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Introduction – Head of Department
2020 marks 30 years of
Engineering in Modena. The “Enzo Ferrari”
Engineering Department (DIEF), which was
so called after the faculty of the same name,
is an active part of UNIMORE’s Engineering

School and is comprised of 110 professors
and researchers, besides more than 5000
students. The teaching portfolio includes 7
Bachelor courses, 10 Master courses,
and 3 Ph.D. schools, covering all the most
relevant and cutting-edge topics in engineering:
from mechanics to automotive, from materials

to electronics, from computer science to civil
engineering, from telecommunications to
environment.

By acknowledging the solid intertwining
between high-quality research and teaching

activities that bring knowledge and innovation
to the society as a whole, in recent years
DIEF actuated policies aimed at favouring
interconnections among different areas,
strengthening its presence in international and
EU networks and research projects. This, in
turn, led to the influx of new high profile

professors and researchers active in strategic high-innovation
fields, with the aim of triggering a continuous renewal of
key competences through high-quality research. As a result,
the number and the quality of both national and international
competitive funded projects in which DIEF participates
remarkably increased.

In the long-term vision of strengthening ties with local
entities, institutions, and industrial partners, recently DIEF
contributed to the creation of the so-called Motorvehicle

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