On May 28 and 29, 2025, Rector Antonella Polimeni and Vice Rector and Deputy Rector for International Relations Giuseppe Ciccarone took part in the institutional mission promoted by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) to Expo 2025 Osaka. The universal exposition, organised by the Bureau international des expositions on the artificial island of Yumeshima, is dedicated to the theme Designing Future Society for Our Lives and represents an important moment of multilateral confrontation on global challenges.

Sapienza's participation in this prestigious international context represented a strategic opportunity for exchange between academic systems, aimed at strengthening scientific cooperation, promoting mobility and building lasting bridges between knowledge, cultures and institutions.

During the mission, the Rector signed, on behalf of Sapienza University of Rome, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kansai Medical University of Hirakata (Osaka), with the aim of initiating new academic and scientific collaborations in the medical and health fields.