Industrial engineering technology

The Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering Technology (L-9), with open access, is entirely taught in English and offered in a blended learning format. It is aimed at students from both Italy and abroad. The program trains professionals with an international outlook, equipped with a solid technical foundation in the areas of industrial engineering and specialized skills in energy, industrial safety and protection, automation, and management. In particular, the competencies acquired by graduates of the Industrial Engineering Technology program enable them to: analyze and model basic engineering problems, determining appropriate technical solutions (e.g., verification and sizing of common components and systems in industrial engineering); manage the energy and safety aspects of industrial plants, including the use of ICT and smart technologies (smart meters, smart grids, intelligent communication and monitoring systems); support the design, testing, operation, and maintenance of both industrial plants and systems for the production, distribution, and use of energy (heating and cooling systems, civil and industrial thermotechnical systems); size and manage conversion systems based on traditional and renewable energy sources.

These competencies are acquired through a training path that, in its first part, provides students with mathematical, chemical, physical, and computing knowledge essential for engineering disciplines. In the second part of the program, students gain expertise in energy engineering, industrial safety and protection engineering, automation engineering, and management engineering. The final part of the program offers high flexibility and interdisciplinary options, allowing students to tailor the latter part of their studies through a selection of elective courses, covering a wide range of related subjects, and thus choosing the most suitable cultural path for their interests.

Given the international nature of the program, encouraging student mobility and implementing flexible and innovative teaching methodologies are particularly important. To achieve these goals, the program is delivered in a blended format (online and traditional teaching), with the online component primarily used in the first year and, optionally, in subsequent years for courses that do not require practical or laboratory activities. The blended delivery method also benefits specific student groups (e.g., working students, students with young children) by providing access to online learning tools.

Online teaching, divided into "E-learning" and "Interactive Learning" formats, is enhanced through the use of tools from the Google Suite, enabling advanced teaching methodologies while ensuring the necessary interaction between teachers and students, tutors and students, as well as among students. Specifically, students enrolled in the program with an account at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio will have access to teaching materials provided by instructors, can attend online lessons both synchronously and asynchronously, receive support from instructors and tutors through online meeting tools (e.g., Google Meet), access portals (e.g., Google Classroom) for course announcements and information, and interact with both instructors and fellow students.

The primary career opportunities for graduates in Industrial Engineering Technology are in both the public and private sectors and include: industries for manufacturing machinery and mechanical systems, industrial automation; companies, enterprises, and consortia specializing in energy production, transport, and distribution; Energy Management Experts (EGE); design, consultancy, and service companies; Public Administration (technical offices, entities, consortia, and authorities for managing and overseeing works and services); companies specializing in environmental impact monitoring and reduction; laboratories; freelance work as a junior industrial engineer, individually or in partnership; construction companies.

Graduates also have the option to pursue further studies by enrolling in Master's Degree programs in engineering offered by the University of Cassino or continuing their education at another university, either in Italy or abroad.

To be admitted to the degree program, candidates must hold a secondary school diploma of at least five years (or an equivalent qualification obtained abroad). To verify the candidate's initial preparation in certain fundamental subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Logic, and Verbal Comprehension, an English-language entrance test is required, which can be taken either online or in person. Candidates who pass this test but demonstrate gaps in scientific knowledge will be assigned Additional Learning Requirements (OFA) to be completed within the first year of the program. Admission to the degree program is also reserved for those with an adequate knowledge of English, verified through the submission of a B2-level certificate (Intermediate level, as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) or by passing an appropriate assessment.

For students from outside the European Union, enrollment is subject to verification by the local Italian Embassy regarding the release of an entry permit for Italy or the compatibility of the candidate's qualifications with admission to an Italian university.