Precision over enthusiasm
Nanotechnology attracts hyperbole. We would rather under-claim and be trusted by the people who check.
About
A training company
A training company
run by scientists.
ATTIMAR S.A. OÜ was founded in Tallinn in 2019 to close a specific gap: the distance between what materials-science research produces and what industrial teams can actually deploy.
Our position
Between the laboratory and the production line.
Academic training teaches you to generate new knowledge. Industrial training teaches you to operate an existing process. Very little teaches you the traverse between them — how to judge whether a promising result is worth eighteen months and a capital budget.
That traverse is what this programme covers. It is why the curriculum ends with cost modelling and IP strategy rather than with a final review of theory.
ATTIMAR also runs private R&D advisory work. Faculty who advise industrial clients bring anonymised case material back into the teaching — with permission, always.
| Company facts | |
|---|---|
| Legal name | ATTIMAR S.A. OÜ |
| Registry code | 16584720 |
| Registered office | Harju maakond, Tallinn, Estonia |
| VAT (EU) | EE102584931 |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Scientific patronage | IUL — Università Telematica degli Studi, Florence |
| Teaching language | English (B2+ recommended) |
| Data protection | GDPR — EU-hosted infrastructure |
History
Seven years, deliberately slow.
We have turned down offers to franchise the curriculum and to remove the examination. Both would have grown the business and degraded the credential.
2019
ATTIMAR founded in Tallinn
Established as a scientific training and R&D consultancy serving materials-science teams across the Baltic and Nordic region.
2021
First nanomaterials cohort
A 12-lesson pilot programme runs with 34 participants drawn from three industrial partners.
2023
Curriculum expanded to four modules
Characterisation and industrialisation content added after alumni surveys identified both as the largest gaps.
2025
IUL scientific patronage granted
IUL — Università Telematica degli Studi, Florence, completes its review of the syllabus, faculty and assessment design and extends its patronage.
2026
1,240 alumni across 27 countries
The programme runs three cohorts per year, capped at 42 places each to protect office-hours quality.
Patrocinio Scientifico
Granted 2025 · Reviewed annually · Applies to the Advanced Nanomaterials programme
Scientific patronage
Why we sought external review.
Any provider can assert that its training is rigorous. Patrocinio scientifico is the Italian mechanism by which a university stakes its own name on that assertion after examining the evidence.
- Full syllabus and lesson-level learning outcomes submitted for review
- Faculty CVs, publication records and teaching experience verified
- Assessment design and pass thresholds examined for defensibility
- Patronage renewable annually, contingent on continued compliance
Principles
Four commitments.
Small cohorts, real contact
Places are capped at 42. Office hours stop working the moment a cohort outgrows the room.
Sustainability is not a module
Green synthesis, solvent selection and life-cycle thinking are integrated throughout, not bolted on at the end.
Independent review
External patronage exists precisely so that our own judgement is not the final word on quality.
Cohort 04 · Opens 6 October 2026
Take your work to the nanoscale.
Join researchers and engineers from 27 countries in a university-certified programme built for people who publish, patent and ship.
14-day full refund · Instalments available · 42 places per cohort