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The Groups operating within the Department of Engineering share common core values and ideasand, operating within a common framework of rules, implement strategies addressed at raising, pursuing and/or promoting:

Academic missions:

• Excellence in teaching and research;
• Multi- and inter-disciplinary teaching and research;
• Attention to the students and their needs, to ensure the widest possible student access to higher-education, thebest possible level of training and high-level knowledge and skills transfer;
• Enhancement of the Department's scientific output, visibility and authoritativeness at national and international level;
• Collaboration with external scholars, research groups and institution sharing the Department's themes, values and ethics;
• Awareness of the importance of a healthy peer-review culture, based on internationally accepted standards;
• The role of the Department as a regional driving force for cultural and economic growth and sustainable development;
• Dialogue with stakeholders and policy makers, to promotethe seamless and profitable studentsentryinto employment;
• Integration between fundamental and applied research, addressed at bridging the gap between the class/lab and the application to real life problems.

Workplace:

• Supportof all research Groups within the Department,aimed atreinforcing strengths and addressing weaknesses, thus enhancing the overall performance of the Department;
• Gender equality in all aspects of academic life, from teaching and research to the composition of governance structures;
• The creation of an engaging, stimulating, safe, healthy and balanced work environment, respectful of the competences of each actor and open to external cooperation and collaboration;
• Appraisal policies focused on the valorization of staff and on the attention to theirlegitimate aspirations, favoring a balanced professional and human growth;
• Recognition of commitment, merit and achievements in research, teaching, administration and fund-raising;
• Recruitment policies based on the assessment of quality and expertise, as the basefor supporting the international reputation of the Department.