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POLITECNICO DI MILANO
The “Politecnico di Milano”
Technical University is one of the leading technical
universities in Europe, educating engineers, architects
and industrial designers through a variety of innovative
specializing courses, with great attention being devoted
to all sides of education.
Still located in one of the most densely
populated and highly industrialized areas in Europe,
its premises are spread over seven campuses in the northern
Italy. Currently around 42 000 students are enrolled
at the Politecnico di Milano. Its Faculty includes more
than 1000 professors belonging to 9 Schools –
6 of them grouping different areas of engineering, 3
of them relating to architecture, land and urban planning
and industrial design.
Through these Schools the Politecnico
di Milano offers:
- 29 first degree courses (the “Laurea”
courses, equivalent to B.Sc. - Bachelor of Science:
a 3-years degree providing general scientfic contents
and methods as well as specific professional skills);
- 34 higher degree courses (the “Laurea
Magistrale”courses, equivalent to M.Sc. - Master
of Science: a 2-years higher degree providing high
qualification in specific fields);
- 30 PhD programmes (the “Dottorato
di Ricerca”, equivalent to PhD – Doctoral
Programme: 3-years of training and research activity,
following the Master of Science).
In addition to these programmes, the
Politecnico di Milano offers a choice of Specializing
Masters that can be entered either after the Laurea
or the Laurea Magistrale (for instance the MBA - Master
of Business Administration, the ICT - Master on Information
and Communication Technology and the IMIM
- International Master in Industrial Management).
Worth mentioning is the ASP, a joint
institution of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico
di Torino, addressed to 150 highly promising students
holding a Bachelor Degree. Foreign students admitted
to ASP benefit from fee waivers and grants covering
accommodation.
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