Join the
UNISG
Network
A network of over
50 industry sectors
A network of over 50 different industry sectors, from production to distribution, from commercial and collective catering to food packaging and equipment.
Our Partners recognize Pollenzo as a center of excellence for transdisciplinary research and innovation in the world of food.
The Network's mission is to support and promote the University, enabling it to develop opportunities for dialogue and awareness-raising, corporate training programs, innovation projects, and thereby contribute to the sustainable development of the food system.
Corporate Training
UNISG Executive Training designs customized learning programs tailored to each company or institution. Every program is developed from an analysis of the partner's specific needs and combines expertise in gastronomic sciences with concrete training objectives.
Networking
Joining the UNISG Network means gaining access to an active community of over 150 institutions and businesses, researchers, faculty, and students from 98 countries around the world. Partners enjoy privileged access to university events, meetings with the student community, and opportunities for dialogue that UNISG fosters throughout the year around food and the global food system.
Specialized Talent Acquisition
UNISG gastronomists are professionals capable of understanding the complexity of the food system through a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. Network companies have privileged access to emerging talent from the university through the Career Center and opportunities for direct engagement with students: company presentations, project work, internships, and dedicated recruiting.
Consulting Projects
UNISG collaborates with institutions and businesses through applied research projects, translating academic expertise into concrete solutions for the agri-food sector. Each project is built around the partner's specific needs, involving faculty, researchers, and alumni in a process of shared innovation.
Institutional Collaborations
Public bodies, local institutions, and international organizations find in Pollenzo a unique academic partner—rooted in the territory yet with a global reach. Collaborations develop through joint projects, events, research, and shared initiatives centered around the food system.
Visibility and Branding
Being part of the Network means being present in one of the most recognized academic ecosystems in the international gastronomic landscape. Partners gain visibility on campus, across the university's communication channels, and at the events that animate Pollenzo throughout the year, reaching a community of students, alumni, researchers, and food industry professionals from around the world.
+150 institutions
and businesses
from the
agri-food sector
UNISG boasts an international community of students from 98 different countries around the world and a Network of over 150 institutions and businesses operating in the agri-food sector.
Our services for the Network
Every collaboration with UNISG is a gateway to expertise, talent, and resources born from the unique intersection of gastronomic culture and academic research. The Network's services are designed to create tangible value for the organizations that choose to be part of it.
UNISG gastronomists are professionals with a unique background: capable of understanding the food system in all its complexity, navigating across different disciplines, and bringing a critical and innovative approach to any professional context. The Career Center facilitates connections between Network companies and emerging talent from the university through internships, project work, and dedicated recruiting opportunities.
Executive Training designs customized learning paths for Partners and hosts corporate events in the unique setting of Pollenzo: hospitality facilities, educational spaces, a restaurant, and the Banca del Vino, guardian of Italy's wine heritage. A place that transforms every learning opportunity into an unforgettable experience.
The expertise that emerges from Pollenzo—from academic research to gastronomic culture, from field-based learning to sensory analysis—becomes a concrete tool for innovation for Network companies. Through third-party projects, faculty, researchers, and alumni collaborate with institutions and businesses to develop original solutions applied to the real-world challenges of the food system.
Gastronome = Food Specialist
The gastronomist is the professional figure UNISG trains to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving food system. A unique profile, built on an education that integrates natural sciences, social sciences, economics, and food culture, developed through a rigorous academic path and direct experience in regions and supply chains around the world.
Organizations that choose to bring a gastronomist into their team gain a cross-disciplinary and strategic expertise: the ability to interpret the complexity of the global food system and translate it into informed, innovative, and sustainability-driven decisions.
Some of our alumni profiles
Three partnership models,
one shared vision
UNISG offers three collaboration models, designed to accommodate different levels of strategic involvement, visibility, and project engagement. All contribute to the University's mission, with varying degrees of access and participation.
