Program Overview

Technical Professions for Construction and Land

Quality Assurance (QA)

The Quality Assurance (QA) system of Sapienza is described in detail on the Quality Team's web pages. The web pages outline the ten-year path developed by the University for the construction of the Sapienza Quality Assurance, the organizational model adopted, the QA actors (Quality Team, Monitoring Committees, Joint Teacher-Student Commissions, Course Quality Commissions), the active working groups, the main activities developed, and the documentation prepared for the management of quality assurance processes and activities in teaching, research, and the third mission.

Each Course of Study and each Department has the faculty to decline the Sapienza Quality Assurance model defined in the Quality Team's web pages in the QA of the Course of Study/Department, adapting it to its own organizational specificities while respecting the models and procedures defined by the ANVUR and the Quality Team. The Course of Study/Department web pages, together with the SUA-Teaching and SUA-Research sheets, represent the communication tools for the implementation of the Quality Assurance System at the Course of Study/Department level.

In relation to the Course of Study's ability to recognize critical aspects and margins for improvement in its teaching organization and to define consequent interventions, with specific reference to the contribution of teachers and students, the figures involved in the organization and management of quality within the Course of Study are:

• The President of the Course of Study Council
• The Secretary of the Course of Study Council
• The administrative staff supporting the Course of Study management activities
• The teaching commission composed of teachers of basic and characterizing subjects
• The Quality Management Commission (CGQ)
• The student representative(s)

The Course of Study Council organizes its activities with the contribution of the Course of Study teachers, administrative staff, and student representatives based on the above-mentioned tasks. Aspects related to teaching (revision of paths, coordination and integration between subjects, rationalization of timetables and distribution of the teaching load, temporal distribution of exams and support activities, etc.) are analyzed and discussed within the teaching commission and the Course of Study Council.

In these collegiate meetings, where problems and their causes are analyzed, teachers and students have the opportunity to report their observations and proposals for improvement, as evident from the examination of the Course of Study Council minutes. The annual report of the Joint Teacher-Student Commission (CPDS) is the subject of discussion within the Teaching Commission and the Quality Management Commission, to then be summarized in the Course of Study.

The Quality Management Commission meets periodically to examine the monitoring data provided by the University's Quality Team and to prepare the annual and cyclical monitoring sheets (formerly review reports) to be submitted for approval by the Course of Study Council, in time to respect the deadlines set by the University.

Consultation with Representative Organizations

The procedure for establishing the new Degree Course in Technical Professions for Construction and Land, class L-P01, involved the participation of interested parties outside the academic world to ensure that the training of graduates responds to a demand for training that expresses the broader needs of knowledge and skills expressed by society and the labor market.

In this case, the interactions and contacts had already been initiated on the occasion of the establishment of the Degree Course in Techniques for Construction and Land for the profession of surveyor, started from the academic year 2019/20, of which the newly established Degree Course in Technical Professions for Construction and Land constitutes the natural evolutionary implementation in consideration of the entry into force of the ministerial decree of August 12, 2020, n. 446.

Since it is a Degree Course aimed at preparing surveyors and industrial construction experts, as provided for in Annex L-P01 TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND LAND (letter j) of the ministerial decree n. 446/2020, the respective professional colleges were consulted, also in consideration of the compulsory internships that students attending the Degree Course will have to carry out.

On November 2, 2020, the President of the Course of Study took contact, in telematic mode, with the National Council of Industrial Experts and Industrial Experts Graduates (CNPI) in the person of the Vice President, sending him by email the material regarding the didactic regulation of the new Degree Course being established. On the same date, the Vice President of CNPI provided feedback, signaling interest and sharing for the initiative and expressing full appreciation for having received, in the contents of the newly established Degree Course, some observations formulated by CNPI on the Degree Course in Techniques for Construction and Land for the profession of surveyor.

The contacts continued also in the following days, through the delegate for relations with universities of CNPI, for the sharing of a specific agreement aimed at regulating the internship activities of students. On November 2, 2020, the President of the Course of Study took contact, in telematic mode, with the College of Surveyors and Surveyor Graduates of Rome in the persons of the President and the Secretary, sending him by email the material regarding the didactic regulation of the new Degree Course being established.

Subsequently, a specific interaction took place with the Secretary, in which the full interest of the College of Surveyors and Surveyor Graduates of Rome for the initiative was confirmed, and the willingness to continue the activities already started following the establishment of the Degree Course in Techniques for Construction and Land for the profession of surveyor, including the organization of professional internships, was reiterated.

On November 13, 2020, the respective professional colleges were consulted, also in consideration of the compulsory internships that students attending the Degree Course will have to carry out. The minutes related to the meetings of November 13, 2020, are available.

On January 8, 2021, the conclusive meeting was held at the University level of the consultation with the representative organizations of the production of goods and services, and professions. During this meeting, the opinions of the consulted organizations were acquired, as reported in the attached minutes. The University provides for meetings with the aforementioned organizations, with an annual frequency.

Consultation with Representative Organizations (Subsequent Consultations)

At the Faculty level, there is a regular consultation of the representative organizations of the professional areas to which the training offer of the Courses of Study is directed, carried out through the FIGI - Faculty of Engineering and Large Enterprises Protocol of understanding.

On April 28, 2022, the Presidents of the Courses of Study of the Faculty met with companies from various sectors both to present the training offer and to deepen the aspects of the offer with respect to the challenges of innovation, ecological transition, and new technologies.

On March 6, 2023, an interaction took place between the President of the Course of Study and the President of the College of Surveyors and Surveyor Graduates of Rome, which confirmed the interest and support for the Course of Study.

On May 6, 2024, at 3:30 pm, a consultation meeting was held between the representatives of the Courses of Study and the representatives of the organizations representing the world of production, services, and professions (of reference). The meeting aimed to analyze the training paths and their objectives, with reference to the needs and requirements identified by the companies themselves. (The material illustrating the training offer is sent to the companies a few days before the meeting.)

The meeting also provided for an analysis of the results of the 2024 edition of the questionnaire that investigates the preparation of students, the founding competencies, the methodological approach, and the soft skills through the feedback of the organizations, companies, and institutions that hosted the students in internships.

The minutes of the meeting are available on the site.

Degree Programme Quality Assurance Documents

The Quality Assurance documents of the Degree Programme are available.