Agreement University of Palermo - Fincantieri in order to on the issues start a formative distance of excellence of the shipbuilding



The University of Palermo has signed an agreement with the navalmeccanico group Fincantieri that has afforded to start a distance of excellence in the within of the skillful degree curriculum in Mechanical engineering. Draft of the first initiative of this type in Italy and is seen directly involved the shipbuilding group of Trieste and the Department of chemical, managerial, computer science, mechanical Engineering (DICGIM) of the Sicilian University.

The excellence distance is turned the students who in the course of the first year have exceeded a number of examinations correspondent at least 45 formative credits and will propose activity for about 300 hours of formation (for the acquisition of ulterior 42 credits) that they already integrate previewed how much from the program of the skillful degree curriculum, deepening more peculiar matters of the shipbuilding.

In particular they are activated the course of "Hydrodynamics and numerical fluid dynamics", "Robustness of the ship and vibrations", "System naval", "naval Automation" and "Environmental impacts of the ship". The cover of the integrating instructions is assured mainly by which put on qualified staff from Fincantieri, coming from the various fields in which work.

The admitted students will have the opportunity to enrich own curriculari acquaintances let alone to acquire practical competences for the fast insertion in the working world: in fact they will be able to carry out in Fincantieri is the training to curriculare that the graduation thesis.

"An important initiative - it has emphasized the chancellor of the Palermo athenaeum, Roberto Lagalla - that goes in the direction of the consolidation of the relationships with the productive territory and its fields. A city from the great shipbuilding tradition of naval as Palermo can offer a specific formation now".

"The industry - the managing director of Fincantieri has declared, Giuseppe Bono - has always need to think outside from the outlines and looking far away. In this way, in fact, we help to approach to the young people and their ideas to get passionate itself to the many thematic relative ones to the planning and the construction of the ship. It is for me, then, a great satisfaction that a so much innovative project takes start, in a territory where Fincantieri, in spite of the great difficulties that it meets, it has a plant in which continues to believe and to invest".