The Department of Engineering of the University of Basilicata

The Department of Engineering was officially established by Rectoral Decree No. 504 on August 7, 2024. It brings together the wealth of expertise developed over forty years of academic activity carried out first by the Faculty of Engineering and later by the School of Engineering, as well as by its directly affiliated departments: the Department of Engineering and Environmental Physics, the Department of Structures, Geotechnics and Applied Geology, and the Department of Architecture, Planning, and Transport Infrastructure.

The Department of Engineering pursues the following core objectives:

Education and Professional Development: To train engineers equipped with the technical skills, ethical responsibility, and critical thinking necessary to address the complex social, environmental, scientific, and technological challenges of our time.
Knowledge Advancement: To generate, integrate, and disseminate knowledge across its various disciplinary fields.
Research and Impact: To conduct high-quality research and promote the dissemination of its outcomes, thereby making a meaningful contribution to the socio-economic, cultural, and sustainable development of the region.
Academic and Research Hub: To establish an attractive and dynamic environment for students and researchers, encouraging collaboration with institutions, associations, industries, and professionals who view the Department as a key partner for academic and research initiatives.
Technology Transfer and Innovation: To foster technology transfer through applied research, training, and job placement for innovation-oriented graduates, while enhancing and promoting partnerships with companies engaged in high-level scientific and technological innovation.

Acting as a hub for diverse scientific expertise, the Department of Engineering plays a key role in translating research findings into advanced, multidisciplinary academic programs. It supports technology transfer on innovative topics that emerge from current societal transitions. Multidisciplinarity is promoted as a foundational principle of engineering education, ensuring the reciprocal flow of technical knowledge between the university and its surrounding territory. This exchange of knowledge aims to create new educational pathways that respond to, and help guide, ongoing transformations.

The Department also plays a leadership role in the scientific community by facilitating access to external research funding and enabling researchers to extend the reach of their work into new and emerging contexts.