School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering
Degree Programme of:
Architecture and Urban Design
Laurea Magistrale (Equivalent To Master Of Science)
Milano Campus
1. General Information
(¹) The degree course offers some tracks in Italian and others in English.
School School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering Code Reference Law 1217 Name Architecture and Urban Design Reference Law Ordinamento 270/04 Class of degree LM-4 - Architecture and Architectural engineering Degree level Laurea Magistrale (Equivalent To Master Of Science) First year of activation 2008/2009 Official length of the programme 2 Years of the programme already activated 1,2 Official language(s) (¹) Italian/English Campus Milano Dean of the School Ilaria Pamela Simonetta Valente Coordinator of the Study programme Francesca Bonfante Website of the School http://www.auic.polimi.it Website of the Study programme
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Student Office (Study programme) - Milano Leonardo
Reference office
UFFICIO SERVIZI AGLI STUDENTI E DOCENTI DEI CORSI DI STUDIO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE Address Via Ampère 2, 20133 Milano
Central Student Office - Milano Leonardo
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2. General presentation of the study programme
The Study Programme aims to train the professional figure of architect, able to critically combine the contributions of the Italian design, theoretical, humanistic and artistic tradition with changes and contamination of cultures of home living, the shapes and spaces of the contemporary city, the settlement phenomena of emerging countries, constructive innovation and environmental sustainability.
The training must adequately answer to the growing complexity of problems and new professional responsibilities required by the European and international sector.
The graduate student is required to set up and manage projects in order to realize them through the specific tools of architecture and urban design, with a good knowledge of feasibility of the work designed, and coordinating other specialists and operators in the fields of architecture, engineering, urban planning and restoration.
In line with European Union directives, the programme promotes a cultured and conscious architect profile, able to combine knowledge with knowing how to do, and therefore able to provide project design synthesis at different levels through the help of a wide range of knowledge and skills.
3. Learning objectives
The laurea magistrale graduate students are required to design, through the tools of architecture and with the knowledge of tools related to constructive feasibility and the work designed, the construction procedures, changes and modification of the physical environment, with full knowledge of distribution, functional, structural, technical-constructive, managerial, economic and environmental aspects, with a critical attention to cultural changes and needs expressed by contemporary society. They set up and manage projects of works, coordinating, if necessary, other specialists and operators in the fields of architecture, engineering, urban planning and architectural restoration.
The Study Programme aims to train a laurea magistrale graduate student profile that corresponds to the accredited architect that is critically able to combine the contributions of humanistic and artistic culture with those of technical-scientific culture. The training answers to the growing complexity of problems, new duties and professional responsibilities required by the European and international sector. In line with European Union directives, the programme promotes a cultured and conscious architect profile, able to combine knowledge with knowing how to do, and therefore able to provide project design synthesis at different levels through the help of a wide range of knowledge and skills.
The programme objectives are:
-the ability to use knowledge to understand the phenomena and face the complex problems of architecture, city and territory;
-knowledge of disciplines that characterize their theoretical, scientific and methodological-operational aspects, in particular of Architectural Design and Composition, Construction Techniques and Technology of Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape and Restoration.
- the ability to use this knowledge to identify, provide and solve, also in an innovative way, problems at different levels of intervention;
-the awareness of professional ethics.
4. Organization of the study programme and further studies
4.1 Structure of the study programme and Qualifications
The training programme is characterized by the central experience of the architectural project and its theoretical and operational aspects. At the centre of the work of description and interpretation of reality is the concrete material culture of artefacts and places, with reference to specific contemporary settlements; at the same time, project work is assessed in relation to the changes of needs and resources, in close dialogue with the historic values of contexts.
This study career provides a strong commitment of the student in the experience of design laboratories, that are activated in both first and second year of the programme.
Therefore, this Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) aims to study in detail the architecture design in the following areas of interest that have in common the central aspects of project and the intervention on physical environment:
-architectural and urban design;
-landscape and urban project;
-project for conservation of architectural and landscape heritage.
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 master degree in Architecture enables the graduate to operate as European Architect as well as being employed with high responsibilities by public or private institutions and bodies working on city and urban planning, construction and trasformation (institutions, public or private bodies and firms). A qualifying examination is required in order to obtain the enrolement in the professional register.
Graduate students from Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica in Architecture can carry out all activities as European architect professionals, furthermore, s/he can find positions of high responsibility in institutions and public and private bodies (institutional bodies, institutions and public and private companies, professional studies and design and promotional companies), operating in the fields of construction, transformation and restoration of the city and territory. An enrolment/qualifying examination is required for professional recognition. The degree allows to access the 2nd Level Master Programme and Ph.D. Programme.
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5.2 Careers options and profiles
The laurea magistrale graduate student in Architecture and Urban Design can be enrolled in Professional Registries as an Architect. Enrolment in Professional Registries is subject to pass the State Examination. The laurea magistrale graduate student in Architecture can carry out design activities in the fields of architecture, according to Presidential Decree 328/01.
Graduate students from Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica in Architecture and Urban Design can carry out all activities as architect professionals, furthermore, s/he can find positions of high responsibility in institutions and public and private bodies (institutional bodies, institutions and public and private companies, professional studies and design and promotional companies), operating in the fields of construction, transformation and restoration of the city and territory.
Surveys of University Assessment Commission
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Architect
profile in a work context: High qualified designer architect that is critically able to combine the contributions of humanistic and artistic culture with those of technical-scientific culture. This professional profile is able to face responsibly the problems that real situations can present on different topics and at different levels: urban design, from city to territory, to landscape, to cultural heritage. Of these complex relations it is able to prepare, think and realize the architecture project in the following areas of interest that have in common the central aspects of project and the intervention on physical environment: -architectural project at different levels; -project of urban, urban planning and landscape design; -project of conservation of architectural and landscape heritage.
skills of this function: Specific skills: - use knowledge to describe and understand the settlement situations and face the complex problems of architecture, city and territory; - use the knowledge to identify, provide and solve, also in an innovative way, problems at different levels of intervention; - combine, in the transformation project, territorial coherence and environmental sustainability; - design in complex and problematic contexts that require non-standardized and usual solutions, but instead look for innovative solutions; - recognize, protect and enhance the historical contexts, the landscape and cultural heritage.
Job opportunities: The laurea magistrale graduate student in Architecture can be enrolled in Professional Registries as an Architect. Enrolment in Professional Registries is subject to pass the State Examination. The laurea magistrale graduate student in Architecture can carry out design activities in the fields of architecture, according to Presidential Decree 328/01. Graduate students from Laurea Magistrale in Architecture can carry out all activities as architect professionals, furthermore, s/he can find positions of high responsibility in institutions and public and private bodies (institutional bodies, institutions and public and private companies, professional studies and design and promotional companies), operating in the fields of construction, transformation and restoration of the city and territory.
6. Enrolment
6.1 Access requirements
- a diploma of the class of degree L-17 (or of the class 4 former Ministerial Decree 509/1999) without curricular integrations or degree obtained abroad, recognized as valid;
- fulfilled the indispensable training activities shown in the table and relating to the degree in Architectural Science L-17, considered a mandatory educational requirement, in accordance with EEC Directive 85/384 and its recommendations;
- having passed the entrance test required for enrolling for a degree programme and/or single-cycle Laurea Magistrale, explicitly finalised for “architect training”, as regulated at national level.
General information relating to admission and enrolment is available on the Guidance and Counselling Office site
http://www.polinternational.polimi.it/
The Admission Regulations to Laurea Magistrale Programmes of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering are available on
6.2 Requested knowledge
Curricular requirements are the degree qualification obtained and the skills and knowledge that the student has acquired during the previous educational career, expressed as credits referring to specific scientific and disciplinary sectors.
For admission to Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programmes, an appropriate and certified level of English language is required, as decided by the University.
In order to be admitted to the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme in Architecture - Building Architecture, students must pass the selection test, consisting of a comparative assessment which takes into account their previous career (on the basis of documentation submitted by the applicant at the time of pre-enrolment) and other significant training or adequately documented professional experiences.
More detailed information is provided in Chapter 15 of these regulations.
The educational offer at the Politecnico di Milano
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The Laurea Magistrale Programme in Architecture and Urban Design, for the academic year 2018/2019, has 440 places of which 82 reserved to non-EU students and from "Marco Polo” programme.
How to become a student at Politecnico di Milano
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The School organizes in First and Second Semester Orientation and tutoring activities for students. The dates of the scheduled meetings will be shown on the School's Web site.
Polinternational
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7. Contents of the study Program
7.1 Programme requirements
Applicants are accepted after a selection. The knowledge of English at level B2 is required for matriculation. As specified in the didactic regulations, 120 credits are required to obtain the first level degree. More specifically: 88 credits are devoted to characteristic activities (Architectural composition, Technological Plants for Buildings, Technological culture of architecture, Restoration, History of architecture, Urban design, Structural Design and Mechanics, Economical Evaluation of Projects, social, economics and juridical sciences); 20 credits are devoted to integrative and elective activities; 12 credits are reserved for professional practice and final work.
The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) provides to obtain 120 ECTS, as specified for each PSPA in the educational rules. In particular, for specialised courses (Architectural and urban design, Historical disciplines for architecture, Structural analysis and design of architecture, Estimation disciplines for architecture and urban planning, Urban and regional planning, Representation of architecture and environment, Theories and techniques for architectural restoration, Physical-technical and installation disciplines for architecture, Technology disciplines for architecture and building production, Economic, social, legal disciplines for architecture and urban planning) a minimum number of 52 ects are provided; for similar activities, a minimum number of 12 ects are provided; for internship and finale test, 16 ects are provided.
7.2 Mode of study
The Course requires a full time involvement and includes: - Courses, including lectures and practicing; - Multi-disciplinary Design Laboratories, with compulsory attendance; Workshops.
Organization of training activities, attendance and assessment procedures.
Training activities are organized in Single Subject and Integrated Course Programmes and Laboratories. Each one has a number of credits as shown in the Degree Programme of the Study Programme.
- Single Subject Courses can provide procedures of in-course evaluations and end with an exam.
- The Integrated Courses can provide in-course tests and they are organized according to modules provided by different professors that are part of a single examination commission. Each Integrated Course has a single exam for the student.
- There are laboratories coordinated by professors responsible for the integrated modules in the laboratory. The Laboratory attendance is compulsory for at least 70% of the whole number of hours. Attendance is verified by all professors responsible of the laboratory, based on criteria according to their training organization. Laboratory activities end with an examination carried out by the Commission made by all responsible professors.
The University has decided that a university educational credit (Ects) corresponds to 25 hours of student work, including front-of-class teaching activities and the individual study activity.
Types of training
The types of training provided, in order to ensure the cultural and professional education of students, consist of lectures, exercises, laboratory activities (computer, experimental and design activities), seminars, study visits, internship activities.
In some cases, the didactic offer foresees innovative learning modules.
Elective courses can be selected within a wide and articulated didactic offer, enhanced by the elective courses held within different Study Programmes of the School.
Teaching activities include also checking of learning, Tutoring and Orientation activities.
7.3 Detailed learning objectives
In its general setting and articulation, the Study Programme provides advanced training in architectural design and urban design, with a detailed study, during the first year, of theories, techniques and tools acquired in the first cycle of study, and in the second year, a detailed study of different topics in view of the final graduation work.
The training career of the Study Programme is characterized by the central experience of the project in its theoretical and operational aspects and is divided into multidisciplinary laboratories, mono-disciplinary and integrated courses, optional courses. The first year includes: an architectural design laboratory, which integrates the disciplines of design and structural and seismic engineering; a restoration workshop that integrates the disciplines of restoration and representation; a laboratory of urban planning; a construction and sustainability laboratory of the project, which integrates the technological and installation disciplines. In addition to laboratories, there are three courses on the themes of history of contemporary architecture, contemporary architectural theories and construction technique. There is also a wide range of courses and workshops aimed at providing advanced digital skills (digi skills).
The second year provides different thematic and final laboratories, intended as different integration of disciplines, with the aim to study in detail specific topics in view of the final graduation work. The areas of interest, with in common the centrality of the project and the intervention on the physical environment, are: architectural and urban planning design, urban planning and landscape design, conservation project of architectural and landscape heritage. In addition to laboratories, there are two courses: one in the economic evaluation of projects, the other one in the economic, social, legal and architectural fields. The training ends in the second year with optional courses and the internship.
The Laurea Magistrale study programme consists of two Study Plans previously approved: the first one in Italian language, Architecture and Urban Design; and the other one in English, Architecture and Urban Design.
Single professors can, thanks to some shared cultural objectives, provide coordinated teaching activities.
1 Year courses - Track: AUD - ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 053001 B,C ICAR/14 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THEORY 1 4.0 [1.0]
4.0
(Grp. Opz.)053002 B,C ICAR/14 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THEORY 1 4.0 [1.0051510 B ICAR/18 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 1 6.0 6.0
(Grp. Opz.)051707 B ICAR/18 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 1 6.0 051595 B ICAR/09 STRUCTURAL DESIGN 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)051708 B ICAR/09 STRUCTURAL DESIGN 1 4.0 051596 B ICAR/09 STRUCTURAL DESIGN 2 4.0 051520 B ICAR/12
ING-IND/11CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN STUDIO 1 10.0 10.0 051513 B ICAR/20
ICAR/21URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 1 8.0 8.0 051612 B,C ICAR/08
ICAR/09
ICAR/14ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO 2 14.0 14.0 051524 B ICAR/17
ICAR/19ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION STUDIO 2 10.0 10.0 052303 -- -- PARAMETRIC DESIGN BIM ORIENTED THROUGH ARCHICAD+ GRASSHOPPER 2 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)052302 -- -- PARAMETRIC DESIGN BIM ORIENTED THROUGH GRASSHOPPER+ RHINO 2 4.0 052301 -- -- PARAMETRIC DESIGN BIM ORIENTED THROUGH: REVIT+ DYNAMO 2 4.0 053598 -- -- PARAMETRIC DESIGN BIM ORIENTED THROUGH: REVIT+ DYNAMO 2 4.0 [4.02 Year courses - Track: AUD - ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 099923 B IUS/10 PLANNING LEGISLATION 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)053004 B SECS-P/06 URBAN ECONOMICS 1 4.0 053066 B SPS/10 URBAN SOCIOLOGY 1 4.0 053007 B ICAR/22 ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PROJECTS 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)053008 B ICAR/22 ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PROJECTS 1 4.0 053009 B,C ICAR/12
ICAR/14
ICAR/15
ICAR/19
ICAR/21THEMATIC STUDIO 1, 2 14.0 [1.014.0 053088 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/16FINAL STUDIO M (a) 1 14.0 14.0
(Grp. Opz.)053071 B,C ICAR/09
ICAR/14FINAL STUDIO A 2 14.0 053072 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/21FINAL STUDIO B 2 14.0 053073 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/21FINAL STUDIO C 2 14.0 053074 B,C ICAR/12
ICAR/21
MED/42FINAL STUDIO D 2 14.0 [2.0(a) The course is exclusively for students enrolled in March 20171 Year courses - Track: ADU - ARCHITETTURA E DISEGNO URBANO
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 051492 B ICAR/18 STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA CONTEMPORANEA 1 6.0 6.0
(Grp. Opz.)051704 B ICAR/18 STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA CONTEMPORANEA 1 6.0 051592 B ICAR/09 TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)051705 B ICAR/09 TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI 1 4.0 051593 B ICAR/09 TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI 2 4.0 052965 B,C ICAR/14 TEORIA DELLA PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA CONTEMPORANEA 1 4.0 [1.04.0
(Grp. Opz.)052966 B,C ICAR/14 TEORIA DELLA PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA CONTEMPORANEA 1 4.0 [1.0051498 B ICAR/12
ING-IND/11LABORATORIO DI COSTRUIBILITA' E SOSTENIBILITA' DEL PROGETTO 1 10.0 10.0 051495 B ICAR/20
ICAR/21LABORATORIO DI URBANISTICA 1 8.0 8.0 051610 B,C ICAR/08
ICAR/09
ICAR/14LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA 2 14.0 14.0 051502 B ICAR/06
ICAR/17
ICAR/19LABORATORIO DI RESTAURO 2 10.0 10.0 052300 -- -- MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA BIM ORIENTED IN AMBIENTE ARCHICAD+ GRASSHOPPER 2 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)052299 -- -- MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA BIM ORIENTED IN AMBIENTE GRASSHOPPER+ RHINO 2 4.0 051855 -- -- MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA BIM ORIENTED IN AMBIENTE: REVIT + DYNAMO 2 4.0 053596 -- -- MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA BIM ORIENTED IN AMBIENTE: REVIT + DYNAMO 2 4.0 [4.0053597 -- -- MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA BIM ORIENTED IN AMBIENTE: REVIT + DYNAMO 2 4.0 [4.02 Year courses - Track: ADU - ARCHITETTURA E DISEGNO URBANO
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 052969 B IUS/10 DIRITTO DELLA RIGENERAZIONE URBANA 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)052968 B SECS-P/06 ECONOMIA E POLITICHE REGIONALI E URBANE 1 4.0 052967 B SPS/10 SOCIOLOGIA URBANA 1 4.0 052970 B ICAR/22 VALUTAZIONE ECONOMICA DEI PROGETTI 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)052971 B ICAR/22 VALUTAZIONE ECONOMICA DEI PROGETTI 1 4.0 052972 B,C ICAR/12
ICAR/14LABORATORIO TEMATICO 1, 2 14.0 [1.014.0 053087 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/20
ICAR/21LABORATORIO FINALE M (a) 1 14.0 14.0
(Grp. Opz.)052983 B,C ICAR/08
ICAR/09
ICAR/14LABORATORIO FINALE A 2 14.0 052984 B,C ICAR/14
ING-IND/09LABORATORIO FINALE B 2 14.0 052985 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/21LABORATORIO FINALE C 2 14.0 (a) The course is exclusively for students enrolled in March 20172 Year courses - Track: *** - offerta comune
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 052611 B ICAR/10 ADATTABILITA' E RIGENERAZIONE DEGLI EDIFICI 1 6.0 8.0 051726 C L-ANT/10 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES 1 4.0 099543 C MAT/07 ARCHEOASTRONOMIA 1 4.0 053308 -- L-OR/02 ARCHEOLOGIA E ARCHEOMETRIA 1 4.0 098578 B ICAR/19 ARCHITETTURA PER IL PATRIMONIO COSTRUITO 1 4.0 092101 C MED/42 ARCHITETTURA SOCIALE 1 4.0 091560 C ICAR/02 CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY 1 4.0 053355 B ICAR/12 CI SOLAR DECATHLON 1 8.0 [4.0081626 B ICAR/09 COSTRUZIONI IN CEMENTO ARMATO 1 4.0 099902 B ICAR/06 DATE PROCESSING 1 4.0 097626 B ICAR/11 DESIGN OPTIONEERING 1 6.0 098671 B ICAR/17 DESIGN TO FABRICATION 1 4.0 053136 B IUS/10 DIRITTO URBANISTICO E DELL'AMBIENTE 1 4.0 053122 B SECS-P/06 ECONOMIA E POLITICHE REGIONALE E URBANE 1 4.0 099540 C ING-IND/22 DURABILITA' E CONSERVAZIONE DEI MATERIALI DELL'ARCHITETTURA 1 4.0 053313 C ICAR/02 EREDITÀ NUCLEARI E SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE 1 4.0 [4.0054412 C ICAR/15 EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND LANDSCAPE POLITICS AND PROJECTS 2 4.0 053315 C M-FIL/04 FONDAMENTI DI ESTETICA 1 4.0 081632 B ICAR/17 FOTOGRAFIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA 1 4.0 095062 B ICAR/20 IC URBAN ETHNOGRAPHY 1 8.0 050447 C MED/42 IGIENE E SOSTENIBILITA' DELL'AMBIENTE COSTRUITO 1 4.0 053307 B ICAR/17 INFORMED ARCHITECTURE 1 4.0 [4.0053716 B IUS/10 LEGISLAZIONE SUGLI APPALTI PUBBLICI 1 4.0 051710 C ING-IND/22 MATERIALI PER L'ARCHITETTURA 1 4.0 053312 -- M-FIL/02 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 4.0 091557 C ICAR/16 PROGETTAZIONE DI GRANDI MOSTRE E MUSEALIZZAZIONI 1 4.0 087217 B ICAR/12 PROGETTAZIONE TECNOLOGICA ASSISTITA 1 4.0 084361 B ICAR/21 PROGETTAZIONE URBANISTICA DI STRUTTURE COMMERCIALI 1 4.0 099529 C ICAR/16 PROGETTO DEL PRODOTTO D'ARREDO 1 4.0 091558 C ICAR/16 SCENOGRAFIA E SPAZI DELLA RAPPRESENTAZIONE 1 4.0 051829 C SPS/07 SOCIOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY CITIES 1 4.0 099541 C ING-IND/22 SOSTENIBILITA' AMBIENTALE E LCA DEI MATERIALI DELLE COSTRUZIONI 1 4.0 050448 B ICAR/18 STORIA DEL GIARDINO E DEL PAESAGGIO 1 4.0 071207 B ICAR/19 TEORIE E STORIA DEL RESTAURO * 1 4.0 053219 B ICAR/09 STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN 1 6.0 053592 B ICAR/18 THE NEW TRENDS OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN CHINA, BETWEEN CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 1 4.0 053306 C ING-IND/22 TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR BUILDINGS 1 4.0 093342 C ICAR/05 TRASPORTI, MOBILITÀ E SOSTENIBILITÀ 1 4.0 053310 B ICAR/18 URBAN HISTORY 1 4.0 083739 B ING-IND/11 ACUSTICA AMBIENTALE 2 4.0 099899 C MAT/07 APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR ARCHITECTURE 2 4.0 099900 B,C ICAR/14 ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN IN CHINA 2 4.0 074650 B ICAR/08
ICAR/09COSTRUZIONI IN ZONA SISMICA 2 4.0 053424 -- -- WORKSHOP (a) -- 1 4.0 050547 -- L-ART/04 CRITICA D'ARTE E DI ARCHITETTURA 2 4.0 097783 B ICAR/12 DESIGN OF ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING SYSTEM 2 4.0 083360 B ICAR/17 DISEGNO CAD PARAMETRICO 3D 2 4.0 053474 B,C ICAR/14 ECO-CITY EUROPE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS KEY TO SUSTAINABILITY 2 4.0 053311 C M-FIL/04 EPISTEMOLOGIA 2 4.0 053123 C M-FIL/04 ESTETICA DELL'ARCHITETTURA 2 4.0 099544 C M-GGR/02 GEOGRAFIA POLITICA URBANA 2 4.0 089364 B ICAR/17 GEOMETRICAL COMPLEMENTS OF GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION 2 4.0 051831 B ICAR/18 IBRIDAZIONI E CONTAMINAZIONI TRA L'ARCHITETTURA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA 2 4.0 099959 B,C ICAR/14 IC ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO (b) 2 8.0 094946 B,C ICAR/14 IC ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORKSHOP 2 8.0 054046 B,C ICAR/14 IC ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORKSHOP 2 8.0 053717 B ICAR/21 IC ADVANCED URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP 2 8.0 050425 C ICAR/16 ITALIAN DOMESTIC INTERIORS 2 4.0 099538 B ICAR/19 PATOLOGIE E DIAGNOSI DEGLI EDIFICI STORICI 2 4.0 050426 B ICAR/17 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARCHITECTURE 2 4.0 083958 B ICAR/12 PROGETTAZIONE COSTRUZIONE GESTIONE DELLE INFRASTRUTTURE SPORTIVE 2 4.0 053314 C ICAR/15 PROGETTAZIONE DEL PAESAGGIO E DEGLI SPAZI PUBBLICI 2 4.0 083891 B ING-IND/11 PROGETTI DI ILLUMINOTECNICA 2 4.0 099548 C SPS/07 SOCIOLOGIA 2 4.0 053309 C SPS/09 SOCIOLOGY OF URBAN SPACE 2 4.0 053417 B ICAR/06 SPATIAL ANALYSIS 2 4.0 099924 C ICAR/16 SPAZIO INTERNO E ARREDO 2 4.0 051653 C L-ART/03 STORIA DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA 2 4.0 083744 B ICAR/17 STRUMENTI DI RAPPRESENTAZIONE INNOVATIVA DEL PROGETTO 2 4.0 093043 C ICAR/16 TEORIE E STORIA DEGLI INTERNI 2 4.0 094952 B ICAR/08 TIMBER, MEMBRANE AND GLASS STRUCTURES 2 4.0 053424 -- -- WORKSHOP (c) -- 2 4.0 053127 -- -- FINAL WORK -- 1 10.0 [2.010.0 053127 -- -- FINAL WORK -- 2 10.0 [2.0086367 -- -- INTERNSHIP -- 1 6.0 6.0 086367 -- -- INTERNSHIP -- 2 6.0 096724 B,C ICAR/14 MIAW 1 4.0 4.0
(Grp. Opz.)(d)096725 B,C ICAR/14 MIAW 1 4.0 096726 B,C ICAR/14 MIAW 1 4.0 096727 B,C ICAR/14 MIAW 1 4.0 050769 B,C ICAR/14 MIAW F 1 4.0 053424 -- -- WORKSHOP -- 1 4.0 (a) Educational credits from elective courses. A list of the workshops accredited by the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering is available in the dedicated section of the School's website and updated several times during the year: http://www.auic.polimi.it/didattica/workshops/ For the Architecture and Urban Design Programme, recognition of a maximum of 4 ECTS earned from participation in workshops is permitted.
(b) Closed number subject
(c) Educational credits from elective courses. A list of the workshops accredited by the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering is available in the dedicated section of the School's website and updated several times during the year: http://www.auic.polimi.it/didattica/workshops/ For the Architecture and Urban Design Programme, recognition of a maximum of 4 ECTS earned from participation in workshops is permitted.
(d) The Miaw activity replaces 4 cfu of free choice activities. During the completion of the study plan, the student will be able to choose among the various international professors expressing their section preferences and will be allocated meritocratically based on the weighted average of the exams taken (summer session). Students who are not admitted will be automatically inserted a generic workshop code which may be adjusted during the period of the six-monthly modification of the study plan.7.4 Foreign language
For admission to the Laurea Magistrale Study Programme, an appropriate level of English language is required, decided by the University.
Knowledge of English is a pre-requisite for admission and enrolment.
Language courses
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=51727.5 Degree examination
The study programme is focused on the commitment of students in design laboratories. The LM graduation work consists of a dissertation about architectural design at different levels, developed and properly prepared during the laboratories of second year of the training programme.
The project must be presented by appropriate means for graphic works and a written report with critical reflection about the design experiences made during the studies. The supervisors are the professors responsible of laboratories where the project has been chosen by the student for graduation work.
The graduation work can also be a theoretical-critical work on disciplinary topics consistent with the didactic subjects of the Study Programmes, developed under the guidance of a professor as supervisor.
For procedures, contents and minimum requirements in order to prepare the final graduation work, the students must refer to the regulations for laurea magistrale graduation work of the AUIC School and of the Study Programme:
http://www.auic.polimi.it/en/educational-offer/bachelor-and-master-graduation-exams/
Information concerning general rules and regulations, session calendars, registration and consignment of theses is available at
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=5153
8. Academic calendar
The deadline calendar for submission of the Study Plan, Exam Sessions and Degree Exam Sessions is available on the University website.
http://www.polimi.it/en/programmes/calendar-lessons-exams/academic-calendar/
Please periodically consult the notices published on the School's Web site:
Academic calendar
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=5134
9. Faculty
The professors' names of the Study Programme and what they teach will be made available on the degree programme from September onwards.
The Degree Programme is published each year on Politecnico di Milano's website.
10. Infrastructures and laboratories
Didactic support Facilities
Sistema Archivistico e Bibliotecario di Ateneo
For more information on the following facilities, please check http://www.auic.polimi.it/didattica/laboratori-didattici :
Laboratorio MOA - Modellistica Architettonica
SuperLab
Laboratorio di Simulazione Urbana
Archivio Piero Bottoni
Laboratorio interdipartimentale di ricerca sui tessuti e i materiali polimerici
Laboratorio per la diagnostica e il monitoraggio e il monitoraggio strutturale
CECH (Climate and Energy for Cultural Heritage)
UrbNetLab
11. International context
The Laurea Magistrale Programme in Architecture and Urban Design supports and promotes collaborations and comparisons with didactic experiences of other Architecture Schools at the international level.
There are many international agreements for exchange students and professors, as well as for the realization of joint workshops and projects.
12. Internationalization
Students that can be admitted to Erasmus programme or to Non-EU Bilateral Exchange
Methods
Within the framework of international exchange programmes (EU and non-EU), the student may spend a period of study abroad, which usually lasts one semester, according to the following:
- during the 1st year of LM;
- during the 2nd year of LM but only in the 1st semester;
- Students that carry out the graduation work with two examiners (the LM supervisor of the laboratory selected by the student as graduation Laboratory, and the other one of the foreign exchange university), with the agreement of the professors concerned, it is possible to carry out the mobility period in the 2nd semester.
The academic calendars of partner schools are not always the same to the one of the Study Programme. The student is then required to be acknowledged of that, in order to submit a conscious application, assessing any possible overlaps.
Selected students must agree, with the Mobility Promoter, on a Study Plan, equivalent to the courses of the foreign university where they will go, up to a maximum of 80 Ects.
Foreign students enrolled in LM programmes, participating in an international mobility programme, will be able to acquire a maximum of 40 ects.
The student will be able to repeat the experience of studying abroad, but only with different exchange programmes than the one realized, up to a maximum of 90 Ects (L+LM). The tutor professor and promoter of the exchange project proceeds to recognition of credits and related equivalences of Courses and Laboratories passed abroad by the student with a positive score.
In the framework of exchange programmes, it will not be possible to request the validation of Italian courses concerning Italian legislation.
In the case a student selected for a period of study abroad is forced to renounce to this opportunity, s/he must provide to submit his/her renunciation.
Life Learning Programme (LLP) / Erasmus - Student mobility for study
The LLP Programme, promoted by the European Union, allows European students enrolled in European universities that are part of a partnership network, to attend Study Programmes at foreign universities, with the agreement of recognition of courses and passed exams. This programme aims to offer European students the opportunity to study and live abroad, entering the daily life of the host Country, understanding their customs and traditions.
The LLP programme allows students to make a confrontation not only with different cultures, but also with different traditions, teaching and design methods.
The universities where students can take a period of Erasmus exchange are those provided by institutional agreements that the School has implemented with each partner university. In the LLP call about destinations, Mobility Promoters are shown, professors that created the exchange and responsible for coordinating the exchange activities between our University and the foreign university.
On the other side, the "Coordinator" professor is the one to whom the student must refer in order to define his study curriculum for the period abroad.
The exchange is finalized with acceptance by the student of the university assigned to him and the confirmation of acceptance by the partner university, after checking the profile and the student forms submitted within the deadlines provided.
The participation to exchange programmes is allowed to:
- Citizens of a Member State of the European Union or of another Country participating to the programme;
- Citizens of other Countries enrolled at the University.
Life Learning Programme (LLP) / Erasmus - Student mobility for internships
The Erasmus Sectoral Programme allows students of institutes of higher education holding an "EUC extended" to access internships in enterprises, training and research centres (with the exclusion of European institutions or organizations working on European programmes) present in one of the countries participating in the Programme.
The student, that can receive an ad hoc community contribution for the internship period, has the opportunity to acquire specific skills and a better understanding of the socio-economic culture of the host Country, through the support of preparation or update courses in the host country's language (or working language), with the aim to foster the mobility of young workers throughout Europe.
Before leaving, each student must have a Training Agreement signed by the recipient, by his/her Higher Education Institute and the host organization.
The training period must be covered by a contract (Placement Contract) signed by the recipient and by the higher education institute or consortium of departure.
For students with disabilities, specific contributions are provided.
In addition, students heading to one of those Countries whose language is less studied and taught will be able to take part in the EILC (Erasmus Intensive Language Courses), which will be offered for the upcoming Erasmus mobility period.
PARTNER UNIVERSITY, COUNTRY AND PROMOTER
The School promotes international agreements with many European countries (Austria, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, France, Poland, etc.) and non-European (Brazil, Australia, Chile, China, Japan, etc.).
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=5115
13. Quantitative data
The University Education Observatory and the University Evaluation Nucleus, with the support of faculty educational observers, carry out periodic analyses of the overall results and qualitative standards on study programmes monitoring educational activities and the ability of graduates to find work. Reports and studies are available on Politecnico di Milano's website.
14. Further information
TECHNICAL ANNEX TO THE EDUCATIONAL RULES
15.1 Admission to the Programme – Students with Italian Degrees
15.1.1 Programme Requirements and Specifications
15.1.2 Procedures for Submission of Admission Applications for AUIC School Candidates
15.1.2.1 Programme and Previously Approved Study Plan Options
15.1.2.2 Establishment of the Ranking List for the Programme/Previously Approved Study Plan
15.1.3 Assessment Parameters
15.1.3.1 Graduate Students from the Politecnico di Milano Automatically Entitled to Admission
15.1.3.2 Students Admitted with Assessment of Merit
15.1.4 Documents Required for Students Automatically Entitled to Admission to the Programme
15.1.5 Documents Required for Students Admitted with Assessment of Merit
15.1.5.1 Students of the Politecnico di Milano
15.1.5.2 Students from Other Universities
15.1.5.3 Students who have Submitted an Admission Application during Previous Sessions
15.1.6 Results and Publication of the Ranking List of Students Admitted
15.1.7 Curricular Integrations
15.1.8 Examination Validation
15.2 Admission to the Programme - Students with a Foreign Degree
15.3 Transfers and Changes
15.4 Deadlines for First-Year Enrolment Administrative Procedures
15.5 Study Plan
15.5.1 Deadlines for Annual Study Plan Submission
15.5.2 Half-year Change of Study Plan
15.5.3 Additional Payment
15.5.4 Attendance
15.5.4.1 Studios
15.5.4.2 Digi Skills
15.5.5 Courses as Extra
15.6 Allocations
15.6.1 Studios
15.6.2 Single-subject and Integrated Courses
15.6.3 Course Priorities
15.7 Elective Activities
15.7.1 Elective Courses
15.7.2 MIAW
15.7.2.1 Modalità di frequenza e registrazione del MIAW
15.7.3 Workshop
15.8 Traineeship
15.9 Examinations
15.9.1 Procedures
15.9.2 Self-certification of Examinations Taken
15.10 Final Test
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15.1 Admission to the Programme - Students with Italian Degrees
All candidates for admission to Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programmes at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering are required to submit an application for career assessment using the specific function available on the University website, in the Online Services section (www.polimi.it/servizionline).
15.1.1 Programme Requirements and Specifications
The requirements are those previously described in paragraph 6.1 of the Educational Rules.
General University information on admission and enrolment PROCEDURES is available on the University website:
http://www.poliorientami.polimi.it/
15.1.2 Procedures for Submission of Admission Applications for AUIC School Candidates
15.1.2.1 Programme and Previously Approved Study Plan Options
Starting from the 2017/18 academic year, candidates submitting an application for assessment must choose their Programme (CdS) together with their Previously Approved Study Plan (PSPA) options where required.
The University rules establish a maximum of three options for application for admission to Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programmes. It is therefore possible to indicate up to three Programme preferences.
For each Programme, it is possible to specify the available Previously Approved Study Plans in order of preference.
For AUIC School Programmes, the various Previously Approved Study Plan options within the same Programme are only counted once towards the maximum of three preferences that may be expressed.
Example:
- Programme B: (non-AUIC programme)
- Programme A: (AUIC programme) ITA Track
- Programme A: (AUIC programme) ENG Track
- Programme C: (AUIC programme) X Track
- Programme C: (AUIC programme) Y Track
5 Programme-Previously Approved Study Plan options entered / 3 Programme preferences counted
Students may, within the established deadline, change/overwrite their choices up until the time the application is processed for assessment by the Commission.
15.1.2.2 Establishment of the Ranking List for the Programme/Previously Approved Study Plan
For each Programme, students may indicate their Previously Approved Study Plan choices in order of preference (differentiated by Italian or English language, campus or curriculum). For the admission ranking list, only the first Previously Approved Study Plan choice indicated is taken into account.
PSPA (track) allocation (CdS LM-4)
If the student is not admittted to the PSPA (track) expressed as first choice because of unavailability of places, he/she will be considered for the second choice, with regard to the position in the ranking and to the places available.
Merit based ranking
At the end of the evaluation sessions, a merit based ranking will be published, in order to the determine the number of admitted students in relation to the places available.
In order to guarantee the foreseen number of places, a student that has been positively evaluated for admission (green check) might not be able to enroll. Enrolment will be enabled to students who appear in the merit based ranking as “admitted to enrolment”.
The ranking reporting the indication of the admitted students will be published at the end of the evaluation session at the page: www.auic.polimi.it
15.1.3 Assessment Parameters
15.1.3.1 Graduate Students from the Politecnico di Milano Automatically Entitled to Admission
The following are automatically entitled to admission to their first-choice Programme and precede all other candidates in the ranking list:
students who have gained a Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science), in accordance with the admission requirements, from the Politecnico di Milano and who:
- graduated within 4 years of their initial enrolment;
- have a fulfilled N/V parameter* by 10th October of the second calendar year after their initial enrolment;
- hold certification of English language learning by the established deadline.
The Previously Approved Study Plan allocation is determined using the ranking list calculated based on the weighted average achieved by the final deadline for submission of the assessment application.
For Architecture and Urban Design Programmes, the N and V parameters are as follows:
- Students enrolled since the A.Y. 2003/04 and the A.Y. 2009/10: N/V 100/25
- Students enrolled since the A.Y. 2010/11 and the A.Y. 2016/17: N/V 100/27
- Students enrolled since the A.Y. 2017/18: N/V 104/27
Admission to Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programmes of category LM-4 is not permitted for graduate students in categories L-21 and L-23 (with the exception of graduate students in Architecture and Building Production from the Politecnico di Milano, admitted with educational debits), even with a fulfilled N/V parameter, or from other non-compliant degree categories.
*The N and V parameters (number of ECTS and weighted average) required can be found in the student’s Study Plan. These may vary depending on the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme applied for.
15.1.3.2 Students Admitted with Assessment of Merit
Students not automatically entitled to admission, external students and students transferred from another Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme are subject to assessment of merit.
This assessment is performed by the relevant Programme, which may award up to 150 points:
- up to 110 points = assessment of the educational curriculum (weighted average of examination scores on a basis of at least 145 credits earned). The average of the examination scores recorded in the Plan at the time of assessment will be considered valid;
- up to 20 points = assessment of a portfolio of work including text and iconographic material, which will be assessed according to the criteria of content originality and coherence, formal quality, discursive and graphic ability and linguistic expression;
- up to10 points = assessment of experiences of traineeship or extra-curricular work fully documented, certified by the company, relevant and significant to the training of an architect and not used to validate required credits during the previous career.The starting/end date of each internship experience/extracurricular activity must be specified;
- up to10 points = assessment of other qualifications (certified) in research or extra-curricular training thoroughly documented, relevant and significant to the training of an architect and not used to validate required credits during the previous career.
Students required to submit a portfolio are eligible for admission with a minimum score of 100. At each deadline date, the top ranked students are accepted according to the planned number of admissions for that semester. Should there be eligible students with equal scores, their precedence in the ranking will take into account their weighted average until all available places have been filled.
15.1.4 Documents Required for Students Automatically Entitled to Admission
All students automatically entitled to admission must submit an admission application. Assessment is based solely on the educational curriculum (Study Plan) for identification of any examination or attendance validation requirements.
No documents should be attached to the career assessment application.
15.1.5 Documents Required for Students Admitted with Assessment of Merit
15.1.5.1 Students of the Politecnico di Milano
- Admitted with assessment of merit
- Curriculum Vitae, European format
- Portfolio
- Professional and training activities
15.1.5.2 Students from Other Universities
- Admitted with assessment of merit
- Self-certification of the degree held (graduate students only)
- Self-certification of examinations passed for at least 145 credits. Other certifications of any university degrees held: Masters, PhDs, and Postgraduate Schools
The documentation may be self-certified in accordance with the statutory provisions governing Substitute Declarations (Dichiarazioni sostitutive). It must contain the exact titles of the examinations taken, the Disciplinary Scientific Sectors, the number of credits per scientific sector, the score and the examination recording date. The applicant must sign the documents, otherwise they are not legally binding and cannot be accepted by the Selection Committee.
- Curriculum Vitae, European format
- Portfolio
- Professional and training activities
The guidelines for submission of portfolios and substitute declarations of certification are published on the AUIC School website:
http://www.auic.polimi.it/studenti/ammissione-ai-corsi-l-e-lm/
15.1.5.3 Students who have Submitted an Admission Application during Previous Sessions
Students wishing to confirm the score obtained by a portfolio submitted during previous semesters are not required to re-enter the previously-assessed portfolio but simply to indicate in the "student's notes”:
“I confirm the portfolio assessment previously obtained during semester … of the academic year ……”
Students who have already applied for admission in previous application windows, and wish to integrate their portfolio, should upload the portfolio used for previous applications/s, adding a section dedicated to integrations. In the notes of the application, it should be specified:
“Integration to the portfolio already evaluated for application to the academic year ……, ….semester.”
The application wil not be considered, should the student not specify one or the other indication in the notes of the application.
15.1.6 Results and Publication of the Ranking List of Students Admitted
In accordance with the above points, on completion of the assessment, a merit ranking list will be created in order to establish the students admitted in relation to the planned number set for that semester.
With regard to the points above, at the end of the evaluation sessions, a merit based ranking will be published, in order to the determine the number of admitted students in relation to the places available.
In order to guarantee the foreseen number of places, a student that has been positively evaluated for admission (green check) might not be able to enroll. Enrolment will be enabled to students who appear in the merit based ranking as “admitted to enrolment”.
The ranking reporting the indication of the admitted students will be published at the end of the evaluation session at the page: www.auic.polimi.it
It is not possible to re-assign places in the ranking, in case not all admitted students proceed with enrollment. Vacant places will be added to those foreseen for the second semester.
Admitted students should proceed with enrolment following the modalities and deadlines set by the the University. Appeals to enroll after the deadline will not be accepted.
15.1.7 Curricular Integrations.
If the outcome of the evaluation corresponds to “positively evaluated with curricular integrations”, admission of the candidate is subordinated to completing the credits related to curricular integrations (to be achieved within the academic year in which the application has been made), assigned by the evaluating Committee. The candidate must therefore complete extra credits before being able to enroll in the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme.
The candidate must register to the single courses that have been assigned (“single courses to achieve curricular integrations”) through the online services, in the same section where the he/she has consulted the outcome of the evaluation.
After completing the integrations, the candidate should insert a new request for admission, for the semester or the academic year following the first application, within the deadlines set by the academic calendar. If the candidate does not make a new application, it will not be possible to be admitted and proceed with enrolment.
The specific admission procedures are described at http://www.poliorientami.polimi.it/
15.1.8 Examination Validation
Following enrolment on one of the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programmes, examinations taken during the previous career (not used as required credits) may be assessed and recognised as validation or attendance validation, if compatible with the course catalogue of the Laurea Magistrale Programme enrolled upon.
Validations will be indicated in the career assessment and automatically uploaded to the Study Plan.
15.2 Admission to the Programme - Students with Foreign Degrees
Students with foreign degrees should follow the pre-enrolment procedure described on the Polinternational website (http://www.polinternational.polimi.it/), observing the established deadlines. By following this procedure, students can apply for merit scholarships and obtain further information on organising their stay in Italy during the post-admission phase.
15.3 Transfers and Changes
Requests for transfers and changes are subject to submission of an application in accordance with these Rules, and applicants must meet the same requirements and observe the same deadlines established for submission of assessment and enrolment applications, as described in the above paragraphs.
No transfers or changes are possible during Semester Two.
15.4 Deadlines for First-Year Enrolment Administrative Procedures
The calendar reporting the deadlines for study plan presentation, exam sessions and degree sessions is published on the University’s website:http://www.polimi.it/calendario-accademico/
It is recommended to consult the notices published periodically on the School’s website:
15.5 Study Plan
Students are required, under their own responsibility, to submit their individual Study Plan.
The Plan is taken by the School as a supporting document for all intents and purposes. Its compilation also attests to the compliance of the choices made by the student with the rules specified by law and the provisions of the Programme Rules.
The Study Plan for the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme in Architecture and Urban Design consists of 120 ECTS, to be included in the Plan as required credits, subdivided as follows:
- single-subject or integrated courses
- studios
- elective activities
- traineeship
- final test
The minimum number of credits for which students may enrol each year is 30 (15 for entry in March). Simultaneous enrolment on courses for a maximum of 80 credits per year is permitted.
In the first year of the study programme, Digi Skills are offered in both semesters, in order to be attended by students who access in the first semester as well as by students who access in the second semester.
In the second year, thematic laboratories and thesis are foreseen in the first as well as in the second semester, in order to allow students enrolled in February to attend laboratories in the correct sequence and elaborate the thesis in their final semester.
Plan alteration requests will not be accepted. Submission of the Study Plan is definitive and must be performed within the deadlines and according to the procedures established by the School.
15.5.1 Deadlines for Annual Study Plan Submission
Study Plan submission is performed through Online Services (www.polimi.it/servizionline > Customized Services > Career Data > Study Plan Submission), exclusively during the specific periods established by the academic calendar: http://www.polimi.it/calendario-accademico/
15.5.2 Half-year Change of Study Plan
According to the deadlines published in the academic calendarit will be possible to change the Study Plan submitted during the academic year in progress.
Half-year change of Study Plan is optional. Students not wishing to make any alterations do not need to change the Study Plan.
It is possible to change only courses included in the current academic year. It is not possible to add or deselect first-semester courses. Students must deselect the second-semester courses they wish to change.
It will therefore be possible to add or remove, within the second semester only, optional and compulsory courses not subject to allocation of merit, final test and traineeship.
15.5.3 Additional Payment
Through resolution of the Board of Governors, an additional payment of 100.00 euros is applicable for failure to submit the Study Plan within the deadlines established by the academic calendar.
The payment will be required with the second instalment.
15.5.4 Attendance
Once entered in the Study Plan, courses remain in the following years as attendance achieved. During compilation of the Study Plan for the following year, it will be possible to remove the attendance achieved and re-enter the courses as new attendance.
Final test and traineeship: attendance does not expire, and these are entered in the career one time only.
15.5.4.1 Studios
Attendance of at least 70% of the Studio hours is compulsory. The attendance achieved does not expire but the examination must be taken within the three sessions of the academic year following the one in which attendance takes place. Should this time expire, the Studio must be entirely re-attended.
Students are due to register to and attend Digi Skills activity according to the deadlines set by the School.
Digi Skills activities are worth 4 credits and will be validated only if the student has attended 70%of the lessons and has passed the examinations foreseen by the professor.
15.5.5 Courses as Extra
It is possible to add courses/educational activities to the Study Plan as extras. These courses will not count towards the overall credits required for admission to the final test and will not be used in calculation of the score average.
It is possible to change the status of a course from required to extra, and vice versa, during the annual Study Plan submission period.
For all regulations, reference should be made to the specific University guide.
15.6 Allocations
15.6.1 Studios
Upon submission of the Study Plan, students must choose a number of Studio options equal to the number of sections available.
Students will be placed according to merit, taking into account the parameters indicated in the following table:
First Year
Graduation score
Second Year
Order by decreasing values of the parameter G
n
G=Σ Vi •Ci
i=l
where Vi is the score obtained in the i-th examination, Ci is the number of credits corresponding to the i-th examination and n is the number of examinations taken.
The score 30/30 cum laude will be calculated as equal to 33/30.
To avoid students being penalised due to any delays in examination enrolment or validation, the parameter G will be calculated based on the career followed during the summer session.
For all students returning from Erasmus, it will not be possible to take the scores into account unless previously validated on the Plan prior to allocation.
Any admitted students who, for whatever reason, delay enrolment beyond the established deadlines will be automatically placed in the available sections.
Students are not permitted to attend studios or courses not included in the Plan. Under no circumstances may assessments relating to activities not included in the Study Plan, or not attended in accordance with the section allocations, be recognised or validated.
15.6.2 Single-subject and Integrated Courses
In sections in which there are elective courses or various sections of the same single-subject or integrated course, students must express their preferences as set out by the online system and will be allocated places according to merit in accordance with the criteria indicated in the above point. Courses may have a maximum of 120 regular students enrolled
15.6.3 Course Priorities
The University, upon resolution of the Academic Senate, has established the following priority types:
Suggested priority
Does not establish any formal restriction. Aims to provide students with useful information on the sequence of courses but does not affect the composition of the Study Plan or examination recording.
Study Plan composition priority
Establishes a restriction which must be observed when choosing courses upon submission of the Study Plan. It is not possible for course ‘B’ to be included in the Study Plan if course ‘A’ (even if not passed) has not been included. This does not affect examination recording.
Examination recording priority
Establishes a restriction which must be observed both during Study Plan compilation and during 'positive' examination recording (passing of the course). It is not possible for ‘B’ to be recorded if ‘A’ has not been recorded.
For the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme in Architecture and Urban Design, the course progression established by the Degree Programme Study must be observed.
15.7 Elective Activities
In the second year of their educational path, students are required to include optional courses designed to further explore and complete the specific topics of the individual curricula. The course catalogue of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering offers numerous courses termed ‘optional’ which serve to complete the elective course ECTS.
As an alternative, the School recognises workshops and the option of participating, in the second year of enrolment, in the intensive international programme: MIAW-Milan International Architecture Workshop.
15.7.1 Optional Courses
When completing their study plan, students may include a number of optional courses depending on the catalogue contained in the Degree Programme.
The list of courses offered and their relative schedules may be consulted in the Degree Programme.
Optional courses do not require any allocation. If the number of students should exceed 120, an additional section will be activated and the students will be distributed alphabetically or allocated according to merit, with case-by-case assessment.
15.7.2 MIAW
For students enrolled on the three-year Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) Programme in Architectural Design and the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) in Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors, Architecture and Urban Design or Construction Architecture, the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering offers an intensive international project: MIAW - Milan International Architecture Workshop.
This activity offers an international design forum for teachers and students but is also an informal platform for discussing the issues and ambitions for sharing that education involves.
15.7.2.1 MIAW Attendance and Registration
During compilation of their study plan, students may choose from various international professors, expressing their section preferences, and will be allocated according to merit based on the weighted average of exams taken.
Students not admitted will be automatically assigned a generic workshop code (see workshop specifications), which may be altered during the half-year change period of the study plan.
MIAW will take place from 14/01/2019 to 26/01/2019 in the Milan Campus.
For the 2018/19 academic year, the following places are available:
- a maximum of 90 students enrolled on the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science)
- a maximum of 30 students enrolled on the Laurea triennale (three-year Bachelor of Science)
- a maximum of 30 Erasmus students
In the event that the anticipated number is not reached, any available places may be assigned.
The MIAW involves a final assessment: on completion of the lectures, students must register for a dedicated exam date in order for the score to be recorded in their academic career.
Credits recorded in this way will substitute 4 ECTS relating to the student’s optional activities.
After allocation, the course may not be deleted from the study plan or replaced with another course, although it may be transferred to the following academic year as extra.
Students enrolled on the first year of the programme may only bring the MIAW activity forward if they have entered all the first-year courses.
15.7.3 Workshops
There are two types of workshop activities:
- Workshops eligible as optional activities for a maximum of 4 ECTS or as activities as extra;
- “Traineeship Workshops”, eligible as traineeship activities (6 ECTS).
In relation to degree sessions, workshops can be accredited only if they end at least a month before graduation day
Laurea Magistrale students cannot request the accreditation of a workshop attended while being enrolled in a Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) programme; if the workshop has been carried out as an “excess course” during the Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) programme, it cannot be validated within the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme.
Educational credits may only be recognised if authorised in advance by the School Board.
A list of the workshops accredited by the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering is available in the dedicated section of the School’s website:
http://www.auic.polimi.it/en/educational-offer/workshops/
In order to participate in workshops, students must follow the instructions indicated on the individual information sheets and refer to the reference professors indicated by the professor responsible.
Students who have attended or who intend to attend a workshop must adhere to the following procedures:
- students enrolled from the 2016/17 academic year onwards
must compulsorily enter the Workshops line when compiling their study plan.
After obtaining allocation of credits, they must submit the appropriate application form (which may be downloaded from the School’s website under Students/Forms: http://www.auic.polimi.it/en/students/forms/) to the Office of the Programme on which they are enrolled, attaching a copy of their participation certificate.
- students enrolled in academic years prior to 2016/17
may enter the Workshops line or, alternatively, an optional course when compiling their study plan. Students may replace the optional course with the attendance of a Workshop. In this case, alteration of the line in the plan will be performed by the appropriate offices during recording of credits (students intending to attend a Workshop are advised to include the Workshops line, available in the list of optional courses, in their study plan).
After obtaining the credit allocation certificate, they must submit the appropriate application form (which may be downloaded from the School’s website http://www.auic.polimi.it/en/students/forms/ ) to the Office of the Programme on which they are enrolled, attaching a copy of their participation certificate.
15.8 Traineeship
The School cooperates with professional associations, public administrations, local authorities and companies to organise external traineeship activities in order to ensure that students have the opportunity to earn the credits required by the educational system.
In addition, students may carry out a Practical Activity (traineeship) within the Departments of the Politecnico di Milano.
For the workshops, that can be validate as equivalent to internship activities (6 ECTS credits), please check the previous point.
The rules on traineeship duration will be established by the Programmes, in accordance with the directives of the School. All further information is available at the Traineeship Office of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering and in the dedicated section of the School’s Website http://www.auic.polimi.it/studenti/tirocini-curriculari-obbligatori/
The University also organises Erasmus scholarships for traineeships abroad. For further information: http://www.polimi.it/it/studenti/esperienze-allestero/
15.9 Examinations
15.9.1 Procedures
The uniformity of procedures for checking of learning across all sections of the same course and planning of these procedures is ensured through appropriate forms of coordination, in line with the directives of the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme.
At the start of the academic year, each Professor will communicate the procedures for checking of learning, the content of the examination and the assessment criteria.
For each course (individual courses or studios) there are three exam sessions. Each exam session involves one or more exam session date as established by the School’s academic calendar, each of which students may use.
Students may only participate in the exam sessions if duly registered online for the examination date. Failure to register makes it absolutely impossible to take the test and record a score in the career.
Graduating students must observe the specific deadlines established by the academic calendar in order to permit completion, within the established deadlines, of the procedures for registration for the degree exam session.
15.9.2 Self-certification of Examinations Taken
If, upon submission of the Study Plan, an examination already taken (and whose score is therefore known) is not yet recorded in the career, the student may self-certify passing of the said examination.
It is not permitted to self-certify a course whose examination has not yet been taken at the time of compilation of the Study Plan.
Any false declaration prevents registration for the exam sessions of the self-certified course.
15.10 Final Test
The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programme in Architecture and Urban Design concludes with a Final Test involving presentation and discussion of the graduation work.
For all information on the Final Test, reference should be made to the specific Rules published on the School’s website:
http://www.auic.polimi.it/didattica/esami-di-laurea-e-laurea-magistrale/
Only the original in Italian is valid.
Only the original in Italian is valid.