Teaching Appraisal: Remarks for Optimization

The paper proposes critical remarks on the teaching of Appraisal in Architecture and Engineering academic courses at international level. The focus is on the top ten schools of Architecture and Engineering ranked as such by the 2019 QS World Ranking by Subject which takes into account several parameters such as academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student, international faculty, international student and citation per faculty. The aim is to improve Appraisal teaching, outlining the best practices that should be adopted in Universities. Such best practices has been defined by comparing content, role and place dedicated to the discipline according to Italian tradition and in the top ten international Schools of Architecture and Engineering.