Department of Human Sciences and Innovation for the Region - DiSUIT

DiSUIT encompasses traditional humanities disciplines, but also has a strong scientific component. 
The degree programmes associated with it are the three-year degree programme in Communication Sciences and the master’s degree programmes in Communication Sciences and Techniques and Languages and Skills for Education. The programme also includes the first-level Master’s programmes “FILIS – Intercultural Italian Language Trainers for Foreigners” and “DAITAL2 – Literacy and Italian as a Second Language Teaching”.

The department also offers the PhD in Law and Humanities.

The primary mission of DiSUIT is to integrate scientific research with the needs of the Como and Varese regions. Through an interdisciplinary approach which is its defining feature, DiSUIT fosters the ability to generate positive impacts on society, thanks in part to the funding it has secured from various bodies such as the MIUR, the CARIPLO Foundation, the Volta Foundation, the One Ocean Foundation and the Rothschild Foundation. 
DiSUIT researchers are involved in national and international collaborations and research groups.

DiSUIT aims to develop partnerships with schools of all levels, libraries, public and private cultural institutions, foundations, local government departments, museums and aquariums, and other universities – not necessarily based in Lombardy – in order to promote the production, circulation and dissemination of knowledge, including abroad, with a particular focus on Switzerland. At present, we have begun to contact various local organisations of considerable importance, both in the humanities and in the field of popular science.

DiSUIT has lecturers and courses at both of the University’s main campuses. Although there is a need to expand facilities and services for students, the department offers practical opportunities to support classroom activities during lectures, with various IT and language laboratories available in both Varese and Como. The activities carried out in the laboratories are extremely valuable in preparing students for the world of work.

The Department recognises the Quality Assurance policy as a fundamental element for continuous improvement in all three key areas (teaching, research, third mission), through the AIQua Committees, which monitor quality processes within degree programmes, and the AIQua-R Committee, responsible for the continuous monitoring and evaluation of research and the third mission. The Director also makes use of delegates in specific areas (internationalisation, student guidance, research). 
To this end, it has established both the bodies required by law and other departmental bodies specifically dedicated to the centralised management and optimisation of its activities and relations with its stakeholders.