We believe and invest in young people, and in their professional training, both in Italy and abroad

Webuild's partnerships with the most prestigious Italian and international universities lay the foundations for the training and attraction of talented profiles, in the early stages of their careers, and for developing the next generation of Tomorrow's Builders, which will become the driving force of the our Group in the future.

Through strategic agreements with a focus on the new generations, we collaborate with universities in Italy, and in the world, to launch training programmes, scholarships and talent attraction for young students: activities aimed at professional orientation, the selection of talented profiles, their inclusion in construction sites in all the countries where the Group works, tutoring them in career paths in the construction sector.

Webuild and Italian Universities

Webuild collaborates with the most important Italian universities to develop synergies and partnerships aimed at orienting and bringing young people closer to the work arena. To date, the Group collaborates with more than 15 universities with which it has launched employer branding and attraction initiatives for new talents.

In September 2022, we signed a strategic partnership with Rome’s Sapienza University. It allows the Group to put its experience and know how at the service for increasing the employability of students, while concomitantly elaborating, with the same University, strategies and solutions to promote a meeting of the demand and offer of qualified work. 
This collaboration will find a concrete reality through the participation of job orientation initiatives and events that are useful for developing graduating students, with Webuild’s contribution within the official Consultation Office of Sapienza University. The entity, made of a selection of leading companies and by the University’s managerial staff, aims at defining the common guidelines and projects with regard to placement-recruitment themes, needs analysis and the assessment of the services supplied to the University.

In June 2020, we signed a framework agreement with the University of Genoa, which establishes the mutual commitment to promote and carry out research of common interest in the production sectors to which we both belong. Part of the agreement is dedicated to contributing to the training of qualified resources in civil and environmental engineering disciplines, architecture, mechanical, management and transport engineering, and the creation of research labs.

The joint research laboratory UniWeLab, born in 2021 and active in the development of innovative ideas to promote sustainable mobility, was conceived from this agreement. The relationship between universities and companies to produce innovation together, and create value for the territory is the basis of this partnership, which enriches both and is precious for the city of Genoa.

Webuild and International Universities

Over the last few years, we consolidated strategic agreements with the most prestigious international universities, and strengthened our collaboration for training and for attracting talented young people, globally.

In Sydney, we continue our collaboration, which began in 2018, with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia's first university for young people studying scientific-related topics. A wide-ranging partnership that has seen the development of various kinds of programmes and initiatives: from "Webuild Tomorrow's Builders 2020" corporate scholarship programme, for the most deserving engineering students, to the university project to support the academic and professional training of female engineers called "Women in Engineering and IT program", reaching training initiatives like our short-training tunnelling course.

In September 2020, we entered a partnership with the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia's best university by academic reputation, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020, which places it 15th, globally. The collaboration focuses on a five-year agreement that includes the provision of a "Webuild Master of Civil Engineering" scholarship, provided to students who want to specialize in civil engineering, and a "Webuild Women into Engineering" scholarship, to continue to attract and support women who wish to study engineering subjects. The collaboration allows the Group to join the academic network, to participate in major university events, university recruitment and training initiatives, and to organize dedicated selection and career guidance campaigns.

At a European level, Webuild has good continuous relationships with the ESTP University of Paris and the Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), with the aim of strengthening its collaboration with premium universities in strategic geographies for the Group, therefore contributing to creating a new generation of professionals in a multicultural working environment.