SUPSI Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design (DACD)

Switzerland

Address: Campus Mendrisio, Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15, 6850 Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Conservation Science

The SUPSI Department of Environment, Construction and Design, located in Mendrisio and Canobbio, offers programs in architecture, civil engineering, conservation-restoration, and interior design. Civil engineering and relevant technical aspects of architecture/conservation are in scope.

Domains taught:

Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of SUPSI. Collaborations with construction industry, architectural firms, public authorities, and conservation bodies.

Research:

Research in sustainable construction, building technology, geomatics, structural engineering, conservation science, and territorial development.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

200

Current students***:

800

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

4000

Pros

Offers programs related to the built environment, including technical engineering and scientific conservation aspects.

Cons

Design and pure architecture parts are less in scope, but civil engineering and conservation science are relevant.

Best For

Students in Ticino interested in architecture, civil engineering, or the science of conservation.

Most Similar Schools Locally

FHNW Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik shares the core fields of this school, namely metrology, quality and geotechnics; it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
SUPSI Dipartimento tecnologie innovative sits close to this institution on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies; it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers bioengineering and computer vision as well.
Also strong in metrology, quality and geotechnics, Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture Fribourg makes a sensible second look at home; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and covers bioengineering and computer vision as well.
Another national school that puts metrology, quality and geotechnics at the centre is Haute Ecole du Paysage, d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture de Genève, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers agriculture and microbiology and genetics as well.
Among national alternatives, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana stands out for its focus on metrology, quality and geotechnics, and it is far larger, with about 5,000 students against roughly 800 here, and is also a public institution.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

For quality, geotechnics and nanotechnologies outside the home country, Hochschule Biberach in Germany is a natural reference; it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers food science and transportations as well.
Beyond national borders, Kurume Institute of Technology stands out as a comparable school for geotechnics, optics and signal processing; it covers transportations and computer vision as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 800 here.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on quality, fluid dynamics and industrial design is ISFATES in France, and it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
Abroad, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart (Germany) covers geotechnics, optics and signal processing in a comparable way, and it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (France) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers aerospace and bioinformatics as well.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices, Sustainable Product Design

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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