POLITECNICO DI MILANO UNIVERSITY
Architecture, Engineering & Design at its best
The Politecnico di Milano is one of the leading Science and Technology Universities in Europe, producing engineers, architects and industrial designers through a variety of innovative specializing courses, with great attention being devoted to all sides of education.
First established in 1863 in Milan, in the heart of productive Italy, with more than 38,000 students enrolled, it is the largest school of engineering and architecture in the Country and the only school of architecture and design in Lombardy.
Its graduates include Giovanni Battista Pirelli (the founder of the rubber manufacturing company), Enrico Forlanini (inventor of helicopter and hydroplane) prominent architects and designers such as Renzo Piano and Gianfranco Ferré and the writer Carlo Emilio Gadda. Giulio Natta, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 for having invented the polypropylene, was among its eminent professors.
Studying at the Politecnico di Milano also means experiencing an academic environment that devotes great attention to research, from conceiving innovations at the edge of knowledge, to prototype applications, from technology transfer to patenting. This is particularly true for the educational program of the Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP) a school of young talents wishing to develop their interdisciplinary capabilities for leading and promoting innovation.
Coherently with the European education system, Politecnico di Milano offers three main academic levels:
– the B.Sc. - Bachelor of Science (“Laurea”): a 3-year first degree providing general scientific contents and methods as well as specific professional skills;
– the M.Sc. - Master of Science (“Laurea Specialistica”): a 2-year higher degree providing high qualification in specific fields;
– the Ph.D. - Doctoral Program (“Dottorato di Ricerca”): 3-year of training and research activity, following the Master of Science.
On the whole, there are 31 Bachelors of Science, 32 Masters of Science, 30 Doctoral Programs and a choice of Specializing Masters.The Politecnico di Milano, historically involved in a wide network of research and education activities in collaboration with the most important international universities, has reinforced in the last years an intense internationalization activity, with the objective of increasing the number of talented foreign students in Italy.
On top of the full common educational offer, in order to attract foreign students, Politecnico di Milano is mainly focusing its attention on some of its programs, which include the possibility of courses in English. In particular, the attention is focused on 11 Masters of Science programs:
Milano Campus
School of Design:
-Product-Service Systems Design
School of Architecture:
-Urban Planning and Policy Design
-Architecture
School of Engineering:
-Engineering of Computing Systems
-Material Engineering
Como & Lecco Campuses
School of Engineering:
-Computer Engineering
-Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
-Environmental Engineering
-Building Engineering o Mechanical Engineering
-Civil Engineering
The Politecnico di Milano always based its success on strong relationships with companies. Pursuing this tradition, it offers to all its students a high value career service, in order to strengthen the dialogue between companies and graduates.
All information regarding admission and programmes can be found online at www.polimi.it.
