Our institute is a small and effective faculty of architecture that trains European architects (that is, ones who can be enrolled in section A of the national registers and can exercise their profession in every country of the EU). Although it is still relatively young, it has come fully into its own, didactically and culturally, and enjoys a high reputation both in Italy and abroad. When it was founded, it was decided to limit matriculations to little more than 200 students a year, which has made it possible to maintain over the years a good balance between teacher and student numbers, an indispensable condition for effective teaching and a stimulating intellectual atmosphere.

The faculty offers a basic three-year course terminating in a first degree in Architecture, and a further two-year course, with three alternative syllabuses, leading to a higher degree in Architecture. The syllabuses are town planning, architectural design, and restoration, which make up the deepest, most vital (and also extraordinarily complex and critical) nucleus of the Italian architectural tradition. The third level of university teaching consists of a rich and distinguished array of specialisation courses and Masters (at I and II level) and doctoral courses. For one of these, the 'Villard' doctorate, the faculty collaborates with a large group of Italian and foreign institutes; the other doctoral courses, coordinated by a School, are run by departments that are part of the faculty.