The goal of the geo-engineer scientific International Doctoral Course on "Processes, Materials and Constructions in Civil and Environmental Engineering and for The Protection of the Historic-Monumental Heritage" which are sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) since 01.01.2002 in co-operation with the University of Florence is the deal with relevant subjects of the analysis, monitoring, control and reduction of the induced risks by the natural calamities and by human actions on the built environment.