Located in the heart of the Casablanca-Settat region—Morocco's main economic hub—the CITT (City of Innovation and Technology Transfer) embodies Hassan II University of Casablanca's ambition to become a major player in innovation, applied research, and technology transfer. Approved by the University Council on December 28, 2023, the CITT aims to strengthen synergies between academic research, businesses, and local stakeholders.
To meet national and regional priorities in research and innovation, and contribute to Morocco's efforts toward self-sufficiency in strategic sectors, the CITT offers a dynamic and collaborative ecosystem dedicated to promoting research, supporting innovative projects, and structuring a complete innovation chain—from idea to market.
Strategic Objectives
The CITT's primary objective is to offer a diverse and shared pool of high-performance scientific equipment capable of performing both routine analyses and complex investigations. This infrastructure provides precise solutions to analytical challenges in numerous application sectors: agri-food, biotechnology, health, chemistry and parachemistry, environment, water treatment, materials, soils and sediments, pharmaceuticals, as well as in cutting-edge industries such as aeronautics and the automotive industry :
- Promote the emergence and development of projects with high scientific, technological, or social potential.
- Stimulate entrepreneurship, particularly among doctoral students and young researchers.
- Strengthen the links between university research and the regional economic fabric.
- Structure the entire innovation chain, from basic research to industrialization.
- Encourage prototyping, technological maturation, and the dissemination of results.
- Pool scientific resources through cutting-edge equipment.
- Developing training and research with an innovation-oriented approach.
Strategic Partners: :
The CITT is committed to a strong partnership approach, with collaborations at several levels :
- Government institutions : MESRSI, MIC
- Local authorities : Casablanca-Settat Regional Council
- Private sector : CGEM, clusters, industrial companies
- Higher education and research : Higher education and research
Technical platforms :
The CITT is based on five shared scientific and technological platforms, open to Thematic Research and Innovation Centers (CTRI) and their external partners :
Materials Analysis and Characterization 
Elemental and Molecular Chemistry
Biotechnologies and Functional Genomics
High-Performance Computing, AI, and Cybersecurity
Prototyping and Electrical and Mechanical Engineering