Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's degree in Safety and Civil Protection Engineering is part of the broader category of Safety Engineering (LM 26), representing a specialist and interdisciplinary field of study. This program aims to equip students with the necessary skills to analyze, prevent, and manage risks in complex systems, focusing on the integration of safety principles in the design, construction, and operation of critical infrastructure.

Objectives

The primary objectives of this program are to provide students with:

• A solid understanding of the theoretical and scientific aspects of engineering, including mathematics, probability, statistics, physics, and chemistry.
• The ability to apply this knowledge to identify, formulate, and solve complex problems involving multiple disciplines.
• The capacity to integrate concepts from various fields, such as physics, mathematics, technology, and risk management, to develop innovative and sustainable solutions.
• The skills to evaluate, address, and resolve specific safety issues related to construction sites, works, infrastructure, processes, and plants, considering both technical and economic aspects.
• The ability to work alongside specialist technicians in the design phase of various types of works, infrastructure, and plants, providing multirisk analysis and indicating project solutions and interventions for critical situations.

Program Structure

The program is structured to guarantee the progressive acquisition of knowledge, developed through the delivery of characteristic courses common to the class in the first year of study. From the first semester of the second year, students will engage in completion activities with courses from the characteristic and related sectors of industrial, civil-environmental, and territorial resilience (the latter taught in English). In the second semester of the second year, students will have the opportunity to choose elective credits and work on their final thesis.

Competences Acquired

Upon completion of the Master's degree in Safety and Civil Protection Engineering, graduates will acquire the necessary competences to:

• Design, plan, and manage systems and processes for the prediction, prevention, monitoring, and mitigation of risks in complex systems.
• Master theoretical and applied tools of basic sciences to describe and interpret engineering problems.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of the theoretical and scientific aspects of engineering, both in its general principles and specific applications to safety engineering.
• Apply knowledge to identify, formulate, and solve complex problems involving multiple disciplines.
• Evaluate, address, and resolve specific safety issues related to construction sites, works, infrastructure, processes, and plants.
• Use at least one European Union language fluently, in addition to Italian, with reference to disciplinary lexicons.

Curriculum

The educational offer is designed to acquire the aforementioned competences and includes:

• Characterizing knowledge of the degree class, comprising adequate competences related to multirisk analysis in the sectors of construction sites, works, infrastructure, services, and industrial processes and plants.
• Affine and integrative knowledge to complete the technical-scientific path with the integration of themes typical of other engineering sectors and cultural areas, aimed at mastering models of analysis and approaches to territorial resilience.
• A suitable number of credits for:
  • Formative activities oriented predominantly towards one of the characteristic areas of safety engineering and civil protection (environmental and territorial or industrial).
  • Student-chosen activities.
  • The final exam (thesis).

Study Commitment

The hourly commitment required from the student for personal study or other individual formative activities is at least 60% of the total hourly commitment. The formative path is articulated to guarantee the progressive acquisition of knowledge, developed through the delivery of characteristic courses common to the class in the first year of study.