School of Doctorate Studies
The Iuav School of
Doctorate Studies is an international research institution that, drawing upon a
wealth of studies accumulated over time, broadens the potential and circulates
the cultural production of some of the oldest and most prestigious doctoral
programmes in Italy, offering an open environment for in-depth study and
collective exchange.
The School’s
distinctiveness lies in clustering together research bodies working on issues
of multidisciplinary concern. The School is the dynamic home to doctoral
programmes in architectural composition, in the history of architecture and the
city, in planning, in design, in the arts and in urban design, whose combined
presence fosters a very special educational environment inside a university
that is internationally recognized for its interdisciplinary work in
architecture, history, the city and the arts.
The School’s
Board of Directors is composed of internationally renowned scholars, Giovanni
Anceschi, Donatella Calabi, Alberto Cecchetto, Giuseppe Ciorra, Pierluigi
Crosta, Giovanna Curcio, Domenico Patassini, Bernardo Secchi and Luciano
Semerani, who currently coordinates the Iuav doctoral programmes; the
School’s director, Alberto Ferlenga; and two representatives from doctoral
student body. The Board is responible for managing the school, developing its
guidelines, planning shared activities, allocating annual fellowships, defining
subject areas that may open to new research, and stipulating collaborative
agreements with other research and educational structures. The faculties of the
individual doctoral programmes are composed of a selected group of scholars
from the Iuav as well as other Italian and foreign universities.
Overall, the School of
Doctorate Studies brings together a community of 125 tenured professors, 99
experts from outside the university, 9 tutors and more than 200 doctoral
candidates all of whom are actively engaged in research.
The highly particular
structure and the excellent teaching staff of the Iuav School of Doctorate
Studies have made it an important point of reference for research on issues
regarding architecture and the territory. Its wealth of highly recognized
scholarly works, its research output, its international network and its
location in the prestigious complex of Palazzo Badoer, which provides the
doctoral community with ample common and individual space, add to the
School’s specificity, making it truly a unique institution in
today’s world.
At the Iuav School of
Doctorate Studies long-standing or more recently created doctoral programmes
are bringing new energy to the research in their respective fields, through the
in-depth study and reexamination of their core issues and by opening new
frontiers exploring the emerging issues of the territories of our time.
Alberto
Ferlenga