The Degree Programme in Techniques for Construction and Land sets out to train experts in surveying, land registry, construction paperwork, energy certification, with specific competencies in site activities (works management, safety, siteorganisation) and basic competencies both in construction and renovation techniques and in the legislative aspects applied to those working in thiscontext.
Graduates will also possess thetheoretical and practical competencies required to cooperate with otherprofessionals (Construction, Civil and Environmental Engineers and Architects)
To achieve these results, theprogramme includes a variety of course units structured over three years.
The first year course units aremainly lecture-based, with some laboratory work to develop soft skills and tosupport some core course units.
New topics are introduced in thesecond year, in lectures for core course units, investigating some of thesubjects introduced during the first year as well as a broad range oflaboratory work during the second semester.
The third year, on the otherhand, consists of an internship during which students will have the possibilityto apply the competencies acquired during their studies to real contexts, inaddition to final laboratory work and the final examination.
The degree programme learningoutcomes aim to develop profiles able to work in the various fields describedbelow:
- in civil and construction sitesas works manager or safety manager;
- in construction and renovationsectors, in site organisation, drafting the necessary paperwork, estimatedvaluations of real estate, energy efficiency estimations and the production ofdocumentation for the energy certification of buildings;
- in the field of topography, asa freelance professional, for the management of land and building works;
- in building administration,understanding the regulatory and legislative aspects of this context.
All this is ensured by asignificant amount laboratory work aiming to complete and support the contentsof traditional course units, including energy certification, systems, sitesafety and renovations, acquiring competencies in the current IT tools usedwidely in building and urban design, including municipal information systemsand BIM (Building Information Modelling). Design laboratories are anindispensable part of the degree programme not only in order to verify theknowledge acquired, but also in order to promote, as in most Europeancountries, an integrated education, open to dialogue with specialists in thevarious sectors involved in the construction and re-qualification of buildings,energy systems and complex real estate. The training is completed andintegrated by a significant internship and appropriate knowledge of a foreignlanguage.
