Academics
Politecnico di Milano offers several three-year undergraduate courses, two-year graduate courses, one-year master courses and PhD programs in the fields of engineering, architecture and design. The Politecnico offers 32 first level (Bachelor) degree programmes. Among these, there is an on-line course in Computer Engineering, the first on-line academic course in Italy. This wide range of different curricula is tailored to the needs of its territory (the Lombardy region), which is one of the most developed industrial areas in Europe.
In 2011 the university was ranked as the 48th best technical university in the world, in the QS World University Rankings. This was a 9-positions growth from the 57th position in 2009, and a 15-position growth since the 63rd position in 2008. In 2009 an Italian research ranked it as the best in Italy over indicators such as scientific production, attraction of foreign students, and others.
Politecnico was ranked the best university for Engineering and among the top big universities in Italy in the CENSIS-Repubblica Italian University rankings for academic year 2011-2012.
Politecnico maintains several relations with foreign universities and offers a wide range of international projects for student exchange, The university encourages the enrollment of foreign students by providing several courses in English. It participates in the ENTREE network for student exchange among Electrical Engineering colleges in Europe, it is a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network and it contributes to IMCC organisation.
Politecnico di Milano is part of several international student exchange networks: Athens, Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, Medes, Pegasus and Unitech, with agreements with about 400 foreign universities. Furthermore, Politecnico is planning to offer all graduate courses in English since 2014.
The Alta Scuola Politecnica is a joint institution of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino addressed to young talents who want to develop their interdisciplinary capabilities for leading and promoting innovation, and runs in parallel to the two-year programmes of laurea magistrale (graduate courses).
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