The University of Udine has over 15000 students, more than 600 lecturers, approximately 500 technicians and administrative staff. It is supported by eight Departments. There are a total of 80 degree courses, coordinated by the Departments, distributed in four areas: economics and law, medicine, science, humanities and education. About 15 international courses with double degree awarding involve European countries and North and South American states. There are around 20 Schools of Specialisation and more than 10 PhD courses.

C-NET project is coordinated by prof. Sara Colussi, member of the Group of Catalysis for Energy and Environment at the Polytechnic Department of the University of Udine.

Role of the University of Udine in C-NET is to design and develop novel efficient and stable non-CRMs as DFMs and electro-catalysts for CO₂ conversion by mechanochemical synthesis, exploiting the potentialities of this method for the preparation of highly dispersed metal-based materials with unique characteristics.