Politecnico di Torino
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For 160 years, the Politecnico di Torino has been one of the most prestigious public institutions at both the International and the Italian levels concerning education, research, technological transfer, and services in all sectors of architecture, engineering design and urban planning.
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For 160 years, the Politecnico di Torino has been one of the most prestigious public institutions at both the International and the Italian levels concerning education, research, technological transfer, and services in all sectors of architecture and engineering.
Politecnico di Torino offers programs internationally recognised, including a wide selection of English-Taught Programmes from undergraduate to Ph.D. level.
Politecnico di Torino was one of the first Italian universities to implement a significant internationalization strategy that included the creation of an internationalization area, the enhancement of the teaching offer held in English, a significant support to students’ and staff’s international mobility, a growing participation to joint research and teaching programs, and the institution of centers and venues out of national borders (China, Uzbekistan). Thanks to these efforts, Politecnico di Torino is now ranked among the best international technical universities.
PoliTO has 36000 students and about 16% are international – one of the highest percentages in Italy – contributing to create a true international and multicultural environment.
PoliTO offers great support services for international students such as help for accommodation and practical matters (visa, residence permit, health insurance, etc), assistance in administrative procedures, linguistic mediators and welcome activities.
Research and teaching activities are organized by 11 departments which also promote research activities in 4 research areas, i.e. Civil and Environmental Engineering Architecture Industrial Design, Industrial Engineering, Management and Mathematics for Engineering, Information Technologies.
Campuses of the Politecnico di Torino draw inspiration from the structure of Anglo-Saxon ones, with multipurpose buildings for teaching, basis and applied research and services to the students in Turin, and a regional network of technological centers (Alessandria, Biella, Mondovì, Verrès), dedicated to research activities, technological transfer, specialist education and services to the region.
The historical and representative base of the Politecnico is in the town, on the River Po: the Castle of Valentino, a House of Savoy of the 17th Century. It is the main teaching campus for Architecture and has an area of 23,000 sq. m.
The big complex in Corso Duca degli Abruzzi - with 122,000 sq. m., the main campus of Engineering - was opened in 1958 and it is completed by the Cittadella Politecnica: a modern complex of 170,000 sq. m. adjoining the main building, including areas dedicated to students, research activities, technological transfer, and services.
The newest campus is the Design and Sustainable Mobility Citadel, in an area adjoining to the manufacturing establishment of Mirafiori, a Fiat manufacturing facility that has been remodeled as well as the Lingotto building, which hosts the Master School.
2024 QS World University Ranking
Overall: #252 - Top 17% globally
By Broad subject 2024: #52 Engineering and Technology
By Subject 2024:
#21 Architecture / Built Environment
#51-100 Art & Design
#18 History of Art
#92 Computer Science & Information Systems
#78 Chemical Engineering
#33 Civil and Structural Engineering
#37 Electrical & Electronic Engineering
#28 Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering
#38 Mineral & Mining Engineering
#22 Petroleum Eng. (Georesources & Geoenergy Engineering)
#116 Enviromental Sciences
#66 Material Science
#93 Mathematics
#141 Physics& Astronomy
- Turin
Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39 - 10125 Torino (TO)
