Open Factory – Opening of industrial tourism and manufacturing culture
Academy Project

Study tour to discover the country’s industrial and manufacturing excellences: a trip to Open Factories among design, mechanics, green management, industry 4.0 and logistics. Company visits, meetings with entrepreneurs, special events with experts

First application deadline: Sunday, November 17, 2024

Applications are now open for scholarships to participate in the Open Factory-Opening Academy Project of industrial and manufacturing culture, scheduled in the Venetian territory from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24, 2024. The Open Factory Academy is aimed at students of bachelor’s, master’s, master’s, doctoral and ITS degree programs from all Italian universities In continuity with the Città Impresa Academy (March and November 2024) Green Week Academy (April 2024), and the WeFood Academy (March and November 2024), the Open Factory Academy also aims to offer a unique opportunity for meeting, exchange and training, through active participation in the event that allows students to:

• discover the industrial and manufacturing excellence of an area that boasts best practices in design, mechanics, logistics, real case studies from the perspective of green management and industry 4.0
• Participate in company tours, with workshops, presentations, meetings with entrepreneurs and company management;

The first application deadline is November 17, 2024. Additional deadlines will follow if additional positions become available.

Scholarships to attend open factory academy

The Open Factory Academy looks with special attention to the involvement of young people from Italian universities, to whom it intends to offer a unique opportunity for meeting, exchange and training. To this end, the organization offers a selected number of university students the opportunity to apply for residence grants.

Open Factory: what it is

Open Factory: the event. The Academy is a special initiative carried out within Open Factory, the country’s most important opening of industrial and manufacturing culture: an initiative, now in its ninth edition, that aims to open up and introduce to the general public the businesses that generate value for the country. Open Factory is a project designed to make people understand the social – even before the economic – importance of doing business: opening the doors of factories, in complete safety, becomes a fundamental gesture to make people perceive the importance they have for the country’s future. To view a short video presentation, click here

Tour schedule. The Open Factory Academy will allow selected students to visit 6-8 companies over the course of the three-day project. The companies that students will get to visit in this edition are: Antonio Carraro (mechanics), Lago (interior design), Barausse (interior design), Battistella (semi-industrial and industrial products), Intrapan (crafts), Armes (industrial shelving), Modula (logistics)

Benefits for participants

In recent years, more than 13,000 selected students — from bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees — have participated in the Academy Project. Through our activities, we offer participants a unique opportunity to meet and exchange views with renowned professionals and experts in the field, participate in training activities, and join an international network of like-minded peers. The Open Factory Academy makes available to all interested students 200 living scholarships which include:

• Participation in guided tours of the most innovative companies in the area;
• Bus transfers from one company to another to participate in the event’s activities and events;
• accommodation in multiple rooms in contracted facilities for the entire duration of the stay (nights of Nov. 22 and 24, 2024) with payment of tourist tax;
• Fixed-menu lunches and dinners, in facilities that will be indicated by the organization.

The living grant covers 50 percent of the organization costs. To confirm their participation in the event, students selected for the living grant are required to pay a participation fee of 280 euros. Round-trip travel expenses to the city where the Open Factory Academy will begin are the responsibility of the selected students.

Anofficial certificate of participation will be issued at the end of the event.

How to apply for the living grant

The Open Factory Academy is making 200 living scholarships available to interested parties. To apply, simply fill out the form available by clicking here by November 17, 2024. The selected students are expected to follow the program of events that will be defined by the organization and to actively take part in the activities planned during the three-day event. Applications will be selected at the sole discretion of the event’s organizational management; applications will be selected and approved weekly until all available places are filled.

Our staff will provide selected students with all information regarding board, lodging and the schedule of appointments, and communicate how to make payment of the participation fee.

Frequently asked questions

If you have any doubts or questions about how to fill out the application, how to organize your stay, what to do in case of withdrawal after paying the fee, click here to find the answer to the most frequently asked questions.

For more information

Contact Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the following numbers:

ItalyPost / Academy Project
T. 0490991240
academy@italypost.it