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and applied, and technology transfer. Devoted Interdepartmental
Centres and Incubators are located in the same Campus. Through
its Internship Office, the Department promotes and manages
the provision of internships, using a well-established network of
relationships with business associations, individual companies,

professional firms, government agencies, foundations, and national
and international institutions. This context is of particular importance
to the implementation of framework agreements with trade
associations, as well as agreements with individual companies, aimed
at the constant pursuit of learning goals and maintaining an effective
relationship between University and companies.

The Department has an important monument, the
Observatory, located in the East tower of the Ducal
Palace of Modena. Built between 1826 and 1827, it
preserves important historical instruments. At first an
Astronomical Observatory under the direction of
Giuseppe Bianchi from 1826 to 1859, until 1897
it was used for Meteorological purposes, and

then it became a Geophysical Observatory.
Meteorological observations have been
collected continuously since 1860 without
interruptions and represent one of the most
important meteorological time series of
Europe. At present, meteorological and
geophysical measurements support many

research activities of the University.

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