Computer Engineering

The learning outcomes specified in theuniversity degree class regulation are achieved in a curriculum which aims toproduce graduates with a solid methodological background, integrated byspecific practical skills deriving from targeted experimental activities in thelaboratory. The graduates are able to design and manage systems, processes andservices in the specific field of Computer Engineering and in other contexts inwhich information technologies play a key role. For this purpose, students areguided in their understanding of problems, reference models and methodsinherent to the design of modern information processing systems, as well as therelative standards and the most advanced technologies available for theirconcrete application. Particular emphasis is placed on the organic focus on thefundamental principles, the use of examples in the definition of methodologicalapproaches, the presentation of environments and instruments which togethersupport the design of software, operating systems, information systems,computer networks, WEB infrastructures and computer architecture with asystem-oriented vision. The specific skills in this field are completed by asolid background in physics and mathematics, by in-depth interdisciplinaryknowledge of the specific areas of study laid down in the university degreeclass regulations for Information Engineering, including Electronic Engineeringand Telecommunications Engineering, and by appropriate knowledge of a foreignlanguage.

The first year focuses on basic mathematics,physics and computing.

The second year further studies computing,information and operating systems, broadening engineering training to cover thefields of information and basic business studies.

The third year covers network systems elementsand software engineering, as well as elective course units and the finalexamination.

Admission to the 1st cycle degree programme inComputer Engineering is subject to the possession of a five-year secondaryschool diploma or equivalent suitable qualification obtained abroad. Admissionto the degree programme is also subject to the possession of strong oral andwritten Italian language skills, logical reasoning skills, knowledge of andability to use the main results of elementary mathematics and the foundationsof experimental sciences.
The methods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined inthe degree programme teaching regulations. .
Students shall be required to sit anentrance exam to assess their knowledge in order to register for the 1st cycledegree programme. If the assessment is not positive, additional learningrequirements will be specified. Completion of the learning requirements isthe subject of a separate test. The relevant testing method is also setout in the degree programme teaching regulations. Students whodo not complete the additional learning requirements by the date established bythe competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the first year of thedegree programme, will be unable to sit exams in the following years.