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.
Apply
for a scholarship to study engineering,
architecture and industrial design at the
Politecnico di Milano in Italy
The Politecnico
di Milano Technical University offers a
top-level education through an experience
both pleasant and intellectually fulfilling.
Established
in 1863 in Milan, it is one of the leading
technical universities in Europe and is
the largest institution in Italy for Engineering,
Architecture and Industrial Design, with
about 42,000 students enrolled in its various
study programmes (of which about 800 PhD
students).
Its premises
are spread over seven campuses in the north
of Italy, one of the most densely populated
and highly industrialized areas in Europe.
This “Politecnico Network” builds
up a distributed university model, which
provides for more direct relationships with
the students and for better interactions
with local communities and
private companies.
The Politecnico
di Milano is organized in 17 departments
devoted to research and a network of 9 Schools
of Engineering, Architecture and Industrial
Design devoted to education.
Its eminent
professors over the years have included
Giulio Natta (Nobel Prize for having invented
the polypropylene) Giuseppe Colombo (developer
of Italy’s Edison Company), Gino Cassinis
and Ercole Bottani (founders of the first
European center for electronic computation)
and architects Giò Ponti and Marco
Zanuso.
Its graduates
include Govanni 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 Achille Castiglioni and
the writer Carlo Emilio Gadda.
Every year
international students have the opportunity
to apply for specific scholarships.
In the academic
year 2005/2006 the following scholarships
are available:
ICE-Unioncamere
project - scholarships 50 annual scholarships of 10.000
€ for foreign students applying
to Laurea
Magistrale (M.Sc.) programmes given
in Como and Lecco campuses
Politecnico
scholarships
36 annual scholarships of 4.000 €
for foreign students applying to Laurea
Magistrale (M.Sc.) programmes given
at Politecnico overall
Alta
Scuola Politecnica (ASP)
23 annual scholarships for best foreign
students applying to Laurea Magistrale
(M.Sc.) programmes given at Politecnico
overall, covering tuition fees and
accommodation expenses.
8
scholarships for Chinese students applying
to the specializing master MBA (Master
in Business Administration)
Covering
tuition fees
7 scholarships for Chinese students
applying to the specializing master
MDS (Master in Strategic Design)
Covering tuition fees
20
annual scholarships for foreign
students applying to the PhD programmes
Yearly scholarships of 10.561,54
€
