SAPIENZA University of Rome - Faculty of
Architecture (Pending)
Facoltà di Architettura -
Sapienza Università di Roma
Via Antonio Gramsci, 53 - 00197 Roma
With over 700 years of
history and 115,000 students, Sapienza
University of Rome - founded in 1303 -
is one of the oldest universities in the
world, the largest University in Europe
and a top performer in international
university rankings.
Sapienza is a public University that
employs over 4,500 professors and 5,000
administrative and technical staff and
offers a wide choice of courses
including over 300 degree programs and
250 1st and 2nd level specialized
qualifications along with 59 libraries,
20 museums and many support services at
the disposal of its students coming from
Italy and abroad, also providing a wide
range of international opportunities,
such as double-title degrees,
scholarships for writing theses abroad,
apprenticeships and internships in
European and non-European countries, and
international doctorates.
Sapienza is member of several
international interuniversity networks
and carries out leading scientific
investigations in almost all
disciplines, achieving high-standard
results both on a national and an
international level with its 11
Faculties, 63 Departments, 24 Research
Centers and over 150 PhDs programs in
all fields of knowledge.
Sapienza plays an active role in
research, international rankings, PhDs
and mobility programmes in order to
develop the exchange of professors and
researchers, new partnerships and
projects, that enrich its international
panorama.
The University annually funds hundreds
of projects that meet rigorous criteria
of scientific excellence and innovation.
The University also promotes the active
management of its patent portfolio,
securing licenses and development
contracts in the pursuit of innovative
entrepreneurship, registering every year
several patents which are sold to
national and international companies for
commercial application. Innovative
start-up companies are also continuously
launched, with a turnover of about 2 M€
per year, mainly in chemistry, energy
and environment. In an effective and
continuous link between research and
industry. Sapienza stipulates agreements
with industrial associations that bring
together thousands of business working
at local level.
Among its huge fields of academic
activity, Sapienza is very active in
Building Sciences research and design
through its Faculty of Architecture.
Sapienza's Building Sciences research
and design activities are focused on
Energy efficiency and Renewable energy,
Advanced materials, Industrial Design,
Green Buildings and Smart Cities and
include scientific and technical
consultancy to Italian Public
Authorities on policy making and for the
development of specific standards on
environmentally sustainable
construction. In the last decade alone,
Sapienza has successfully lead or took
part in a large portfolio of relevant
international and national projects on
Energy Efficiency of Buildings and Smart
Cities and Communities, focusing on the
definition and experimentation of
theories, methods, and technical and
operational tools to innovate, change,
and transform the built environment,
carrying out important innovative
projects at the building and district
scale, promoting the technological
culture of design and actively involving
industrial partners for successful
technology transfer.