Master's in Environmental and Sustainable Building Engineering

With a rich history spanning over 700 years, Sapienza University of Rome has welcomed over 120,000 students and boasts a faculty of over 3,500 professors and 3,000 professional staff. As the largest university in Europe, it is dedicated to advancing society through research, quality education, and global partnerships. The university has earned high rankings for its research, educational quality, and international reach, and is highly regarded across many fields of study.

The Master’s programme (second cycle – 120 ECTS) in Environmental and Sustainable Building Engineering, held in Rieti, is aimed at training an engineer aware of the goals of the Agenda for Sustainable Development released by United Nations, with a specific relationship to building engineering, such as: developing quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient buildings and environment; upgrading and retrofitting industries to make them sustainable; facilitating sustainable and resilient city and territory development; reducing the number of deaths and the number of people affected by disasters, including water related disasters, water resources lack and seismic related ones, with a focus on protecting the poor people in vulnerable situations, due to, also, groundwater resources supply scarcity; reducing the adverse pro capita environmental impact of cities, also by paying special attention to air quality and water, wastewater and solid waste management.