In July 2019, the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) awarded the L-21 and LM-48 Courses of Study "Quality Recognition (QR)" certification.
AESOP's Quality Recognition (QR) program represents a prestigious international initiative to support quality and the sharing of best practices for the improvement of teaching and pedagogy among planning schools. The main motto of AESOP QR is to promote excellence in learning and education.
AESOP QR provides for rigorous evaluation on the teaching methods and content of Courses of Study that decide to voluntarily undergo the process.
And, therefore, the recognition to the Course of Study LM-48 represents an important certification of quality of international importance.
In particular, in the evaluation process the Master's Degree Course in Territorial, Urban and Environmental Planning - LM-48 has distinguished itself

• on a pedagogical level, for the integration of laboratories with theoretical teachings and of traditional techniques with more interactive and cooperative ones;
• for the characterizing contents on policy making and management combined with skills in urban design.

For more details, see:

AESOP CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY- LM-48

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

The title of the Master Degree graduate is Doctor in Territorial, Urban and Environmental Planning and assumes the professional qualification of Territorial Planner, pursuant to DPR 328/2001, after State Examination and registration with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservationists, in the relative registers.
The Territorial Planner can work in a freelance capacity, as well as in both public or private organisation. The skills are mainly related to the interpretation of trends and outcomes of the transformation of cities and territories, the drafting of plans and projects from the urban scale to the vast area, the definition of strategies for the sustainable development of territorial contexts and social and cultural promotion of the settled communities, and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

The privileged interlocutors of planners are the subjects, both public and private, that operate in the field of urban and territorial transformations, infrastructures and transportation, landscape and the atmosphere, which the Degree Programmes in Planning discuss with in constant consultations for the updating of employment opportunities.
The meeting between demand and offer of professional training is constantly monitored through regular consultations with the Sicilian Region and its various Departments, the new territorial articulations at the provincial level, the Sicilian Municipalities and the Municipality of Palermo in particular, the Professional Orders, the Superintendence of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, the Park Bodies of Natural Parks and Archaeological Regional Parks, the managers of UNESCO sites, trade unions, Confindustria, ANCE, the Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari, the Harbour Authorities, the private institutions and the third sector.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Graduates of the Master Degree (PTUA) can enrol to Section A of the Italian Association of "Architects, planners, landscape architects and conservators” (after passing a State exam). The degree also gives access, in addition to the qualifications and internships provided for by current legislation, to the State examinations for the professions of Agrotechnician, Surveyor Graduate, Agricultural Expert and Industrial Expert. The internship period, where prescribed, can be carried out in whole or in part during the course of studies in accordance with the procedures established in agreements concluded between the Orders or Colleges and Universities (DPR 328/2001).