HR Excellence in Research  

In 2005, the European Commission adopted the Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

It is a set of general principles and requirements covering the roles, responsibilities and rights of researchers and those who recruit or fund them.

The Charter ensures that the relationship facilitates researchers' professional career development and is conducive to successful generation, transfer and dissemination of knowledge and technological development.

The contents mainly concern the following macro areas:

• research ethical and professional aspects
• researchers recruitment and selection
• working conditions and social security
• training, development and mobility

The "HR Strategy for Researchers" (HRS4R), has been established in 2008. This fosters the full implementation of the Charter and Code across Europe. Adherence to the process means that institutions starting this process are permitted to use the HRS4R logo.

The award recognises the progress made in aligning the University's HR policies with the principles set out in the Charter and Code. It is periodically reconfirmed by the European Commission to create an increasingly favourable and high-level academic environment for researchers worldwide.

In 2014 Politecnico di Milano started the process to adhere to the HRS4R principles and methodology, following all the foreseen steps. In 2015, the European Commission granted the "HR Excellence in Research" award to the University. Politecnico di Milano works daily to follow the European Charter for Researchers founding principles. It integrates and aligns its path to create a better working environment and successfully generates, transfers, shares and disseminates knowledge and technological development, and develops the researchers' career.