The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI) is one of the 26 Departments of University of Naples Federico II.
Our University is entitled to “Federico II” who was the Emperor of the Holy Western Empire, Frederick II of Swabia in 1224, who founded this Lay University with an Imperial Edict; to date Federico II is the oldest and most long-lived of the public universities in the world.
Federico II is currently one of the largest Italian universities (in terms of number of students: about 80,000, and in terms of the number of degree courses: 73 Bachelor's Degrees and 66 Master's plus 8 single-cycle.
With about 17,000 students and 18 degree courses and 2 professionalizing degree courses and 22 master's degree courses of which 1 single cycle also the College of Engineering is also one of the largest Colleges of Federico II, and as a School of Engineering the largest in central and southern Italy.
DIETI is one of the 5 Departments that make up the College of the School of Engineering.
Currently directed by prof. Giorgio Ventre, DIETI (Department of Excellence by MIUR decree) with its figures is bigger than several small/medium Italian universities:
- 13 scientific sectors
- More than 140 Professors and Researchers
- 33 among Technical and Administrative Staff
- More than 100 Research Collaborators (Young Contract Researchers)
- More than 50 PhD students
- More than 50 Laboratories
- More than 80 Research projects
- 15 Degree courses (8 undergraduate and 7 undergraduate)
- 3 Doctoral Schools
- More than 7,500 active students
