The SUPSI Department of Innovative Technologies, located in Manno and Lugano, focuses on education and research in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and management engineering.
Address: Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, 6928 Manno, Ticino, Switzerland
Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, 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. Strong links with Ticino’s industrial and technology sectors. Numerous applied research projects with companies. Active in European research.
Research:
Research in areas like artificial intelligence, robotics, data science, sustainable manufacturing, mechatronics, power electronics, and information systems.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
1200
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
6000
Pros
Offers a range of industry-relevant engineering and IT programs with a strong applied research component.
Cons
Focus on specific technology areas.
Best For
Students interested in computer science, mechanical, electrical, or management engineering in an Italian-speaking applied sciences university.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of metrology, quality and nanotechnologies can consider FHNW Hochschule für Technik, and it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
- Università della Svizzera italiana offers a comparable education in nanotechnologies, signal processing and fluid dynamics: it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Also strong in metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, SUPSI Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design makes a sensible second look at home; it is smaller, enrolling about 800 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- ZHAW School of Engineering sits close to this institution on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies; it covers aerospace as well, and is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 1,200 here.
- Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana overlaps with this school on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well, and is far larger, with about 5,000 students against roughly 1,200 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay offers an international parallel to this institution, with nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing as common ground; it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa in Italy, where nanotechnologies, optics and industrial design also form the core, and it is slightly smaller, at about 1,000 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- Technische Hochschule Ulm in Germany shares the metrology, quality and nanotechnologies orientation of this school, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers transportations and chemistry as well.
- Looking internationally, Technische Hochschule Brandenburg in Germany is where metrology, quality and optics get a comparable treatment; it is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College in Japan pursues a similar profile in optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics, and it is also a public institution and also offers associate degree programmes.
*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.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Innovation, Robotics, Sustainable Development
*: 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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