Master KEI, research enhancement, technology transfer, intellectual property management: this is how we prepare innovation specialists
Teaching. It is Italy’s first multi-campus university Master’s program at the second level. Inauguration and first lecture on Thursday, April 9, at 11:30 a.m., Poliba, BINP venue
April 7, 2026
Knowledge production and transfer, strategic management of intellectual property, are fundamental levers for innovation, business competitiveness, and research development.
These processes require integrated interdisciplinary skills: from technical-scientific to legal-economic-managerial ones, combined with the ability to adapt to continuously changing contexts, as required by the present time.
Master KEI 2025-26, “Intellectual Property Valorisation for Knowledge Exchange & Impact” is the first multi-campus master’s program in Italy, aimed at training future innovation managers and looking to the future.
The Master’s program, at the second level, now in its 5th edition, is promoted by Netval (Association bringing together 66 universities, 13 public research bodies, 18 Scientific Hospitalization and Care Institutes, and 13 other institutions), Politecnico di Torino, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, and this year also by Politecnico di Bari.
Under the patronage of CoDAU (Permanent Conference of University General Directors), it benefits from the participation and scientific-teaching contributions of the Universities of: Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Trento, Bergamo, Turin, the Gran Sasso Science Institute, the IUSS University School of Pavia, and the promoters, the Polytechnic Universities of Turin and Bari as host venues of the itinerant program.
The Master’s program, 60 CFU, in Italian, is designed for those who intend to acquire advanced training in innovation processes, research valorization, and technology transfer, with particular attention to the protection and management of intellectual property.
The aim is to train professionals capable of understanding and interpreting the national innovation ecosystem, managing complex technology transfer processes, generating value from scientific and technological knowledge, and operating effectively in contexts of interaction between universities, research centers, and the productive sector.
The Master’s program, limited to a maximum of 25 master’s degree graduates and/or PhD holders (15 candidates have been admitted to the current 5th edition), provides advanced skills through a multidisciplinary, professionally oriented program.
The Master’s program will last one year for a total of 1050 hours (300 hours of classroom and laboratory teaching activities; 750 hours of final project work and/or internship). Start of teaching activities: April 2026. Completion: October 2027.
Il Poliba ospiterà l’evento di apertura del Master KEI e sarà sede didattica dei tre moduli formativi previsti sui temi: “Valorizzazione della Ricerca e Terza Missione”; “Gestione dell’innovazione”; “Modelli di trasferimento tecnologico”. Coordinatore scientifico: prof. Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli.
The inaugural event and the first lesson of the Master’s program are scheduled Thursday, April 9, at 11:30 a.m. at the BINP – Boosting Innovation in Poliba (Oplà Space – university campus).
Il programma prevede: Saluti istituzionali, prof. Umberto Fratino, Rettore del Politecnico di Bari; dott.ssa Paola Brunetti, Dirigente Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy; prof.ssa Eleonora Di Maria, Netval; prof.ssa Elisa Ughetto, responsabile scientifica Master KEI Politecnico di Torino; prof. Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, referente scientifico master KEI Politecnico di Bari. Seguirà (ore 13,00) la prima lezione dedicata alla Valorizzazione della Ricerca e della Terza Missione.
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