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Expansion and specialization of Italian ITS Academies

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Throughout mid-2026, Italy’s ITS Academy network expanded its technical training and infrastructure. In early June 2026 June, the ITS Academy Turismo Veneto opened applications for its 2026‑2028 tourism programmes and announced a protocol 2026–2028, while the ITS Digital Academy Mario Volpato partnered with the Regional Cyber Security Operational Centre, adding police‑led lectures and internships. The following day Italy’s police commissioned Centre to introduce police-led training. This coincided with the swearing-in of 195 newly trained cyber‑security vice‑inspectors after a nine‑month legal‑technical course involving university and industry partners. A week later new cyber-security vice-inspectors in Cesena. Infrastructure growth included new campuses for the ITS Accademia Ligure Agroalimentare inaugurated campuses in Imperia and Catania, Imperia—featuring AI-driven olive-farming labs with Imperia focusing on agro‑food and Catania Plantvoice—and in Catania, focused on sustainable mobility. In Prato, a new “Smart Cities Control Room” lab was inaugurated to monitor urban mobility and logistics, both equipped with modern ITS LABS 4.0 facilities. By late June the Imperia site launched AI‑driven olive‑farming labs with start‑up Plantvoice, cutting irrigation by about 40 % while training students. energy. In early July the Piemonte region topped Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the national Indire monitoring, with 80 % of 9 991 graduates employed within network reported a year. Subsequent milestones included the first cohort of the “Technical Specialist for Port Services Management” programme in Ischia (6 July), an online open day 92.4% graduate employment rate, prompting a €15 million investment for the “Advanced Technological Design” programme new campuses in Faenza (8 July), Gorizia and the launch of five post‑diploma courses at the “Technology & Made Monfalcone. Regional performance varied in Italy” academy Indire monitoring: Piemonte ranked first nationally, while Friuli-Venezia Giulia ranked sixth. Specialized programming continued with port services management in Ascoli Piceno (16 July), reporting over 90 % graduate employment within a year. On 25 July a press conference Ischia, advanced technological design in Avezzano introduced three new two‑year agro‑food pathways—economics & marketing, production innovation, Faenza, and precision agriculture with Industry 4.0 technologies—delivered by high-specialization industrial and biotech courses in Ascoli Piceno. In late July, the ITS Academy Agroalimentare Teramo, encompassing 1 000 teaching hours Teramo introduced three new agro-food pathways in Avezzano, and 800 internship hours toward a Level 5 EQF diploma. The same day, the ITS Academy Nuove Tecnologie della Vita “Alessandro Volta” academy in Palermo hosted a Family Day at the Culla Tecnologica Biomed & Biotech 4.0, showcasing biomedical informatics, digital dental technology and biotechnology quality programmes, and highlighting Erasmus+ opportunities biotech programs. By August, ITS Academy Fondazione Pinta announced an expansion into Calabria, offering specialized courses in Poland and strong ties with local companies olive oil, viticulture, and professionals. industrial maintenance starting in October.

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