MSc ENGINEERS FOR SMART CITIES

1. Program Aim: The aim of the program is to explore the interdependence of urban systems and how they contribute to improving citizens' quality of life. The program offers a multidisciplinary study experience focused on smart city innovations and business solutions triggered by today's challenges faced by cities and territories:
– the urban revolution (by 2050 70% of the world population will live in cities),
– the digital revolution (the diffusion of ICT in all sectors),
– the climate, energy, economic and social issues imposing a new transition.

2. Learning Outcomes: – interpret and characterize major urban systems, their development and their interconnection;
– examine the challenges of urban development in relevant case studies;
– analyze and critique the urban environment from theoretical and technical perspectives;
– develop a system perspective in the form of an integrated approach to the solution of complex urban issues;
– evaluate the impact of solutions to specific urban issues in relation to wider interconnected systems;
– assess urban project development proposals and ideas;
– analyze strategic and management issues triggered by the deployment of innovations for digital and sustainable cities;