Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Master's Degree is divided into four study tracks: (1) Design of Structures and Infrastructures, (2) Integrated Hydraulic Risk Management, (3) Environmental Sustainability, and (4) Energy Sustainability.

Curriculum Design of Structures and Infrastructures: addresses the design, execution, maintenance and verification of structures and infrastructures, both new or existing ones, with respect to safety and structural durability, seismic resistance, dynamic instability, rehabilitation and consolidation, and fire resistance, through the use of advanced predictive and diagnostic models and simulation systems.

Curriculum Integrated Hydraulic Risk Management: explores the integrated approach aimed at addressing and mitigating risks related to hydraulic phenomena such as floods, droughts, and watercourse degradation. This concept involves coordinated action that integrates technical, regulatory, environmental, social, and economic aspects to reduce risks and enhance the resilience of communities and ecosystems.

Curriculum Environmental Sustainability: studies the topics of hydrogeological instability, environmental monitoring, remediation strategies for contaminated , air quality, impacts assessment and evaluation of environmental sustainability of both civil works and urban plans, waste treatment plant technologies; it delves into subsoil geophysics, water supply, and the chemistry of pollutants using the tools of geomatics and environmental remote sensing.

Curriculum Energy Sustainability: offers energy-specific content on the planet's resources that can be used for energy purposes, energy production technologies from renewable sources, energy-saving performance of buildings, energy certification and thermotechnical systems.

The Course trains an engineer with a solid traditional technical-scientific background, capable of identifying emerging problems and communicating with other professionals and public bodies to identify technically sound and environmentally friendly solutions, playing an active role in decision-making processes. This figure is designed to meet the challenge of renewal in a rapidly changing society, as a consequence of demographic, climatic, land-use and resource changes, and under the influence of rapid technological developments in automation and data management. Skills are provided to apply advanced scientific and engineering content to the complex problems of interaction between (infra)structures and the natural environment, in order to steer the sustainable development of a heavily man-made and industrialised territory.