Interdepartmental research centres

The Centre (Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies) was established in 2005 with the aim of promoting and conducting studies and research in the field of Cultural Heritage Sciences and Political Symbolism. Its Scientific Council and Members' Assembly are made up of professors, researchers and experts in the Centre's areas of interest. 
Cultural Heritage Sciences include all disciplines that study the concrete physical and chemical qualities of the materials that make up cultural heritage, but also those that study cultural heritage in terms of its contribution to tourism systems from an economic, legal, historical, artistic and anthropological point of view. Political Symbolism includes disciplines that study the tools and manifestations that guide social and political life, including with the contribution of elements drawn from the collective imagination, as in the case of myths of belonging and all forms of self-recognition of a community.

The Centre was established in July 1999 and its regulations primarily aim to promote and conduct research on local history and culture, with a particular focus on methodological issues and the critical study of sources, in line with the Anglo-Saxon approach. 
In recent years, the Special Centre has been involved in a number of areas. In the field of education, postgraduate refresher and advanced courses have been organised for specialists and enthusiasts in the field, teachers of all levels, museum curators, tour operators and cultural heritage professionals. In the field of activities related to the library and the paper and digital collection of documents, the Centre offers humanities undergraduates a guidance service for consulting libraries and archives and bibliographic and palaeographic assistance. The extensive photographic archive is available to users and students by appointment with the cataloguing and consultation officer. In the field of digital publishing of medieval documentary sources from the Varese and Como areas, it has participated in the Lombardy Region's initiative “Codice diplomatico della Lombardia Medievale” (Diplomatic Code of Medieval Lombardy). As part of the publication and cataloguing of historical sources and bibliographic research, as a tool for initiating any new scientifically based study, a series of publications and databases have been created.

The TLC aims to encourage original research paths with an interdisciplinary approach to themes related to educational innovation. The primary objectives of the Center are:

• promote interdisciplinary research on themes relating to educational innovation and the development of soft skills, through the in-depth study of qualitative and quantitative methodological criteria, aimed at opening new and original research and experimentation paths at both national and international levels;
• design and propose national and international training and research projects for the implementation of new methodological, teaching, and soft skills through training and consultancy pathways offered both within and outside the University;
• open original research, experimentation, and service paths aimed at improving the alignment between supply and demand in the labor market;
• foster the exchange, dissemination, and disclosure of knowledge through conferences, courses, and any other useful initiatives;
• launch development paths for teaching and soft skills in collaboration with local, national, and international entities.

This is the special centre of the University of Insubria that manages the university's large equipment and animal facility. 
CRIETT promotes and facilitates access to high-value scientific equipment, both for university researchers and for external organisations and companies that need it. Its objective is to strengthen the link between the University and the local area through the provision of services and collaborations aimed at promoting innovation and technology transfer.

The Special Centre was established with effect from 1 January 2024.

The Special Centre known as the University Centre for Teacher Education was established with effect from 27 November 2024.

The Special Centre known as the University Language Centre (CLA) was established by Rector's Decree No. 1411 of 17 November 2025, with effect from 1 January 2026.