle racks, printed matter; supply of services or materials for events etc.)
• Services provided by the university to its internal and external users. Excluded from these are courses at any level (including postgraduate) and research projects.

The Sponsor can support the University of Florence through:

• Pure or financial sponsorship: the Sponsor finances, in whole or in part, through a financial contribution, initiatives of the University, also assuming payment obligations on the part of the administration, in order to have its name/trademarks associated with such initiatives 
• Technical sponsorship: the Sponsor designs and/or carries out and/or purchases all or part of the supplies, services, works requested by the University
• Mixed sponsorship: combination of the first two.

It is possible to enter into a sponsorship contract if all the following conditions are met 

• compliance with the institutional purposes and the pursuit of public interests of the University 
• the non-existence of forms of conflict of interest between public and private activities
• the achievement of cost savings and/or new income for the University

We work together to create customised opportunities that meet your needs and goals. Join us in our commitment to knowledge and research.

Contact us to evaluate together the most compatible form in line with the principles that the Unifi follows.

For sponsorships exceeding EUR 40,000 (taxable amount), the Unifi publishes a sponsorship announcement.