T.I.M.E. - Top International Managers in Engineering

To take part in the selection, candidates must submit the online application by completing the google forms available at the following links:
For DTU 
For the other locations 

The application must be submitted by no later than the deadlines indicated in Art. 9 of this Call.
All the documents indicated in Art. 4 of the Call must be attached to the application, under penalty of exclusion.

The educational pathway may be structured in different ways, depending on the chosen host institution and the level of the students.

The standard pathway is open to students already enrolled in the first year of a Master's Degree Programme: they will be required to attend an additional two-year period at one of the partner institutions, thus completing the second-cycle educational pathway.

Students must acquire at least 180 ECTS credits (=university credits (ECTS credits)) in total in the second cycle, of which 60 at the University of Padua and 120 at the host institution abroad.
Any exceptions to the duration of the period abroad or to the distribution of credits between the two institutions must be agreed and approved by the T.I.M.E Commission and by the host institution abroad.

The extension of studies by at least one semester and the achievement of 60 additional ECTS credits compared with the number normally required for the Master's degree represent significant added value in the training of the engineer and make it possible to obtain two related but different qualifications; indeed, the two-year Master's programme followed abroad does not necessarily have to correspond to the Master's Degree Programme in which students are enrolled in Padua, but may be in a related field.

When choosing the destination institution, it is essential to take into account the degree courses offered by the host institution abroad, which are fairly restrictive.

Not all institutions offer second-cycle courses in all areas of engineering: it is necessary to focus on institutions that offer courses of study complementary to your own study path.

Calls for applications and description of the institutions (Technical University of Denmark - DTU, Grandes Écoles, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB) - UPC, Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Université Catholique de Louvain – UC Louvain).

The study plan to be completed during the two-year period abroad must generally be prepared before departure and approved by the Degree Programme Board (CCS) to which the students participating in the project belong.
The proposed study plan will be assessed by the TIME committee, integrated by the CCS contact person for the student’s degree programme, in compliance with the requirements for obtaining the TIME double degree. Any subsequent changes will in any case be assessed by the same committee and contact person.

For the purposes of obtaining the double degree, participants will be required to attend the courses provided for in the overseas curriculum; any changes to it must always be agreed by the competent academic authorities.
The academic record of each student must be kept constantly up to date. To this end, all participants must arrange, from time to time, for the registration of the examinations taken abroad.

For the first year of studies at the foreign campus, participants in the T.I.M.E project selected for European destinations will be granted, unless they are ineligible, Erasmus student status and will receive the related mobility grant and all supplementary funding provided for by regional and university regulations, for the number of months actually spent at the host university, up to a maximum of 10 monthly instalments per year.
The successful students are therefore required to comply with all the regulations set out in the Erasmus call for applications 2026/2027 (https://www.unipd.it/erasmus-studio ), in particular the preparation of a Learning Agreement before departure and the arrangement of a study plan.

Subject to the availability of specific budget funds, the University provides supplementary funding for the first and second year of mobility, up to a maximum amount of EUR 500 per month (including the Erasmus grant for the first year), for a maximum of 10 monthly instalments per academic year.

People selected for the Yokohama University will benefit from funding amounting to EUR 700 per month, subject to the availability of specific budget funds.

The TIME committee is responsible for the selection of candidates and for the procedures for the assessment and approval of the study plans of those who take part, agreed from time to time with the individual degree programme committees.

Chair: Maria Elena Valcher
Contact person for DICEA: Paolo Salandin

Contact person for DII: Enrico Savio
Contact persons for DTG: Enrico Scarso
Contact person for DEI: Maria Elena Valcher

Contacts at the School of Engineering:
Tel. 0498276457
e-mail: ingegneria@unipd.it

• Aerospace engineering: Daniele Pavarin
• Chemical and Process Engineering: Alessandra Lorenzetti
• Computer Engineering: Nicola Ferro
• Control systems engineering: Francesco Ticozzi
• Bioengineering: Andrea Facchinetti
• Food Industry Engineering: Maurizio Faccio
• Civil Engineering: Paolo Salandin
• Environmental Engineering: Paolo Salandin
• Product Innovation Engineering: Paolo Ferro
• Building Engineering: Carlo Pellegrino
• Electrical engineering: Nicola Bianchi
• Electronic Engineering: Matteo Meneghini
• Electronic Engineering: Giorgio Spiazzi
• Energy Engineering: Giorgio Pavesi
• Management Engineering: Enrico Scarso
• Computer Engineering: Carlo Ferrari
• Information engineering: Marco Santagiustina
• Materials Engineering: Alessandro Martucci, Lucia Nicola
• Mechanical Engineering: Enrico Savio
• Product Innovation Engineering: Fabio Sgarbossa
• Mechatronics Engineering: Fabio Tinazzi
• Ict for internet and multimedia: Simone Milani