Our Mission
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) of the Politecnico di Milano was founded in 2013 and brings together professors and researchers involved in various research activities. One of the most important objectives of the department is to promote the transversality between the disciplines characterizing Civil and Environmental Engineering, allowing to face the problems of the sector with an integrated approach. The main mission of DICA is to operate, through research, training and technology transfer, on the topics of surveying, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources management, transport networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, seismic engineering, safety of historical structures, hydraulic and maritime constructions.
Our Mission
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) of the Politecnico di Milano was founded in 2013 and brings together professors and researchers involved in various research activities.
One of the most important objectives of the department is to promote the transversality between the disciplines characterizing Civil and Environmental Engineering, allowing to face the problems of the sector with an integrated approach. The main mission of DICA is to operate, through research, training and technology transfer, on the topics of surveying, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources management, transport networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, seismic engineering, safety of historical structures, hydraulic and maritime constructions.
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Prof. Fabio Biondini appointed Chair of the Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems (ASCE/SEI)
Prof. Fabio Biondini of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been nominated as Chair of the...

Prof. Attilio Frangi is the new director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prof. Attilio Frangi is the new Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di...

Monica Riva and Chiara Recalcati – InterPore assignment
Congratulations to Prof. Monica Riva and PhD student Chiara Recalcati for being elected respectively as Council Member...

Team Building DICA staff
On 29 November, the technical-administrative staff of the Lecco campus and the Department of Civil and Environmental...
QS World University Ranking 2022
World Rank
European Rank
Classification of the Politecnico di Milano in the field
of Civil and Structural Engineering
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