School of Design
Degree Programme of:
Design for the Fashion System
Laurea Magistrale (Equivalent To Master Of Science)
Milano Campus
1. General Information
School School of Design Code Reference Law 1097 Name Design for the Fashion System Reference Law Ordinamento 270/04 Class of degree LM-12 - Design Degree level Laurea Magistrale (Equivalent To Master Of Science) First year of activation 2010/2011 Official length of the programme 2 Years of the programme already activated 1 Official language(s) English Campus Milano Dean of the School Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis Coordinator of the Study programme Alba Cappellieri Website of the School http://www.design.polimi.it Website of the Study programme
www.moda.polimi.it
Student Office (Study programme) - Milano Bovisa
Reference office
Centro Orientamento Studenti Scuola del Design Address Via Candiani 72, 20158 Milano Phone 02 2399 7277
Central Student Office - Milano Bovisa
Address VIA LAMBRUSCHINI, 15 (MI)
2. General presentation of the study programme
The Master Degree program in Design for the Fashion System’s aim is to train highly qualified designers able to manage the competitiveness of the Fashion System on an international scale, both in its product development systems and within the strategic processes of fashion companies.
Specific courses are offered relatively to the fashion product –menswear, womenswear, accessories, sportswear, underwear- in parallel with others concerning materials characteristics, specific technologies of the field, market competition related issues, distribution and selling processes, communication, trend research, scenario building and cultural values analysis.
Fashion in Politecnico is strongly committed to research and innovation, binding together high craft and high tech, the artisanal vision with the technological one, manual processes with the most advanced digital modeling softwares, in order to give the student the capability to work in any reality of the fashion system. Intense laboratory courses are the core part of the crafting investigation. These are combined with research and experimentation on technologies and materials, and result in the final “design research”, the Master Degree Thesis.
Master students are required to fulfill an internship period within qualified companies or professional realities.
The specialization paths addressed by the Master degree reflects in the possibility of attending specific courses that may positively influence the development of the master degree thesis work and the choice of the internship itself.
The Italian fashion system is witnessing the rise of specialized sectors that may become crucial competitive levers for the national economy. Not only garment design, but also sportswear, underwear, accessories, knitwear, jewelry, are all fundamental aspects of the national design and productive reality and demand new professional and innovative figures.
The master degree student will acquire integrated competencies on product and services that will allow him/her to enter such professional world in a broad range of positions within the fashion system and its companies.
For more information see the website of the degree course
http://www.moda.polimi.it
3. Learning objectives
Fashion system is considered as an integrated system of products, processes and services that forms and defines the fashion market, and it affects products such as garments within pret-a-porter, casualwear and sportswear, accessories, shoes and leatherwear, jewelry, knitwear, underwear, but also more recently developed merceologies such as home textiles.
The master degree aims to train an innovation-oriented designer, committed to research and experimentation, capable of using the design process as a tool for innovation within fashion firms.
The central goals of the Master degree are the acquisition of a cultural and aesthetical language, critique capability when it comes to evaluating the effects of design on the social, cultural and economic reality, strategic product management and planning.
The course and its structure are thus aimed at a “systemic” education that explores the various aspects of the system: product, process and service. In addition, it is another fundamental goal of the course to make the designer able to coherently transfer the values of the product into the various communication events/devices (from trade to advertising) and into the selling space/experience (visual and retail events).
The degree course is developed within the design culture area (ICAR/13).
This disciplinary area is focused on developing the student’s own language and autonomy as a designer, gaining maturity of expression and experimenting integrated design processes, from the identity of a brand until its development and declination into fashion products, communication and distribution systems.
Cultural systems evolution area (SSD L-ART/03; M-FIL/04; M-DEA/01).
This disciplinary area is focused on the acquisition by the student of the ability to analyse and interpret artistic expressions, especially the ones that play a role in the evolution of fashion products such as graphic and visual arts, contemporary art, cinema, photography and new media.
Social and consumes practice area (SSD SPS/07; SPS/08)
This disciplinary area aims at giving the student the ability to analyse and interpret social and consumes practice, and in particular to understand the dynamics of fashion products exploitment as fundamental components within the cultural and communicative processes.
Entrepreneurship culture and competitivity models (SSD SECS-P/08)
This disciplinary area aims at giving the student a view and knowledge on evolution dynamics and contemporary characteristics of fashion enterprises and their organization, comprehention of their various business models and acquisition of management and self-entrepreneurial skills.
Innovation and technology know-how transfer (SSD ING-IND/22; INF/01)
This disciplinary area aims at giving the students research skills and innovation transfer on a technologic level, with a focus on materials and finishings innovation, in order to integrate new aestethics and functionalities in the products. Logistics and systemic innovation is also explored through new digital management tools.
The degree program is finalized with a Master Degree Thesis, an individual work which must consist of an innovative and unique theme elaborated by the student and developed through both a written and a practical outcome.
The course aims at shaping a designer for the fashion system who is capable of understanding, managing and coordinating a complex production chain and system (which operates on components, materials, integrated production processes, services, etc.); the graduate needs to be able to interpret the product from a systemic point of view –consisting of a complete offer, made of a variety of product lines, merceologies, brands- and in relation with communication and distribution phases; finally, he/she needs to comprehend and put in action entrepreneural logics and strategies
4. Organization of the study programme and further studies
4.1 Structure of the study programme and Qualifications
The School offering each first degree (bachelor) programme and the appropriate second level (Master of Science) programme in continuity (or thofor access toble without curricular integrations) are shown in the following table:
Level I (Laurea) degree
Level II (Laurea Magistrale) degree progam in continuity
- Product design
Product and Furnishing specialisation (disabled in the a.a. 2014/'15)
Product Design for Innovation
- Communication design
Communication design
- Fashion Design
Design for the Fashion System
- Interior Design
Interior design
Product design
Design & Engineering
Mechanical engineering
(course offered in theSchoolofIndustrial Engineering
Materials and nanotechnology engineering
(course offered in theSchoolofIndustrial Process Engineering
Product Design
Comunication Design
Interior Design
Fashion Design
Product Service System Design
Interior Design
Industrial Design (Product)
Naval and Nautical Design - La Spezia campus
The Laurea Magistrale programmes offered by the DesignSchoolare organised in sections:
Laurea Magistrale in Product Design for Innovation
Teaching delivered in Italian
Offered in both the 1st and 2nd year
Product section 1 - PR1
Product section 2 - PR2
NB In laboratories can activate modules in English taught by Visiting Professor
Laurea Magistrale in Communication Design
Teaching delivered in Italian
Offered in both the 1st and 2nd year
Communication section 1 - C_1
Communication section 2 - C_2
Communication section 3 - C_3
NB It 'possible activation of the Workshop in English taught by Visiting Professor
Laurea Magistrale in Design for the Fashion System
Teaching delivered in English
Offered in both the 1st year
Fashion section 1 - M_1 section with a prevalence of courses in English
Fashion section 2 - M_2 courses in English
Offered in both the 2st year
Fashion section 1 - M_1 courses in English
Fashion section 2 - M_2 courses in English
Laurea Magistrale in Interior Design
Teaching delivered in Italian and English
Offered in both the 1st and 2nd year
Interiors section 1 - I_1
Interiors section 2 - I_2
Interiors section 3 - I_3 courses in English
NB in sections I1 and I2 can activate Courses and Workshops in English
Laurea Magistrale in Design&Engineering
Teaching delivered in English
Offered in both the 1st year
D&E section 1 - DE1section with a prevalence of courses in English
D&E section 2 -DE 1section with a prevalence of courses in English
D&E section 3 -DE3 courses in English
Offered in both the 2st year
D&E section 1 - DE1 section with a prevalence of courses in English
D&E section 2 - DE2 section with a prevalence of courses in English
Laurea Magistrale in Product Service System Design
Teaching delivered in English
Offered in both the 1st and 2nd year
Product Service System section 1 - PS_1 courses in English
Product Service System section 2 - PS_2 courses in English
Laurea Magistrale in Naval and Nautical Design - La Spezia campus
No internal sections
4.2 Further Studies
The qualification grants access to "Dottorato di Ricerca" (Research Doctorate), "Corso di Specializzazione di secondo livello" (2nd level Specialization Course) and "Master Universitario di secondo livello" (2nd level University Master)
5. Professional opportunities and work market
5.1 Professional status of the degree
The career outcomes envisaged for the Laurea Magistrale in Design for the Fashion System are those involving managing design projects within fashion businesses dealing with integrated design of product-service systems co-ordinating project groups and the functions involved in development processes.
Graduates may also find employment in professional studios working in fashion research and product development in the fashion business world. They may also work in creative co-ordination of fashion brands in reference to communication, event organisation and retail space layout processes.They can also find placement into professional firms which deal with trend research and product development for fashion enterprises. They can also work creative directors for communication, event design or retail within fashion brands.
5.2 Careers options and profiles
LM graduates in Design for the Fashion System find employment within companies in the fashion and accessories sector in the creative direction area, as well as in trend research firms (Trend Institute, Research Agencies, etc.) and in communication and distribution agencies.
The main professional figures they can cover are Creative Director, Fashion Coordinator, Fashion Designer, Accessory Designer, Sporstwear designer, underwear designer, brand manager, product manager, visual merchandiser, fashion journalist, fashion curator.
Surveys of University Assessment Commission
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6. Enrolment
6.1 Access requirements
First cycle degree (level 6 EQF) or comparable qualification
Admission of every candidate is subjected to an evaluation based on his merit and on the courses attended in his previous university career.
For students coming from other campuses or different study programmes there will be a verification of their previous studies to identify any curricula addition needed, students must obtain the addition before their access to the Master of Science programme.
Qualifications required
- Bachelor or Master of Science Degree;
- English language certificate;
Please see the document “Norme attuative dei Regolamenti didattici“ on the website of the School www.design.polimi.it
On this document there is a list of the materials required for the evaluation of the admission request, registration procedures and deadlines, indications about the admissibility without evaluation and exclusion conditions.
Students admitted with curricular additions needed must obtain these within one year from admission application.
6.2 Requested knowledge
Admission to Laurea Magistrale programs is possible in both the first and second semester (only for students in continuity, or those who are assigned curricular integrations for the semester in appraisal, may be admitted to the 2nd semester), with the exception of the LM in Design & Engineering which does not allow admission to the 2nd semester (except for candidates who have attended the courses in the 1st semester as individual courses).
Knowledge of English to the standards set by the University is a prerequisite for enrolment.
For the academic year 2013 - 2014 within the creation of the ranking for admission the knowledge of the English language will not be considered: this requirement will be considered at the time of the enrolment. Without this requirement it will not be possible to proceed with the enrolment process and the place on the ranking list will be available for a replacement. Starting from the academic year 2014 – 2015 the language certificate must be provided at the time of application for the evaluation.
For admission to LM programs candidates must return the completed online application form. Admission will be subject to the assessment of the candidate’s curriculum vitae by the entry commission whose decision is final. Any decision to exclude candidates will be adequately justified by the Commission.
For admission to LM programs candidates must be in possession of a level I degree in Class L-4 Industrial Design or other equivalent Italian or foreign degree recognised as appropriate. In all cases admission will be granted only after appraisal of the candidate’s educational background and the assignment of any necessary curricular integrations.
The requirement to provide documentary support for online application will be waived for students from the School of Design in possession of the NV criteria (parameters relating to student careers and linked to average marks and the number of credits obtained at the 2nd year of enrolment).
The following candidates may be admitted on assessment:
- Internal and external graduates at the Politecnico di Milano who do not possess the above parameters;
- Internal and external undergraduates at the Politecnico di Milano who have acquired at least 150 CFU (ECTS) (ECTS) at the time of application.
Admission to LM programs at the School of Design will not be granted to:
- Graduates from the School of Design at the Politecnico di Milano with a final assessment equal to or less than 85/110;
- Graduates from the Politecnico di Milano from outside the School of Design with a final assessment equal to or less than 90/110;
- Graduates from other Italian universities with a final assessment equal to or less than 95/110.
The evaluation of candidates will be done with the parameters shown in the document " Norme attuative dei Regolamenti didattici " on the website of the School www.design.polimi.it.
Where the assessment is positive the commission will communicate the result to the candidate as admission without curricular integrations, or admission with curricular integrations.
In the latter instance enrolment will be completed when the additional requirements have been fulfilled. Such curricular integrations must be completed within the academic year for which application has been made: students in this position may integrate their study plan and attend LM courses in advance by enrolling for single courses up to a maximum of 30 cfu (ects) (ECTS)
For admission to the second semester where it is necessary to assign curricular integrations with reference to the first semester, the candidate will be invited to apply again in the following semester.
To verify the curricular additions assigned, student must check the document "Norme attuative dei Regolamenti didattici" on the website of the School www.design.polimi.it.
In addition to a verification of their previous courses of study, candidates will undergo comparative assessment of the curriculum followed and of other training or non-didactic activities carried out.
The commission may also make use of written tests and/or oral interviews.
The educational offer at the Politecnico di Milano
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Places available for admission:
- LM in Design for the fashion System (Milan campus):80 students
of which 25 are reserved for students from outside the EU, 5 of which must be Chinese students from the “Marco Polo” project
For the deadlines related to the admission to the Laurea Magistrale, verify the academic rules and the academic calendar 2014/15.
How to become a student at Politecnico di Milano
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The School has improved the information and guidance tools for future undergraduates aimed at informing them with regard to teaching and training activities of each Programme in order to clarify educational objectives and future professional opportunities.
For regular (in line with exams) students, the School has put in place activities aimed at:
- contributing to removal of obstacles preventing fruitful course attendance with initiatives relating to individual needs, aptitudes and requirements;
- rendering students more actively involved in the educational process.
The reference tutor is identified for each Programme and is the institutional reference for guidance within the School. The service is organised within the scope of the Programme and, in particular, takes care of:
- student support in case of need of help in problem solving or concept clarification;
- approval and possible drafting of texts regarding presentation of the Degree Programme which he/she represents;
- identification of projects of students of his/her Degree Programme to be used as guidance tools during Open Days and in institutional School communication.
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7. Contents of the study Program
7.1 Programme requirements
For admission to the Laurea Magistrale final exam students must:
- have obtained the 120 ECTS required for a Level II Laurea Magistrale including credits relating to internships and final exams.
- have written an individual thesis under the guidance of a Supervisor taking the form of a project or theoretical-methodological or historical-critical considerations.
The Laurea Magistrale exam consists of a discussion on students' individual theses led by a teaching staff officer, the thesis supervisor.For more information on this subject refer to Regolamento Esame di Laurea Magsitrale published on the School website.
7.2 Mode of study
The Laurea Magistrale programme is full time. It uses a number of educational methods: the single subject courses contain theoretical contents which are taught by means of ex cathedra lessons and assessed with tests and interviews throughout the year.
Integrated courses involve more than one discipline or specific sphere and they are sometimes entrusted to two members of the teaching staff who integrate their contributions.
The Experimental Laboratories offer students the opportunity to experiment and use the tools, technologies and equipment useful for the project.
The Laboratories involve project work by students under the guidance of a teaching staff team each of whom offer their own subject matter as applied to the project theme. The Workshops are full time courses lasting a week in which students develop a project under the guidance of a well regarded professional or a company.
The Erasmus Programme and the other international mobility programmes are an opportunity for students to spend a study semester abroad at qualified European and non-European design universities.
Professional Internship is a period of time spent at one of the Politecnico's partner companies or design studios under the guidance of a School tutor or a tutor appointed by the company.In compliance with the above, the Laurea Magistrale teaching programme is organized in various teaching modes:
- Single discipline courses are prevalently theoretical in content, taught in lectures and assessed during the year through written and oral exams;
- Integrated courses involve more than one discipline or field of specialization. They are sometimes conducted by two lecturers who integrate their contributions;
- Experimental Laboratories offer the opportunity of experimenting and using the tools, technology and machinery of Design. Students will take part in design activities under the guidance of a teaching team, each member of which will apply his/her own disciplinary content to the design theme;
- Workshops constitute full-time courses lasting one week, in which students develop a project under the guidance of a well-known professional or company;
- The Erasmus program and other international mobility programs enable students to spend one semester studying abroad in qualified European and non-European universities of design.
- Professional internships or job placements constitute a period of activity within a company or design studio affiliated with the Politecnico, under the guidance of a tutor from the School and a tutor appointed by the company.
In the following paragraphs we will illustrate the main characteristics of these activities.
Optional Courses
12 credits are assigned to courses selected by the students themselves (equivalent to one teaching unit per year).
Each student must select one of the optional courses when presenting his/her study plan for the first year. Similarly he/she must opt for another course when presenting his/her study plan for the second year.
Optional courses are collocated in both the 1st and 2nd semester
Laurea Magistrale internship/job placement –
Students will be placed with companies, professional firms, study centers, corporations etc. affiliated with the Politecnico di Milano in compliance with current legislation, which states that a certificate will be issued on completion of a period agreed with the body with whom the internship is successfully carried out (minimum 250 hours, maximum 1 year).
Internships can be fitted into the study plan in the 1st or 2nd year of the LM . compatibly with the student’s other study commitments.
Such placements are formative experiences integrating with the world of production: the host company must be aware of and accept the legal and formative requirements of the relationship, while the student must in all cases accept and keep to the rules and customs of the company.
For further information about how to draw up a study plan, teaching priorities, norms governing attendance and exam obligations, etc. students are advised to consult the document “Norme attuative del Regolamento didattico” Norms governing teaching regulations published on the School’s website.
7.3 Detailed learning objectives
The possibility to choose courses and corresponding credits to be inserted in the Study Track is subject to a series of rules passed by the School which each year tracks a teaching offer of 60 credits per Programme year "nominal offer").
Each year, students may choose study programmes with a different number of credits compared to the nominal offer (60 CFU credits/year) to graduate progression of studies according to their requirements.
The minimum number of credits the student may enrol in is 30, unless the number of credits for completion of the Programme is less.
The maximum number of credits the student may enrol in, subject to exam priority, is equal to 80 CFU/ECT.
In formulating the annual Study Track the priority of courses according to the progression of Programme years indicated in the Regulation below must be respected:
- courses of the subsequent Programme year ("anticipations") cannot be inserted in the Study Track unless all those of the previous year and of the current year have been inserted.
Moreover, the School has decided a series of exam priorities based on which it is necessary to have passed certain subjects considered useful in order to be admitted to others. This may give rise to the nominal number of credits a student may enrol in being reduced due to this rule.
The current System foresees a series of educational activities (basic, specialised, similar or supplementary) which are present in the study programme as single subject Courses, integrated Courses and Laboratories constituting the three-year teaching activity of the Bachelor of Science.
As well as this type of teaching activity, the System foresees that a defined number of credits are attributed to activities which may be grouped under the following items:
- educational activity freely chosen by the student (optional courses);
- educational activity concerning the preparation of the final graduation exam and verification of the foreign language (Final exam and Language);
- activity aimed at acquiring further linguistic knowledge or IT, communication or relational skills or skills useful in accessing the employment world, as well as educational activities aimed at facilitating professional choices by direct knowledge of an employment sector relevant to the qualification, including Internships in particular.
1 Year courses - Track: M_1 - Fashion 1
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 096746 B,C ICAR/13
ICAR/17
SECS-P/08SPORTSWEAR AND UNDERWEAR DESIGN 1 18,0 18,0 096753 B ICAR/13
INF/01RETAIL AND MERCHANDISING DESIGN 2 12,0 12,0 096136 B ICAR/13 WORKSHOP 1 6,0 6,0 096132 B SPS/08 COMMUNICATION FOR FASHION 1 6,0 6,0 096153 C M-DEA/01 EVOLUZIONE E INNOVAZIONE DEI LINGUAGGI 2 6,0 6,0 096158 C ING-IND/22 FASHION MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES 2 6,0 6,0 1 Year courses - Track: M_2 - Fashion 2
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 096140 B,C ICAR/13
ICAR/17
SECS-P/08SPORTSWEAR AND UNDERWEAR DESIGN 1 18,0 18,0 096163 B ICAR/13
INF/01RETAIL AND MERCHANDISING DESIGN 2 12,0 12,0 096136 B ICAR/13 WORKSHOP 1 6,0 6,0 096132 B SPS/08 COMMUNICATION FOR FASHION 1 6,0 6,0 096155 C M-DEA/01 TRENDS FORECASTING FOR FASHION 2 6,0 6,0 096158 C ING-IND/22 FASHION MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES 2 6,0 6,0 1 Year courses - Track: *** - Non diversificato
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 096751 -- -- [METAINS] SPORTSWEAR AND UNDERWEAR DESIGN
-- 1 18,0 18,0 096752 -- -- -- 2 12,0 12,0 096136 -- -- -- 1 6,0 6,0 096132 -- -- -- 1 6,0 6,0 096225 -- -- -- 2 6,0 6,0 096158 -- -- -- 2 6,0 6,0 092065 B ICAR/13 LIGHT ART E DESIGN DELLA LUCE 1 6,0 6,0
(Grp. Opz.)089859 B ING-IND/35 BUSINESS INNOVATION 1 6,0 093855 B ICAR/13 CAD - 3D 1 6,0 089860 B SPS/08 USER AND SOCIAL INNOVATION 2 6,0 093834 B ICAR/13
ING-INF/05INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF ROBOTICS 2 6,0 092048 B ICAR/13 CORSO INTEGRATO CULTURA DEL CINEMA 1 6,0 092046 B ICAR/13 TEMPORARY URBAN SOLUTIONS 2 6,0 091909 -- ING-IND/14 IL METODO DEGLI ELEMENTI FINITI PER L 'ANALISI DEI PRODOTTI INDUSTRIALI 2 6,0 096711 B ICAR/17 DIGITAL MODELLING FOR FASHION 2 6,0 096776 -- ING-IND/15 VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING 2 6,0 089856 B L-ART/03 STORIA DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA 1 6,0 096736 -- ING-INF/05 VIDEOGAMES DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING 1 6,0 096712 B ICAR/13 FASHION AND MADE IN ITALY 2 6,0 096713 C M-FIL/04 FASHION AESTHETICS 1 6,0 096777 -- ING-IND/15 REVERSE MODELING 1 6,0 093766 B ICAR/13 LUCE, UOMO, SPAZIO NEL PROGETTO CONTEMPORANEO 1 6,0 092050 B ICAR/13 SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2 6,0 096766 B INF/01 ONLINE GAME DESIGN 2 6,0 091907 C ING-IND/22 NANOTECNOLOGIE E MATERIALI FUNZIONALI PER IL DESIGN 2 6,0 095141 B L-ART/03 ART DIRECTION E COPYWRITING 2 6,0 093801 B ICAR/16 SCENOGRAFIE DI LUCE - LA CITTĄ COME PALCOSCENICO 1 6,0 095168 B ICAR/13 GENERATIVE DESIGN 1 6,0 096616 B ICAR/13 DESIGN DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E CULTURE DI GENERE 2 6,0 092056 B ICAR/13 STRATEGIE BRAND & LICENSING 2 6,0 092051 B ICAR/13 DESIGN DEGLI EVENTI 2 6,0 092058 B ICAR/13 GAME DESIGN 2 6,0 095200 -- IUS/04 DIRITTO D'AUTORE 1 6,0 2 Year courses - Track: M_1 - Fashion 1
Nessun insegnamento trovato nel manifesto2 Year courses - Track: M_2 - Fashion 2
Nessun insegnamento trovato nel manifesto2 Year courses - Track: *** - Non diversificato
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 092065 B ICAR/13 LIGHT ART E DESIGN DELLA LUCE 1 6,0 6,0
(Grp. Opz.)089859 B ING-IND/35 BUSINESS INNOVATION 1 6,0 093855 B ICAR/13 CAD - 3D 1 6,0 089860 B SPS/08 USER AND SOCIAL INNOVATION 2 6,0 093834 B ICAR/13
ING-INF/05INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF ROBOTICS 2 6,0 092048 B ICAR/13 CORSO INTEGRATO CULTURA DEL CINEMA 1 6,0 092046 B ICAR/13 TEMPORARY URBAN SOLUTIONS 2 6,0 091909 -- ING-IND/14 IL METODO DEGLI ELEMENTI FINITI PER L 'ANALISI DEI PRODOTTI INDUSTRIALI 2 6,0 096711 B ICAR/17 DIGITAL MODELLING FOR FASHION 2 6,0 089856 B L-ART/03 STORIA DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA 1 6,0 096736 -- ING-INF/05 VIDEOGAMES DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING 1 6,0 096712 B ICAR/13 FASHION AND MADE IN ITALY 2 6,0 096713 C M-FIL/04 FASHION AESTHETICS 1 6,0 093766 B ICAR/13 LUCE, UOMO, SPAZIO NEL PROGETTO CONTEMPORANEO 1 6,0 092050 B ICAR/13 SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2 6,0 096776 -- ING-IND/15 VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING 2 6,0 096766 B INF/01 ONLINE GAME DESIGN 2 6,0 091907 C ING-IND/22 NANOTECNOLOGIE E MATERIALI FUNZIONALI PER IL DESIGN 2 6,0 095141 B L-ART/03 ART DIRECTION E COPYWRITING 2 6,0 093801 B ICAR/16 SCENOGRAFIE DI LUCE - LA CITTĄ COME PALCOSCENICO 1 6,0 096777 -- ING-IND/15 REVERSE MODELING 1 6,0 095168 B ICAR/13 GENERATIVE DESIGN 1 6,0 096616 B ICAR/13 DESIGN DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E CULTURE DI GENERE 2 6,0 092056 B ICAR/13 STRATEGIE BRAND & LICENSING 2 6,0 092051 B ICAR/13 DESIGN DEGLI EVENTI 2 6,0 092058 B ICAR/13 GAME DESIGN 2 6,0 095200 -- IUS/04 DIRITTO D'AUTORE 1 6,0 7.4 Foreign language
Assessment of knowledge of foreign languages is carried out in the manner prescribed by the University published on the web page "Student Services/Guides and Regulations/Guide to the English language" on the www.polimi.it website.
Students are invited to read this document carefully and must comply with the regulations.
In particular, it is to be noted that: "Pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/04, the Politecnico has adopted the English language as the EU language that must be known in addition to Italian".
Starting from the academic year 2014 – 2015 the language certificate must be provided at the time of application for the evaluation.
Language courses
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Under Decree 270/04 art. 11 paragraph 5, the final test of the LM in Design for the Fashion System is the submission of a thesis prepared by the student under the guidance of a supervisor.
The paper has the character of experimentation and originality and can lead to both project outcomes and to theoretical and historical-critical aspects. In both cases the paper must contain an introduction outlining the methodological foundations, the reasons and purposes within is built on the search path and which aspects are original contributions of the student.
The thesis is written in Italian and preceded by an abstract in English.
The thesis should be an important training opportunity to complete the didactic career. This is an individual work that can be developed within a more structured activity conducted in collaboration with other students. In the final results, however, must be clearly recognized the contribution of the individual candidate.
To verify the methodology for the final Examination of Master's thesis please refer to the " Regolamento Esame di Laurea Magistrale " published on the School website.
Information concerning general rules and regulations, session calendars, registration and consignment of theses is available at
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8. Academic calendar
The Degree Programme calendar is organised bearing in mind the verification of learning procedures which, for the School of Design, foresee "on-going" tests during the whole semester. The academic year consists of two semesters, each comprising a teaching session with on-going tests and an exam sessions for verification of learning). The teaching session of each comprises two periods dedicated to lectures, exercises and laboratory activities, each followed by a week of interruption of teaching activities to allow professors an overall verification of on-going tests, followed by two weeks dedicated to exam sessions at the end of the semester.
Academic calendar
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4408
9. Faculty
The names of professors for each Course, together with their subject, will be available on the degree programme starting from the month of September.
The degree programme is annually published on the website of Politecnico di Milano.
For more information see the website of the degree course
http://www.moda.polimi.it
10. Infrastructures and laboratories
Implementation of large laboratories in support of design teaching is part of the experimental tradition of the Design School of the Politecnico di Milano, which adopts an inductive teaching model in which "knowledge" and "know-how" go hand in hand.
Laboratories are dedicated to practical activities which allow the student to verify his project hypotheses and to learn how to use the technical instrumentation necessary for project experimentation, representation and communication.
The laboratories - managed by the Design Department - occupy a space of approx.10,000 m2 on the Milano Bovisa campus and are, together with the vast system of engineering laboratories, the largest centre in the world in support of research in the design field, in terms of dimensions, available equipment and skills system.
The laboratories are supplemented by the Politeca, an integrated documentation system for research in the design field.
For information:
http://www.dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/laboratori/i-laboratori
11. International context
Building an international dimension of theSchoolofDesignhas been considered a priority objective since its inception in 2000.
The reasons behind this are many: from the characteristics of the subject matter of design, which by its very nature is multicultural and multilocal, close to both the world of production, which has now taken on a global dimension, and the sphere of consumption, whose dynamics and trends make themselves visible in the various specific local realities; to the DNA of the design community which has always been international; from the recognition of Milan as the capital of design, crossroads for designers from all over the world who have come here to study or to open a studio, to the desire to make training programmes ever more permeable to impulses from this stimulating context, just as from other foreign dynamics.
Internationalising theSchoolofDesignhas a dual significance: to support external student (as well as researchers, professors and technicians) mobility and, conversely, attract students, researchers and professors and visiting professors from abroad.
Concerning these two internationalisation directions (treated separately, the first in this chapter and the second in that which follows), the School of Design has committed itself in recent years to widen its international relationships and currently cooperates with design universities throughout the world in Erasmus exchange programmes (with 150 European universities), in bilateral exchanges (with 53 universities outside Europe), in joint workshops with other schools, in international internships, etc.
To this must be added those more structured activities aimed at consolidating cooperation relationships with selected universities in teaching and research fields: this is the case of the MEDes_Master of European Design excellence programme (with 6 partner universities), of the international Designing Designers conference and of the many international research projects in progress.
TheSchoolofDesignis a member of Cumulus, a network of European design schools as it is also of the main international design associations. s.
Just as the host city, Milan, a true international design laboratory, the School of Design of the Politecnico aims to be a meeting point for different cultures, for teaching, industry and professions in which professors, industrialists and famous designers from all over the world actively participate in the students' educational process.
12. Internationalization
International Exchange
TheSchoolofDesigntakes part in international student exchange programs offering students the opportunity of undertaking a period of their studies with a partner university abroad. The list of the School’s partner universities can be found at Studesk 3 and6, inthe Politecnico website nad in the International Area of theSchoolofDesignwebiste.
Erasmus program
The European Community started up the Erasmus program in 1987 enabling European university students to undertake a period of study, legally acknowledged by their own university, of up to two semesters at a university in another country within theUnion.
Students participating in the program could be entitled to an economic grant (depending on the yearly Call for Mobility) and free enrolment at the host university. In this way students can attend courses and take exams in the partner universities and have the exams acknowledged by the university in their own country.
Bilateral exchanges
TheSchoolof Design has also activated bilateral agreements with universities outside the EU. These are mainly for Laurea Magistrale students and can also be requested by those who have already spent a period abroad under the Erasmus program during their three year first level degree course.
The participation format in these exchanges is the same as for the Erasmus program except that there is no economic grant envisaged in these cases.
Bilateral agreements enable students to undertake a period of study abroad at a partner university without paying an enrolment fee, however a contribution to the expense of administrating exchange students is due in some cases(e.g. Orientation fee)
Double degrees
TheSchoolofDesignstarted two double degree programmes:
-POLITONG with theTongjiUniversityinShanghai(China) for the Laurea Magistrale in Product Service System Design
-POLITSINGHUA with theTsinghuaUniversityinBeijing(China) for the Laurea Magistrale in Interior Design.
These programmes allow students to get a double degree after a mobility of two semester.
Thesis abroad
Students in the 2nd year of Laurea Magistrale program may request to develop a part of their thesis abroad. This can be done in the following ways:
through the Erasmus program and/or Bilateral exchange outside Europe including specific courses in the Study Plan, agreed on with your supervisor, that are useful to the development of your thesis or with a co-supervisor from the partner university depending on availability, who co-ordinates with your supervisor at theSchoolofDesign;
-with co-supervision from the other university, organised autonomously and without joining an exchange program. In this case the student must communicate his/her intentions in advance to the Relé office of theSchoolof Design, which will formalise the procedure.
In-course Internship/job placement
The in-course internship envisaged for the 2nd year of the Laurea Magistrale may be carried out abroad by:
- applying to the R.A.P service (Company and Professions relations for Industrial Design
- joining the Erasmus/extra UE programmes, if available in the partner schools, or by activating a collaboration with professional practices, or through attending courses (design studio based) or workshop as per the same amount of hours.
Information on exchange programmes, double degree projects and international internships, European research and international relations projects are available at
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4703
13. Quantitative data
14. Further information
For any other information the students are invited to visit the School website, in particular the teaching regulations of the academic rules.
For more information see the website of the degree course
http://www.moda.polimi.it