University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Department for Environment Construction and Design

The Department for Environment Construction and Design (DACD) is part of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), along with the Department of Formation and Learning, the Department of Health Sciences, the Department of Business Management and Social Sciences and the Department of Innovative Technologies. Three schools are associated: since 2004 the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences in Brig, since 2005 the Conservatory of Southern Switzerland in Lugano and the University of Movement Theatre in Verscio (Scuola Teatro Dimitri - STD). SUPSI operates in the fields of first and second level university education, continuing education, applied research, and in the provision of consulting and support services to businesses and institutions, adopting a collaborative and cooperative stance with the main interlocutors.

DACD offers courses in the areas of environment, construction and design, leading to the following Bachelor degrees: Interior Design, Visual Communication, Conservation – Restoration (Bachelor’s and Master’s degree), Architecture, Civil Engineering, Geomatic Engineering.Collaboration between degree courses and research institutes within the DACD is fostered by the joint study of a number of cultural subjects, and by joint work on some guided projects. Collaboration with other SUPSI Departments in relation to these guided projects is also encouraged, enhancing the quality in terms of the procedures adopted and results achieved, and improving the students' ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment.