For the activation of a National Doctorate Program, the stipulation of conventions or the establishment of consortia among several Universities, as well as with Research Institutions of high qualification and recognized international level, including foreign ones, with an effective sharing of training and research activities, the regulation of forms of financial support, the modalities of exchange and mobility of faculty and doctoral students and possible forms of co-tutoring is foreseen.

For the activation of the National Doctoral Program in Space Science and Technology - SST, the University of Trent has formalized agreements with the following Universities and Research Institutions, which are the program's operational sites. 

Universities

1. University of Salento
2. University of Florence
3. University of Milan
4. University of Palermo
5. University School for Advanced Studies - Pavia
6. School of Advanced Studies - Pisa
7. University of Rome Tor Vergata
8. University of Turin
9. University of Trieste
10. University of Siena
11. Politecnico di Torino
12. University of Brescia
13. University of Ferrara
14. University of Milano Bicocca
15. University of Cagliari
16. University of L'Aquila
17. Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio Chieti Pescara
18. University of Calabria
19. University of Pisa 
20. Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
21. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati - SISSA Trieste

Research Institutions

1. National, Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications
2. National Research Council
3. Fondazione Bruno Kessler
4. National Institute for Astrophysics
5. National Institute for Nuclear Physics
6. Centro di Ateneo di Studi e Attività Spaziali "Giuseppe Colombo" - CISA
7. Italian Space Agency
8. Gran Sasso Science Institute
9. Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi"
10. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Companies

1. Nurjanatech
2. Picosats