UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA NACIONAL

Their core work

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional is Argentina's largest engineering university, with campuses across the country and its headquarters in Buenos Aires. In H2020, UTN participated exclusively through MSCA-RISE staff exchange programmes, contributing specialized research expertise in materials science, geophysics, and computational modelling. Their role has been to host visiting European researchers and send their own staff to EU partner labs, enabling knowledge transfer across disciplines ranging from connected health to CO2 geological storage. As a third-party contributor in all five projects, they provide complementary capabilities — particularly in experimental characterization and numerical simulation — to European-led consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

UTN's early H2020 participation (2015-2018) centred on digital health and nano-composite materials, reflecting applied engineering interests in connected health, behavioral science, and advanced material processing. From 2018 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward Earth sciences and hard physics — geophysics, CO2 storage mechanics, aerosol retrieval, and condensed matter theory (DFT calculations, multiferroics). This trajectory suggests the university's research groups in physics and geosciences have become increasingly internationally active, while the earlier health-tech engagement appears to have been a one-off collaboration.

UTN is moving toward subsurface energy and environmental geoscience, making them a relevant partner for CCS, geothermal, and carbon management projects needing South American experimental validation or researcher mobility.

How they like to work

UTN participates exclusively as a third party in MSCA-RISE staff exchange projects — they have never coordinated or served as a direct consortium partner in H2020. Despite this narrow participation mode, they have connected with 60 unique partners across 25 countries, indicating they are a popular destination for researcher exchanges. This pattern suggests an organization that is easy to work with for mobility and knowledge-sharing but is not set up to manage EU project administration or lead work packages.

UTN has collaborated with 60 unique partners across 25 countries through its five MSCA-RISE projects, giving it a remarkably wide network for a non-EU third party. This global spread reflects the multilateral nature of RISE consortia rather than deep bilateral ties with specific institutions.

What sets them apart

UTN's value lies in being Argentina's premier engineering university with a strong willingness to participate in EU researcher mobility programmes. For European consortia needing a South American partner — whether for MSCA staff exchanges, access to Southern Hemisphere field sites, or extending project reach to Latin America — UTN is a proven and reliable third-party participant. Their breadth across materials science, geophysics, and computational modelling means they can fit into diverse consortia without being narrowly locked to one domain.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DISCO2 STORE
  Their most recent and topically relevant project, addressing CO2 storage reservoir mechanics — directly aligned with Europe's carbon capture priorities.
• REMIND
  Shows UTN's range beyond hard sciences, contributing behavioral science and user-centered design expertise to a connected health project.
• SPICOLOST
  Demonstrates computational physics capabilities (DFT calculations) applied to emerging oxide electronics and thermoelectric materials.