The AGH University is an institution that has been contributing to the society for more than a hundred years by developing research and education in the fields of technical, exact, and social sciences, as well as the humanities, ensuring the creation of technological and social inventions that solve the most challenging problems of the present. The Faculty of Foundry Engineering is the only academic center with broad competence in foundry engineering, which includes metallurgy, mold technology, modelling of foundry processes, corrosion studies, etc. It continuously develops partnerships with scientific, research units in Europe and around the world. It also serves as a knowledge center for the foundry industry.

CNR has background in chemistry, materials science, engineering of materials, mechanical, structural, chemical characterisations, and is significantly active on the research on the assessment of foundry products integrity though mechanical testing, based on an innovative mathematical procedure developed in CNR for the correlation between tensile mechanical behaviour and product defectiveness. The procedure has been developed in collaboration with AGH and important Italian foundries to have significant exploitation in the sector of research and applications of ferrous and non-ferrous foundries.

AALTO University consists of six schools, combining science, art, technology, and business. AALTO has transformed into one of Europe’s most international universities, with a strategic goal to shape a more sustainable future, valuing responsibility, courage, collaboration. In the wider community, the University seeks to develop a culture of inclusion, curiosity, collaboration and wellbeing as a competitive edge. Sustainability is a central component of all research, education and impact in the School of Engineering. In the ‘Materials to Products’-research group, research and educational activities concern areas like sustainable manufacturing and efficient use of materials with proper design practices.