The university's Third Mission aims to enhance interactions between the academic world and civil society, allowing for greater impact and social relevance of research and teaching activities. For further information, please refer to the university's webpage: https://web.unisa.it/terza-missione.

The PhD Program in Computer Science supports these activities by acting as a link between PhD students and the University’s Technology Transfer and Third Mission Office, with the aim of encouraging PhD students' participation in patent proposals, university spin-offs, and social impact initiatives.

The PhD Program also includes projects supported by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 "Education and Research," Component 2 "From Research to Business," Investment 3.3 "Introduction of innovative PhDs that meet business innovation needs and promote the hiring of researchers by businesses."

For a complete list of these PhD projects and those totally funded by the companies, please refer to the table below:

N. of Scholarships	Project Title	Partner
2	High Performance Computing: Ottimizzazione su piattaforme HW e SW Intel	E4 Computer Engineering Spa
1	Security and Drone-Team Applications for Advanced Air Mobility	CIRA
1	Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Mobility	Technova Consorzio Politecnico per l’Innovazione Scarl
1	Toward Secure-by-design Smart Contract Development	Astrakode S.r.l.
1	RISC-V for High Performance and Edge Computing	Leonardo S.p.A