Research, with laboratories, and graduate education programmes, include: structural analysis and design; mechanics of structures and heterogeneous materials; water resources, riverine, estuarine and coastal dynamics; land protection; soil mechanics; environmental impact of infrastructures and waste management; planning and performance of transportation systems, roads, railways, airport design and maintenance; architectural design and urban planning; building technologies; restoration; history of architecture; remote sensing.
Research, technological development and innovation are fundamental objectives of this PhD. In this context, the topics addressed are those typical of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, understood in their broadest sense, with specific contributions from other disciplines aimed at offering, where necessary, a mathematical engineering contribution to the issues addressed by the PhD students. The PhD program is organized in courses and seminars, with the aim of offering to the PhD students a precise advanced and detailed picture of the state of national and international research in relation to the different issues addressed. These courses and seminars are both held by the Professors of the PhD Course and by external lecturers who represent, within the international scientific community, a reference point for their specific expertise.