Courses and training
Training opportunities Academic Year 2025-2026
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Course opportunity
APPLICATIONS FOR THE ADVANCED MASTERS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
Applications for the Advanced Master in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions are open up to January 20, 2027. This is the leading international course on conservation of heritage structures, winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage "Europa Nostra", funded by the European Commission during 10 consecutive years, and a unique opportunity to meet people from all over the world. Do not miss this opportunity to join the other 500 alumni from 77 countries that graduate in the last 20 years and be a part of this great worldwide network of experts!
This Master Course is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czechia), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czechia). The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications. A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4,000 to 13,000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.
Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as electronic application procedure, in the SAHC website www.msc-sahc.org . Visit also the SAHC blog http://blog.msc-sahc.org and www.linkedin.com/school/sahcmasterscourse
Seminar Announcement
Wednesday 14 Oct 2026
University of Catania, Santa Sofia Campus, room P7 (Building 3) at 14:00-15:00
Professor Salvatore Federico
The University of Calgary, Canada
Configurational Mechanics of Muscle Contraction
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3985040060826807?p=OPvG9gQMSurLSbGiMO
Seminar Announcement
Taormina on 1 and 2 October 2026
ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale – through its Department for Environmental Monitoring, Protection and Biodiversity Conservation, is organising an event to be held in Taormina on 1 and 2 October, entitled “SD-WISHEES SEMINAR ON BEST PRACTICES: Innovative solutions and best practices to protect cultural and environmental heritage assets from increasingly frequent hydro-climatic extreme events”.
The event aims to provide an opportunity to share and exchange best practices within the context of the Water-Climate-Cultural Heritage Nexus, contributing to the sustainable, collaborative and inclusive management of cultural and environmental heritage threatened by extreme hydro-climatic events.
Specifically, on 1 October, a workshop aimed at a national audience will take place, entitled: “Innovative solutions and best practices within the context of the WATER-CLIMATE-CULTURAL HERITAGE NEXUS: A study day to support hydro-meteorological and marine monitoring and forecasting, as well as the monitoring and forecasting of extreme hydro-climatic events and their impact on the environment and cultural heritage in the context of climate change”.
The second day, aimed at an international audience, will be devoted to the presentation, discussion and finalisation of the best practices identified as part of the SD-WISHEES project, with the aim of contributing to the development of research and innovation activities in the Water-Climate-Cultural Heritage Nexus sector.
Interested students can register via the following link: https://forms.gle/imhMAV2PdD3qkVbk7
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Lectures Annoucement at the University of Catania - in-person and online event
Tuesday 14 July 2026, from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, Room P6 (Building 3);
Wednesday 15 July 2026, from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, Room P4 (Building 3).
As part of the Erasmus+ academic mobility programme, Professors Lobo and Almeida from the University of Coimbra will deliver a series of lectures on road safety, human factors and road surfacing
The links are listed on the attached advertisement.
Seminar Announcement at the Bauhaus-University Weimar
2 July 2026 9:30–10:30 AM (Germany) - in person (Hörsaal D, Marienstr. 13C) or online event
Corse Announcement at the Roma Tre University
30 June to 3 July 2026 - in-person and online event
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3224210382793?p=feYBay450OnYrNnKqh
Seminar Announcement at the University of Catania
24 June 2026 - in-person event
As part of the MIT-UNICT Summer School 2026 ‘Climate Resilient Solutions for Sicily’
“A short history of physical oceanography and its evolution into a modern essential science”
Aula Magna at Villa Citelli, Via Salvatore Tomaselli 31, Catania, at 11.30 am.
Professor Paola Malanotte-Stone, Full Professor of Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (USA), member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, and a Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei. She was recently awarded the title of Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia.
Seminar Announcement at the University of Catania
26 June 2026 - in-person and online event
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/365304370522567?p=Lqf2dV0d1VnsbnHYzS
Workshop Announcement at the University of Catania
28 May 2026
Winter School “Methodological Approaches to Artificial Intelligence for Education, Resilience and Sustainable Societies: Connecting Minds, Cultures and Environment”
2-6 March 2026, Scuola Superiore di Catania (via Valdisavoia, 9)
Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente (XL ciclo)
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali - Università di Catania
Deadline for applications February 17, 2026; participation is free, but the number of places is limited.
https://www.disfor.unict.it/it/notizie/progetto-safi-3-%E2%80%93-winter-school-disfor-dsbga
If selected, you must request authorization from your tutor for the subsequent award of CFU credits.
Course Announcement at the University of Catania
11-19 February 2026
Riuso e riciclo di geomateriali
Seminar Announcement at the University of Catania
19 January 2026
Science and Technology for Sustainability: a hydraulic engineering perspective
Training opportunities offered by other doctoral programs
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