In addition to the internal technical department activities, TunnelPro promotes partnerships and R&D agreements with the major Italian and international universities to experimentally investigate in the following main research areas:
- TBM backlog analysis
- STP (slurry treatment plants)
- Ground conditioning system 
- Causes of the wear on the main TBM components
- Innovation of TBM design
- TBM performances optimization
- Tunnelling equipment prototyping