Università Aperta - XX edition - Thursday 22 May 2025

Università Aperta is an opportunity for students and graduates of the University of Padua to meet with employers: an open dialogue between the university world and the professional world.

The next edition of Università Aperta is held on Thursday 22 May 2025 from 10.00 to 17.00 at Padiglione 11 of Fiera di Padova (entrance from cancello B - via C. Goldoni 8, Padova).

Please note: to access Padiglione 11 of the Fair you must register at the following link.

Interviews with employers take place in the form of one-to-one speed interviews with free access. Each candidate can go independently to the stands of the companies and organizations of interest to leave his CV and have a brief interview with the company representatives present.

To find out the full programme of the event, please visit the following link.

Career Day Warm Up ⎼ 14 May 2025

Optimize Your Profile, Maximize Your Opportunities

Prior to the Università Aperta event on Thursday 22 May 2025, the Career Service organizes an online meeting scheduled for Wednesday 14 May, from 10.00 to 11.00.

The meeting consists of two simultaneous parallel sessions, one held in Italian and one held in English.

During this online session, we explore the unique aspects of a career day and provide you with strategies to make the most of this opportunity. You can learn how to enhance your profile in a short time and how to present yourself concisely yet effectively, optimizing your interactions with recruiters from participating companies. Our goal is to prepare you to transform these brief interactions into potential career opportunities.
To participate, you must register at the following link.

For further information, please contact: placement@unipd.it

Workshop Online ⎼ 20 May 2025
In the days leading up to the career day there are some days of workshops presenting some of the participating companies. Each workshop lasts 45 minutes and takes place on Zoom. To participate in the workshops, you must register at the following link: www.unipd.it/workshop-ua.

  Università Aperta PhD - IX edition - Thursday 20 March 2025

Università Aperta PhD is the career day dedicated to researchers and PhD students of the University of Padua, held every year in March. Organised and promoted by the Career Service of the University of Padua, this initiative represents an important opportunity for companies to meet with young researchers in order to introduce them to their own reality and their professional needs related to innovation and development (R&D sector), as well as to help them in a future job placement within the company.

The next edition of Università Aperta PhD is held online on Zoom on Thursday 20 March 2025.

Since this is a career day aimed at a high-profile educational target, the Career Service schedules interviews with companies in the form of online speed interviews. The interview schedule is communicated a few days before the event.

Candidates can register online from www.universitaperta-unipd.it.
Registration for candidates open from Monday 3 to Thursday 13 March 2025.

For more information (candidates): placement@unipd.it
For more information (companies): aziende.careerservice@unipd.it

Career day Warm up

Optimize Your Profile, Maximize Your Opportunities 

Prior to the Università Aperta PhD event on 20 March 2025, the Career Service organises an online meeting scheduled for Thursday 6 March, from 10:00 to 11:00.

The meeting consists of two simultaneous parallel sessions, one held in Italian and one held in English.

During this online session, we explore the unique aspects of a career day and provide you with strategies to make the most of this opportunity. You can learn how to enhance your profile in a short time and how to present yourself concisely yet effectively, optimizing your interactions with recruiters from participating companies. Our goal is to prepare you to transform these brief interactions into potential career opportunities.

To participate in the online meeting, registration is required using the following link.

For further information, please contact: placement@unipd.it

  Business Game for Data Scientist – Thursday 10 April 2025

Business game based on the ability to analyse and create a forecasting model on the basis of a real data set, followed by individual interviews with participating companies.

The competition is individual and open to all university students and graduates able to work as data scientists. Each candidate must provide the hardware (computer, tablet, etc.) and software he or she considers necessary to carry out the analyses. During the competition one may use any programming language or software considered appropriate and suitable. The responsibility for the ownership rights and licences required to use any software lies with the individual participant.

For the first three classified in the business game, who have held interviews with the companies present, there are prizes in the form of Amazon vouchers.

Registration for candidates is open from Friday 21 March to Friday 4 April 2025.
All CVs are made available to companies.
To apply at the Business Game, please register on www.unipd.it/bgds by 12 noon on Friday 4 April 2025.

Agenda of the day 10 April 2025

9:00-13:00: Business game
The prediction ability of the candidates' models is based on an external database and is therefore an objective (and quantitative) assessment: based on these results, the scoring and ranking of the candidates is established.

14:30-18:00: interviews
Participants in the business game hold online interviews with participating companies.

To participate, it is necessary to register on www.universitaperta-unipd.it, attaching a pdf CV and compulsorily booking interviews with at least 3 companies in order to have a chance of winning prizes.

Business Game Warm up -28 March 2025

To best prepare for the Business Game, on Friday 28 March, we hold the preparatory meeting "Optimize Your Profile, Maximize Your Opportunities". During this meeting, we will provide you with strategies to make the most of this opportunity. You will learn how to enhance your profile in a short time and how to present yourself concisely yet effectively, optimizing interactions with recruiters from the companies present. Our goal is to prepare you to transform these brief encounters into potential career opportunities.

The session in English will be held at 11:00 AM, followed by CV checks.

The event will take place in person in room SC20 of the Department of Statistical Sciences within the Santa Caterina Complex (Via Cesare Battisti, 241 -Padova).
You can participate without reservation until the maximum capacity of the room is reached.

The 'CV check' is an individual session with the University's Career Service staff. You will receive personalized feedback, advices, and practical suggestions to improve the effectiveness of your CV.

To participate, bring a hard copy of your CV or have it ready on a digital device (smartphone, tablet, or laptop).

For more information: placement@unipd.it

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  Università Aperta Agripolis - IX edition - 9 October 2025

On Thursday 9 October 2025, there is the usual meeting between local companies and students and graduates of the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padua.

The event is hosted at the University of Padua's Agripolis Campus in Legnaro - Padua.

The initiative represents an important opportunity for companies to meet with young people from study courses in the agricultural and food sectors to get to know their companies and their training and professional needs, also through internships and apprenticeships that facilitate their job placement.

Candidates and companies can register from www.universitaperta-unipd.it.

Career day Warm up

Optimize Your Profile, Maximize Your Opportunities
To best prepare for the career day, in the days leading up to the event Career Service organizes a preparation meeting Optimize Your Profile, Maximize Your Opportunities

During this session, we explore the unique aspects of a career day and provide you with strategies to make the most of this opportunity. You can learn how to enhance your profile in a short time and how to present yourself concisely yet effectively, optimizing your interactions with recruiters from participating companies. Our goal is to prepare you to transform these brief interactions into potential career opportunities.

For further information, please contact: placement@unipd.it

Workshops - October 2025
In the days leading up to the career day there are four days of workshops presenting some of the participating companies.
Each workshop lasts 45 minutes and takes place on Zoom.

  Università Aperta IES - XV edition - Thursday 6 November 2025

On Thursday 6 November 2025 the Career Service organizes Università Aperta IES, a career day dedicated to students and graduates of the Schools of Engineering, Economics and Sciences of the University of Padova.

The event is hosted at the Fiera di Padova.

Interviews with companies take place in the form of one-to-one speed interviews with free access. Each candidate can go independently to the stands of the companies of interest to leave his CV and have a brief interview with the company representatives present.

The initiative represents an important opportunity for companies to meet young students and recent graduates from the engineering, economic and scientific fields, and for candidates an exclusive opportunity to have a look at the world of work according to their training and professional needs, facilitating job placement through internships or apprenticeships.

Workshops - November 2025
In the days leading up to the career day there are some days of workshops presenting some of the participating companies.
Each workshop lasts 45 minutes and takes place on Zoom.

  Webinar Road to: Slovenia: June 11, 2025

Road to: Slovenia is a webinar designed by the Career Service in cooperation with Employment service of Slovenia – EURES Slovenia, which provides an overview of the socio-economic situation and the Slovenian labor market.

Who is for
The meeting has an educational and informative character and is open to students and graduates of all courses of study.

Agenda
The meeting takes place on Zoom on Wednesday June 11, 2025 at 10:00.

How to attend
To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday June 10, 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/road2si

The link to the online meeting is sent to the email address used to register for the event.

Please note that the event is held in English.

  OTB - company presentation: June 5, 2025

The Company
OTB is a global fashion and luxury group that challenges established industry norms. Our brands and companies include Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf, Staff International, Brave Kid and Amiri. We empower innovative talents and prioritize sustainable business practices.

Who is it for
OTB is aimed at students and graduates from the following areas of interest: Economics, Finance and Business Management; Law and Economic-Legal Studies; Engineering; Political Science, International Relations; Humanities and Language Studies.

Agenda
The meeting takes place in Aula Nievo at Palazzo Bo on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 15:00 with the following schedule:

•  Company overview
•  Q&A session
•  One-to-one interviews

How to attend
To attend the meeting you need to register by Wednesday June 4, 2025

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Deloitte company presentation: May 28, 2025

The Company
Deloitte drives progress. Their firms around the world help clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. Deloitte invests in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empowers them to achieve more than they could elsewhere. Work in Deloitte combines advice with action and integrity: the company believes that when clients and society are stronger, so are the company itself. 

Who is it for 
Deloitte is aimed at Master’s degree students and graduates from the following areas of interest: Economics, Finance, Business management.

Agenda
The meeting takes place online in in the head office in Padua on Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 9:15 and follows this schedule:

09:15-09:45: Welcome and initial greetings
09:45-10:30: Company presentation and Q&A
10:30-10:45: Company site visit
10:45-11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-12:45: Individual interviews
12:45-13:00: Conclusion and final greetings

How to attend
To attend the meeting you need to register and upload your CV by Wednesday 21 May 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/visitdeloitte

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

  Volkswagen Group Italia - May 27, 2025

The company
Volkswagen Group Italia (VGI) is the Italian subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Its main aim is to import cars, spare parts and accessories for Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, Škoda e Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and to provide after-sales service for the brands we represent, at the same time ensuring service levels capable of achieving a high level of Customer Satisfaction and long-term consistency, both for the company itself and for our contracted Partners in the Distribution Network./p>

Who is it for
VGI is aimed at students about to graduate and graduates in the following areas of interest: Economics, Engineering and Statistics.

Agenda
The meeting takes place in Verona on Tuesday 27 May 2025 at 10am and follows this schedule:

• Welcome by D. Toniolo - HR Manager
• Keynote by S. Sordelli - Future Mobility Director
• Q&A
• Lunch
• Warehouse tour
• e-mobility Test Drive
• One-to-one interviews

How to attend
To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 20 May 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/visitvgi

Please note that the company visit is held in Italian.

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  LinkedIn: The Social Network for Job Searching and Professional Life - May 15, 2025

The aim of the seminar is to provide guidelines for creating an effective profile on LinkedIn, a social network dedicated to professional life, and to leverage all the available tools on the platform to build your career and increase your professional opportunities.

Program:

• What LinkedIn is and how it works
• The importance of creating and maintaining an effective personal profile
• How to actively use LinkedIn to get noticed and build professional relationships: posts, articles, interactions, and comments
• LinkedIn's job offers section
• Other LinkedIn tools for career development

  Speaker: Lorenzo Amadei, a consultant and trainer specializing in social media and web content management.

  The event will be held on the Zoom platform from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The access link will be provided to registrants upon booking.

  To participate, registration is required through the booking page, which will be available shortly.

  SAET - company presentation: May 13, 2025

SAET is an Italian company operating internationally that offers solutions for high-voltage electrical networks, electrochemical storage systems and customised solutions (Operation & Maintenance, after-sales service, automation). It has always operated in the name of technological diversification and a strong commitment to innovation, thanks also to the prestigious collaboration with the University of Padua.

SAET is aimed at students and graduates in the area of Engineering.

The meeting takes place in the Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Tuesday 13 May 2025 from 9:00 and follows this schedule:

• Company overview
• Description of open positions
• Q&A session

To attend the meeting you need to register by Monday 13 May 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/presentazionesaet

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Mentor&Me Programme - 12th Edition (registrations by 12th May 2025)

The programme offers mentees the opportunity to be guided by a professional who has been working in the industry for several years. The mentor is an experienced figure who shares their expertise with the mentee, helping to explore career paths or develop skills that are currently in demand in the job market, providing useful information for professional decisions. The programme lasts for 6 months and includes 6 online meetings with the assigned mentor and some group sessions organised by the Career Service, focusing on topics related to entering the job market.

For more information, please visit www.mentoring-unipd.it

  Beyond the Degree: growing, adapting, and innovating your way forward - May 7 2025

Graduation isn't the end, it is just the beginning of a new journey shaped by courage, curiosity, adaptability, and continuous learning. In this talk, I'll share my personal experience, how I've been navigating life after university, the challenges I faced, the opportunities I created, and how I learned to expand my competencies to stay relevant in this fast-changing world. We'll explore how being flexible, embracing emerging technologies, and rethinking our roles can empower us to keep up and lead.

Speaker: Roshanak Mirmiran, Technology Innovation Manager

The meeting takes place online and is held in English from 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon.

A recording of the seminar is available. To request access, write to: placement@unipd.it specifying course of study and registration number.

  Siemens Energy - company presentation: May 7, 2025

Located in 90 countries, Siemens Energy operates across the whole energy landscape. From conventional to renewable power, from grid technology to storage to electrifying complex industrial processes. Their mission is to support companies and countries with what they need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make energy reliable, affordable, and more sustainable. 

Siemens Energy is aimed at students and graduates in the following areas of interest: Electrical, Energy and Mechanical Engineering.

The meeting takes place at Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Wednesday 7 May 2025 from 11:00 and follows this schedule:

• Company overview
• Description of open positions
• Q&A session

To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 6 May 2025

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Acciaierie Venete - company presentation: April 16, 2025

The company
With a production capacity of 2,000,000 tonnes of steel per year, Acciaierie Venete is today one of the largest and most qualified producers of Engineering Steel in the European long steel market. Among other applications, the quality steel the company produces is destined for major brands in the automotive, agricultural and earthmoving machinery, energy, mechanical engineering, oil & gas and construction sectors.

Who is it for
Acciaierie Venete is aimed at students and graduates in the following areas of interest: Computer Engineering, Electronics, Internet and Multimedia.

Agenda
The meeting takes place in the Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Wednesday 16 April 2025 from 10 and follows this schedule:

∘ Company overview
∘ Description of open positions
∘ Q&A session

How to attend
To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 15 April 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/presentazioneav

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Forgital Group - April 15, 2025

Forgital Group is a leading, vertically integrated group focused on the manufacturing of seamless rolled rings in rectangular or profiled sections, as well as assembled fan modules, covering the largest range of sizes.

Forgital Group is aimed at last year students of the Bachelor’s Degree, students of the Master’s Degree and graduates from the following areas of interest: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Management Engineering.

The meeting takes place in the logistics hub in Velo d'Astico (VI) on Tuesday 15 April 2025 and follows this schedule:
10-11: Company presentation
11-12: Factory visit
12-12:30: Short greeting and small buffet

To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 8 April 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/visitforgital

Please note that the event is held in Italian.

  Accenture - company presentation: April 9, 2025

Accenture Financial Advanced Solutions & Technology (AFAST) is the new hub that integrates solutions and services dedicated to the financial market, placing itself at the centre of an ecosystem made up of leading technology and digital players, fintech and regtech, institutions and academia. The centre is able to accompany banks and insurance companies on their path of digital evolution, to support them in their sustainable growth, in the implementation of new services, and in the management of operations and business processes, through the most advanced technologies and a specialised, customised and continuously renewed offer.

Accenture is aimed at last year students of the Master’s Degree in the STEM area.

The company visit takes place in Padua Wednesday 9 April 2025 and follows this schedule:

10:30-11:00: Registration and welcome coffee
11:00-11:30: Company presentation
11:30-12:30: AFAST tour
12:30-15:30: Light lunch and one-to-one interviews

To attend the event you need to register by Wednesday 2 April 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/visitafast

Please note that the event is held in Italian.

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  Prase Media Technologies - company presentation: April 8, 2025

Prase Media Technologies is an Italian medium-sized company that is part of the Midwich Group and operates as a value-added distributor of professional Audio, Video, Lighting and Control systems. Becoming part of the Prase Media Technologies team means being surrounded by the most innovative multimedia technologies while dealing daily with suppliers and customers and a team of colleagues at international level.

For the Noventa di Piave (VE) office, we are recruiting young undergraduates and graduates with a passion for music and AVLC systems, interested in growing in the following areas

• Design and Planning
• Service and After Sales
• Commercial
• Administration

Prase is aimed at students and graduates in the following areas of interest: Economics and Engineering.

The meeting takes place at Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Tuesday 8 April 2025 from 15:00 and follows this schedule:

• Company overview
• Description of open positions
• Q&A session

To attend the meeting you need to register by Monday 7 April 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/presentazioneprase

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Business game KPMG - company presentation: April 4, 2025

KPMG's objective is to transform knowledge into value for clients, communities and financial markets and to support companies in the complex processes of business transformation through a wide range of multidisciplinary services and expertise according to uniform standards on a global scale: Audit, Assurance, M&A, Risk, Compliance, Governance, Restructuring, Digital Solutions, Cyber Security, HR Transformation, Transfer Pricing, Global Mobility, Tax, Legal.

KPMG is aimed at last year’s students and graduates in the following areas of interest: Economics and Law.

The meeting takes place in the Aula Nievo at Palazzo Bo on Friday 4 April 2025 at 9:15 and follows this schedule:

  9:15 - 9:30 Welcome
  9:30 - 10:00 Openings and KPMG presentation
10:00 - 10:30 Introduction to case studies
10:30 - 13:00 Business Game (Part I)
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch break at Milk Bar (Via Cesare Battisti 17, Padua)
14:30 - 15:30 Business Game (Part II)
15:30 - 16:30 Presentation of work
16:30 - 17:30 Evaluation of the works, final discussion and awarding of the winning team

To attend the meeting you need to bring your own PC and register by Monday 31 March 2025.

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  DBA Group - company presentation: April 2, 2025

DBA Group, among the top 10 engineering companies in Italy, is an independent holding company specialised in the provision of Consultancy, Architecture, Engineering, Project Management and ICT solutions, with a focus on the life cycle management of mission-critical works and infrastructures. With 27 offices worldwide and over 1,000 professionals, DBA Group operates in the transport, logistics, telecommunications, energy and strategic infrastructure sectors, offering innovative solutions for digitalisation and sustainability.

DBA Group is aimed at students and graduates in the following areas of interest: Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Building-Architecture Engineering.

The meeting takes place at Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Wednesday 2 April 2025 from 10:00 and follows this schedule:
∘ Company overview
∘ Description of open positions
∘ Q&A session

To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 1 April 2025.

Please note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Arpav - company presentation: March 27, 2025

ARPAV pursues two closely related objectives:

• protection, through environmental controls that protect the health of the population and the safety of the territory;
• prevention, through research, training, information and environmental education.

ARPAV achieves its objectives by using technical and scientific skills that become its distinguishing feature, differentiate it from other administrative bodies and identify its “mission.”

ARPAV is aimed at students and recent graduates of all courses of study.

The meeting is held at Aula Nievo in Palazzo Bo on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 9:30 and is structured as follows:

• Company overview
• Q&A

To participate you need to register by Wednesday 26 March 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/presentazionearpav

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  Contec Industry - company presentation: March 25

Contec Industry is a company specializing in the management of industrial processes, plants and machines, with a strong focus on safety, environmental sustainability and innovation. Contec Industry is a company founded in 2012 with offices in Verona, Padua, Milan and Udine.

It deals with the safety of machines and plants within production sites. It manages the process for safety improvement, in the different phases, from the verification of compliance and risk analysis, to the design of adaptation interventions and the coordination of the teams involved in the implementation of the interventions.

Contec Industry is aimed at students and graduates of Engineering.

The meeting takes place at Aula Magna Lepschy at the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in two sessions, at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM, and follows this schedule:
∘ Company overview
∘ Description of open positions
∘ Q&A session
∘ One-to-one interview

To attend the meeting you need to register by Monday 24 March 2025 at the following link: www.unipd.it/presentazionecontec

Please, take note that the presentation is held in Italian.

  BPER Banca - presentation - March 13, 2025

BPER Banca is a great Italian bank, empathetic, sustainable and evolved, made up of people who share the same mission: to support and connect people, businesses and communities to help them develop their ideas, protect them and shape a better future. For all and for all.

BPER Banca is aimed at Master’s degree students and graduates from the following areas of interest: Economics, Engineering and Management, Mathematical Engineering, Informatics and Statistics.

The meeting takes place online on Zoom onThursday 13 March 2025 at 9:30 and follows this schedule:

• Company overview
• Description of open positions
• Q&A session

To attend the meeting you need to register by Wednesday 12 March 2025.

The link to the online meeting will be sent to the mail address used to register for the event.

Please, take note that the presentation is held in Italian.

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  Cereal Docks - company presentation: March 12, 2025

Cereal Docks is an Italian industrial group operating in the feeds and foods primary processing sector, producing ingredients including meals, oils and lecithin, derived from oil seeds (soy, sunflower and rapeseed) and grains (corn, wheat, barley) intended for applications in the foods, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, animal feeds, technical and energy sectors.

Cereal Docks is aimed at students of the Master's Degree from the following areas of interest: Food and Industrial Biotechnology, Biology, Food Science and Technology, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineering.

The meeting takes place online on Zoom on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 10:00 and follows this schedule:

• Company overview
• Presentation of the Research and Innovation Department of Cereal Docks
• Presentation of the thesis proposals

To attend the meeting you need to register by Tuesday 11 March 2025.

The link to the online meeting will be sent to the email address used to register for the event.

Please note that the presentation is held in English.

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