Faculties and Institutes

Faculties

• Academy of Architecture
• Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
• Faculty of Communication Sciences
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Informatics

Institutes

Institutes are training and research units supported by a Faculty or several Faculties jointly.

All Institutes active at USI are listed below:

• Centre for the History of the Alps (LabiSAlp)
• Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDISIA) - affiliated
• Institute for Economic Research (IRE)
• Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) - affiliated
• Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and Semiotics (IALS)
• Institute of Communication and Health (ICH)
• Institute of Computational Science (ICS)
• Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication (ITDxC)
• Institute of Economics (IdEP)
• Institute of Finance (IFin)
• Institute of Human Medicine (IMU)
• Institute of Italian Studies (ISI)
• Institute of Management and Organisation (IMO)
• Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA)
• Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG)
• Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) - affiliated
• Institute of Public Communication (ICP)
• Institute of the History and Theory of Art and Architecture (ISA)
• ​Istituto ricerche solari Locarno (IRSOL) - associated
• Law Institute (IDUSI)
• Software Institute (SI)

Specialised sub-units (centres, observatories, laboratories, groups ...) can be created inside or in cooperation between the institutes, with the aim of carrying out specific research projects and/or handling specific aspect of education.