Course in Innovation in the Monitoring of Slopes, Landslides and Protection Works

The course in Innovation in the Monitoring of Slopes, Landslides and Protection Works is an advanced training programme, not a master, dedicated to the techniques used to control the movements of slopes and the stability of defence works. The programme has a multidisciplinary approach that ranges from geomatics to geophysics, from excavation safety to wireless sensor networks, with a focus on satellites and drones, tools that are changing the way landslide phenomena are observed and predicted. Landslides and slope instability are phenomena that affect safety, infrastructure and planning, especially in mountain areas. The course presents the main survey and monitoring technologies, from geomatics to sensors, and explains how to interpret the data collected to assess the evolution of phenomena and the effectiveness of protection measures.

Teaching combines theoretical lessons and fieldwork, with a strong practical component, and a real case as the central element of the course. The number of participants is limited to twenty, to encourage direct interaction with the lecturers. The course is full time, takes place in five in-person days for a total of 30 hours, in Turin, and is in Italian. The cost is €500. The page does not give the credits, the detailed programme of the individual days, whether there is an internship, the start dates or the enrolment deadlines. The format is concentrated: thirty hours in five full-time in-person days in Turin, with a maximum of twenty participants. This approach fosters dialogue with the lecturers and exchange among professionals, but requires freeing up five working days and following the course continuously, because the topics follow one another closely.

The aim is to train technicians and professionals for environmental monitoring and hydrogeological risk management: the page lists ten related professions, including innovation consultant, geologist for mountain areas, infrastructure engineer and environmental monitoring technician. The course is aimed at master's graduates in engineering or geological sciences or at professionals with experience in the sector. It suits those who work in public bodies, professional firms and companies that manage infrastructure in mountain areas or areas exposed to landslides and who want to update their knowledge of the latest survey and control technologies. The Polytechnic University of Turin is ranked 241st in the 2025 QS world rankings and 103rd in the European ones. It is not a master, but an advanced training course, and is therefore not designed to obtain an academic qualification: it serves mainly to update skills already held. The cost is €500. For further details on dates, the daily programme and the final certificate it is advisable to consult the official page or to contact the secretariat of the Polytechnic University directly.