Università degli Studi di Salerno
Ingegneria Edile-Architettura (LM-4 c.u.) · Italian
Last checked: 26 July 2026
2026/27 admissions at a glance
Ingegneria Edile-Architettura (Salerno) — Fisciano
Degree taught in Italian
Official admission notice · Official programme page · Tuition schedule · Checked: 26 July 2026
Programmes and campuses
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Ingegneria Edile-Architettura (Salerno)
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CISIA's date table lists Salerno a second time (24 July; 16 September) — this university's own bando confirms only 23 July (main) and 9 September (conditional additional), supporting the earlier finding that the second CISIA listing is very likely a table duplication rather than a real second sitting.
International students & enrolment
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University Guide
Beyond admission: what this school is like, how it teaches architecture, and what studying here actually involves.
History
The modern Universita degli Studi di Salerno (UNISA) was established as a state university in 1968, growing out of the Istituto Universitario di Magistero 'Giovanni Cuomo' (founded 1944). The main campus relocated to Fisciano in 1988. It enrols roughly 33,000-34,000 students across 17 departments.
Academic reputation
A current architecture-specific ranking figure could not be confirmed.
Position in Italian architecture education
UNISA has no standalone Faculty or School of Architecture; its only LM-4-equivalent is housed inside the Civil Engineering department (DICIV), a structurally different model from universities with dedicated architecture faculties.
The architecture school
DICIV -- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile — Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, Fisciano (SA)
DICIV was founded in 1983. The Ingegneria Edile-Architettura course was established in the 2005/2006 academic year with the stated aim of integrating historical-critical training with the technical-engineering training required in the territory; the department marked the programme's 20th anniversary in July 2026.
DICIV describes itself as a department whose research groups are national and international reference points for Civil, Environmental and Building engineering.
DICIV runs the LARAM International School (landslide risk forecasting/mitigation) and participates in the Centro inter-Universitario per la Previsione e Prevenzione dei Grandi Rischi -- a genuinely strong geotechnical/structural/risk-engineering research culture underpinning the teaching.
Curriculum by programme
Ingegneria Edile-Architettura (Salerno)
Year 1
Subjects: Analisi Matematica I; Geometria; Fisica Generale; Storia dell'Architettura I; Disegno dell'Architettura I; Tecnologia dei Materiali e Chimica Applicata; Legislazione delle Opere Pubbliche e dell'Edilizia, Diritto Urbanistico e Sociologia; Lingua Inglese B1
Skills developed: Mathematical/scientific foundations, architectural history, technical drawing
Year 2
Subjects: Architettura e Composizione Architettonica I; Analisi Matematica II; Storia dell'Architettura II; Disegno dell'Architettura II; Architettura Tecnica I; Lingua Inglese B2; elective (e.g. Statica)
Skills developed: Introduction to architectural design studio, technical building science, advanced mathematics
Year 3
Subjects: Architettura e Composizione Architettonica II; Fisica Tecnica Ambientale; Scienza delle Costruzioni; Informatica Grafica; Urbanistica; Architettura Tecnica II
Skills developed: Structural theory, environmental/technical physics, digital tools, urban planning
Year 4
Subjects: Architettura e Composizione Architettonica III; Tecnica delle Costruzioni; Geotecnica; Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche; Tecnica Urbanistica
Skills developed: Structural design, geotechnics, hydraulics, urban technique -- heavy engineering content
Year 5
Subjects: Estimo; Restauro Architettonico (mandatory); Organizzazione del Cantiere; Tirocinio Formativo (3 CFU); Prova Finale (15 CFU); recommended electives (Recupero e Conservazione degli Edifici, Progetto di Edifici in Zona Sismica, Rilievo dell'Architettura, Chimica e Tecnologia del Restauro)
Skills developed: Valuation/economics, restoration, construction site management, capstone thesis
Educational characteristics
Design education
A progressive three-course studio sequence -- Architettura e Composizione Architettonica I/II/III (Years 2-4, 12 CFU each, mostly annual) -- confirmed official.
Technical education
Unusually structural/engineering-heavy for an architecture-track programme: Scienza delle Costruzioni (Y3), Tecnica delle Costruzioni (Y4), Geotecnica (Y4), Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (Y4), plus a Statica elective -- five distinct structural/geotechnical/hydraulic courses, materially more than a typical architecture-faculty-based LM-4.
Historical & cultural education
Storia dell'Architettura I & II (Y1-Y2, 21 CFU combined), a mandatory Restauro Architettonico (Y5, 9 CFU), plus Year-5 electives Recupero e Conservazione degli Edifici and Chimica e Tecnologia del Restauro e della Conservazione dei Materiali.
Digital education
Informatica Grafica (Y3, 6 CFU) is the only catalogue course explicitly for computing/graphics; the department's computing lab runs AutoCAD, Mathematica and discipline-specific structural-analysis software. No explicit BIM course was found by name.
Laboratory activities
A collaborative group-project space (Laboratorio T26) for design work, plus access to DICIV's broader research labs (Transportation Systems, Environmental Hydraulics, Geotechnical, Materials Testing, Remote Sensing, Bioengineering, Environmental Sanitation).
What makes it different
The programme's institutional home inside a Civil Engineering department (DICIV, founded 1983) rather than an architecture faculty is real and structurally reflected in the curriculum, giving it more structural/geotechnical/hydraulic engineering than most Italian LM-4 c.u. programmes. 2026 marks the programme's 20th anniversary.
Is this university right for you?
A good fit if you: want the deepest structural/geotechnical engineering training among Italy's edile-architettura programmes, and want an affordable, large modern campus near Naples and the Amalfi Coast.
Less suitable if you: want a design-first architecture identity rather than an engineering-first one.
International environment
International students
Confirmed English-taught electives exist on the programme's internationalisation page, though their titles suggest graduate-level civil-engineering content shared with a sibling master's -- applicability to this programme specifically was not fully confirmed.
Exchange programmes
DICIV holds Erasmus agreements with 12 European states plus 22 additional cooperation agreements spanning the Americas, Asia and North Africa, and offers co-supervised ("co-tutela") thesis options with foreign universities.
Erasmus
A named partner is Universidad de Cordoba, Argentina.
Career
Career outcomes
Per the LM-4 c.u. class structure, graduates are eligible to sit the Esame di Stato for both Ingegnere and Architetto registration, with EU-wide professional recognition. Typical career paths: private practice/professional studios, architecture and engineering firms, public-administration technical/managerial roles, construction companies, and industry roles in building-component production.
Internships
A compulsory Tirocinio Formativo (3 CFU, 75 hours) sits in Year 5, alongside the 15-CFU Prova Finale (375 hours).
Professional qualification pathway
LM-4 c.u. structural feature: dual Ingegnere/Architetto eligibility after the Esame di Stato.
Student life
Living cost level: Low
General cost-of-living aggregators describe Salerno as comparatively contained/affordable relative to major Italian university cities, with fast-train access to Naples (~40 min) and Rome.
ADISURC (the regional right-to-study agency) manages subsidised student housing at Fisciano-Baronissi (~784 beds, expanding toward ~1,000); campus canteens offer accessible-priced meals, and UNISA offers full tuition exemption for students with ISEE up to EUR30,000.
The Fisciano campus is a large (1.2 million sqm) modern site roughly 15km/20min from Salerno's city centre.
Admission at a glance
For exact seats, dates and fees, see the admissions section above — this is a qualitative summary only.
Frequently asked questions
In quale dipartimento si studia Ingegneria Edile-Architettura a Salerno?
Nel Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile (DICIV), fondato nel 1983, non in una facolta di architettura autonoma -- per questo il corso ha una forte componente tecnico-strutturale.
Quanto dura il corso e quanti crediti prevede?
E' un corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico di 5 anni (LM-4 c.u.), 300 CFU complessivi, con sede a Fisciano.
Cosa si puo fare dopo la laurea?
La classe LM-4 c.u. consente tipicamente l'accesso all'Esame di Stato sia per Ingegnere che per Architetto, con validita europea.
Come si vive a Fisciano/Salerno da studente fuori sede?
Il costo della vita e generalmente contenuto rispetto alle grandi citta italiane, con alloggi ADISURC a prezzi calmierati e mense universitarie a prezzi accessibili.
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