About us

The Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Dicea) of the University of Napoli Federico II has been established in 2013.
Since its foundation the different disciplines characterizing the Department are conventionally grouped together in the following main subject areas: Water Engineering, Water Systems and Environmental Engineering; Engineering of Transportation Systems and Infrastructures; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Building, Urban, Landscape and Architectural Engineering.
The main objective of research and educational activities at Dicea is to develop appropriate tools and train new generations of highly skilled engineers, technicians and researchers, and to promote technological innovation and processes in the fields of civil engineering: civil works, networks and systems; the government and management of landscape transformations; the rational and sustainable construction of artifacts and civil services; the protection and enhancement of the environment; the analysis and evaluation of the impacts of transformation.