Strategy - DTI
The activities of the Department of Innovative Technologies are carried out in reference to four institutional mandates: Basic Education, Continuing Education, Applied Research, and Services to the Region.
The DTI strategy operates in alignment with the vision, mission, values, and guiding principles expressed in the 精东影业 Strategy.
In recent years, the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI) has experienced a significant phase of growth, with positive effects on education, research, and technology transfer. This development, accompanied by a substantial increase in the Department鈥檚 staff, has fostered the creation of an extensive network of collaborations with both local and international partners. These synergies have enabled the entire academic and scientific community, as well as the DTI's partner companies, to operate within a globally excellent context, generating high value-added regional impacts.
The Department is composed of over 400 collaborators, organized into 6 research institutes and more than 20 technology laboratories, which form the foundation for its educational activities across 5 Bachelor's degree programs, 10 Master's specializations developed in collaboration with all Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences, numerous continuing education programs, and鈥攐nly in 2024鈥�238 research and knowledge transfer projects involving 132 institutions, research bodies, and companies in the Canton of Ticino.
DTI stands out for the diversity of its technological expertise, which includes electronic, management, computer, and mechanical engineering, as well as data science and artificial intelligence, industrial automation, robotics, and medical technologies. This broad range of competencies enables the Department to address labor market challenges in innovative ways, thus contributing to the economic and technological development of its social environment.
Today, the Department is undergoing a phase of transformation, facing significant challenges both in the technical and scientific aspects of its disciplines and in the socio-economic applications and impacts linked to them. Among the key challenges DTI will face in the next four years are: maintaining growth trends鈥攑articularly in foundational education鈥攖he need to attract and retain highly qualified talent, strengthening collaboration among research institutes, and ensuring a closer integration between the institutional mandates of education and research. Furthermore, it will be essential to respond to emerging labor market needs while ensuring financial sustainability and consolidating the Department鈥檚 national and international reputation.
To address these challenges, the DTI Action Plan for the 2025鈥�2028 period outlines five priority actions aimed at strengthening the educational offering, enhancing transdisciplinary research, promoting the well-being of the academic community, and developing infrastructures for study and work.
The measures outlined in each action are intended to leverage the Department's strengths to create the conditions needed to overcome obstacles, reduce risks, and seize the best opportunities, with the aim of promoting the consolidation, synergistic growth, and strategic positioning of the Department in the medium to long term.
The Department is composed of over 400 collaborators, organized into 6 research institutes and more than 20 technology laboratories, which form the foundation for its educational activities across 5 Bachelor's degree programs, 10 Master's specializations developed in collaboration with all Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences, numerous continuing education programs, and鈥攐nly in 2024鈥�238 research and knowledge transfer projects involving 132 institutions, research bodies, and companies in the Canton of Ticino.
DTI stands out for the diversity of its technological expertise, which includes electronic, management, computer, and mechanical engineering, as well as data science and artificial intelligence, industrial automation, robotics, and medical technologies. This broad range of competencies enables the Department to address labor market challenges in innovative ways, thus contributing to the economic and technological development of its social environment.
Today, the Department is undergoing a phase of transformation, facing significant challenges both in the technical and scientific aspects of its disciplines and in the socio-economic applications and impacts linked to them. Among the key challenges DTI will face in the next four years are: maintaining growth trends鈥攑articularly in foundational education鈥攖he need to attract and retain highly qualified talent, strengthening collaboration among research institutes, and ensuring a closer integration between the institutional mandates of education and research. Furthermore, it will be essential to respond to emerging labor market needs while ensuring financial sustainability and consolidating the Department鈥檚 national and international reputation.
To address these challenges, the DTI Action Plan for the 2025鈥�2028 period outlines five priority actions aimed at strengthening the educational offering, enhancing transdisciplinary research, promoting the well-being of the academic community, and developing infrastructures for study and work.
The measures outlined in each action are intended to leverage the Department's strengths to create the conditions needed to overcome obstacles, reduce risks, and seize the best opportunities, with the aim of promoting the consolidation, synergistic growth, and strategic positioning of the Department in the medium to long term.
- Offering innovative study courses to train highly qualified young engineers who can contribute to the development and welfare of our society
- Offering continuous training courses to keep local professionals and companies up to date
- Being a recognised partner at local, federal and international level for its technical and scientific expertise
- Supporting the innovation capacity and growth of the regional system through applied research and technology transfer activities
The Department acts as a benchmark for the social and economic development of the region through its advanced expertise in the field of engineering and its participation in numerous local, federal and international networks dedicated to training, research and innovation activities.
- Continually improve the quality of the educational programme and the organisation of the structure
- To consolidate its role as a university development institute through national and international research projects
- Maintaining the Department's research institutes as a benchmark for local and national companies through project development and implementation
- Providing distinctive training through the professional expertise of the staff of lecturers, assistants and researchers