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• LocationMilan, Italy
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Politecnico di Milano is a public science and technology university in Milan that trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. It has been active since 1863 and has campuses in Milan (Milano Leonardo and Milano Bovisa), Cremona, Lecco, Mantova and Piacenza, plus a site in Xi'an. According to the university, it is ranked 157th worldwide by Times Higher Education. Teaching is organised in four schools:

• Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering
• Design
• Civil, Environmental and Land Management Engineering
• Industrial and Information Engineering

It offers 29 Bachelor of Science (Laurea) and 45 Master of Science (Laurea Magistrale) programmes, many of them taught entirely in English, as well as exchange and double-degree opportunities and honours programmes such as the Alta Scuola Politecnica, run with Politecnico di Torino. Applicants with a foreign school qualification follow specific admission rules checked by the International Students Office; for engineering bachelor's programmes the SAT is one of the accepted entrance tests. University halls of residence in Milan, Lecco, Como and Cremona house both Italian and international students.

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29 Bachelor of Science (Laurea) programmes in architecture, design and engineering, mostly taught in Italian. Programmes taught in English or partly in English include:

• Engineering Science (Milano Leonardo and Milano Bovisa)
• Industrial Engineering (Piacenza)
• Process Engineering (Cremona)
• Interaction Design (Lecco)
• MEDTEC School (with a partner university)
• Architectural Design and Civil Engineering (Italian and English)

Other programmes include aerospace, biomedical, chemical, mechanical and computer engineering, product, interior, fashion and communication design, and urban planning.

45 Master of Science (Laurea Magistrale) programmes, most of them taught in English, in architecture, design and engineering. Examples:

• Aeronautical, Space and Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering, High Performance Computing Engineering
• Biomedical, Chemical, Energy and Nuclear Engineering
• Management Engineering
• Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and Policy Design
• Design for the Fashion System, Digital and Interaction Design, Interior and Spatial Design

Further options include honours programmes such as the Alta Scuola Politecnica and the Graduate School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage.

For the 2026/2027 academic year, applicants with a non-Italian school qualification must meet specific requirements (years of schooling, final grade or an academic suitability test). During test registration they upload their report cards from the last three years of secondary school and their final diploma, or a letter confirming enrolment in the final year; the International Students Office checks these documents. Admission to engineering bachelor's programmes requires an entrance test: Politecnico's TOL (in Italian), or alternatively TOLC-I (Italian), CEnT-S (English) or the SAT (English). Non-EU students living abroad need a student visa.

Students must show proficiency in the language of their programme before enrolling: Italian for Italian-taught courses (for example a B2 CLIQ certificate) and English for English-taught courses, through an accepted certificate, citizenship of an English-speaking country or a school diploma taught in English. In English-taught bachelor's programmes, Italian is not required for entry, but students must reach B2 in Italian before graduating.

Students can apply for the Diritto allo Studio Universitario call for university financial aid and other scholarships, which also give access to reduced-rate university accommodation. For international students applying to the BSc in Process Engineering (Cremona) or the BSc in Industrial Engineering (Piacenza), Politecnico di Milano offers specific scholarship opportunities.

Politecnico di Milano has university halls of residence in Milan, Lecco, Como and Cremona, shared by Italian and international students. Rooms can be obtained at a reduced rate through the DSU (Diritto allo Studio) calls or booked at full rate; there are separate procedures for PhD candidates, visiting PhD students and students with disabilities. Rates, availability and deadlines are published on the university's residences portal.