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UNI - Italian Standards Body

  • About us

    We are a private, non-profit association that for over 100 years has been developing, publishing and disseminating the standards of our life: the voluntary technical standards.

    About us
    About us

    About us Overview

    • Mission and values

      In everything we do, we are always guided by a goal: to build, through standards, 'a world well made'.

    • Governance

      Assembly, committees, colleges, councils, boards, President. To carry out its activities, UNI makes use of 8 specific governance bodies.

    • UNI in Europe and in the world

      Standardisation, by its very nature, tends to eliminate any form of barrier, border, fence or division. Because the values ​​underlying each standard are universal.

    • Our history

      We have been in work for 100 years. Look back on the most important milestones of an ever-changing world.

    • Documents

      Discover all the information and documents detailing the organisation and management of UNI.

    • Strategic Lines

      The Strategic Lines are the confirmation of the design capacity of standardization as it has evolved in recent years: check the 2021-2024 document

  • Standardization

    The voluntary technical standards are the greatest source of collective technical knowledge.
    They help us every day to live in a world safer, fairer and in a more sustainable world.

    Normazione
    Normazione

    Standardisation Overview

    • Making a standard

      Drafting a standard means writing a document that explains 'how to do guarantee well made things', while guaranteeing safety, performance and respect for the environment.

    • The benefits of standardisation

      Economic growth, social progress, environmental protection, improvement of safety and enhancement of innovation.

    • The technical bodies

      Committees, sub-committees and working groups: in UNI there are 1,100 technical bodies with which more than 8,000 experts collaborate.

    • Infrastructure for Quality Italy

      UNI is an integral part of IQ, Infrastructure for Quality Italy. Objective? To improve the quality of 'Made in Italy' products, services and processes.

    • Innovation

      Reference Practices, European projects and CWA: find out about UNI's activities and initiatives at national and international level

    Of interest
    • Projects in public Inquiry

  • Participate

    UNI standards are not dropped from above.
    They are the result of collective work of thinking, sharing and ideation.
    Participation means contributing to the birth of new knowledge.

    Participate
    Participate

    Participate Overview

    • Become a member

      Contribute personally to the creation of standards and define the rules of your sector with us.

    • Public Inquiries

      The standardisation process is transparent from start to finish thanks to two public Inquiries: preliminary and final.

  • UNI for you

    Whether the company or institution you work for is small or large;
    whether you are a teacher or a professional or a consumer, we always have the solution for YOU.

    UNI for you
    UNI for you

    UNI for you Overview

    • Large companies

      How standardisation can help large groups improve production quality, reduce costs and increase efficiency.

    • SMEs and start-ups

      For small and medium-sized enterprises, standards are a great universe of benefits. Discover them all.

    • Professionals and VAT holders

      Update knowledge, qualify, improve skills. Standardisation supports the growth of every professional.

    • Academia

      Standards are an outstanding driver of change and a tool for updating, for those doing research or training.

    • Institutions

      At local or national level, standardisation is a valuable ally of Institutions.

    • Consumers

      End consumers, people, citizens. The main beneficiaries of standards are always us.

    Of interest
    • Non-regulated professions

  • Training

    The great journey of UNI training

    UNITRAIN is the UNI Training Centre for knowledge and application of standards.

    It is aimed at technicians, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals and consultants who want to be kept up-to-date on standards practices, techniques and laws at the basis of their business.

    Training
    Training

    Training Overview

    • The UNITRAIN Trainers

      UNITRAIN trainers are not just any trainers: most of them are also the experts who develop the standards.

    Of interest
    • Training courses

  • UNI Store

    Welcome to UNI Store, the great online shopping for training.
    Here you can search, purchase, consult and download standards, practices, publications, choose the subscription formula that suits you best and register for our training courses.

    UNI Store
    UNI Store

    UNI store Overview

    • Technical Standards

      A boundless patrimony of standards affecting all areas of our lives, to consult and purchase.

    • Reference Practices

      Consult and discover the Reference Practice ("PdR") of the sector you are interested in.

    • Training courses

      If you want to make a great journey in knowledge this is the station to start from: Consult the catalogue of UNITRAIN training courses scheduled and register for the one that suits you.

    • Publishing products

      Standardisation also has its own library. Consult the list of available UNI editorial publications, which is enriched with new titles every year.

    • Subscriptions

      We have designed different subscription formulas to meet everyone's needs. Discover yours.

    • Conventions

      Discover all the Conventions stipulated at national level for access to the patrimony of standards of businesses and professionals.

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By entering your email and password you can access the e-commerce services, your reserved area, the UNITerm terminology database and the STANDARD magazine in digital format.

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