School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering
Degree Programme of:
Architectural Design
Laurea (Equivalent To Bachelor Of Science)
Mantova, Milano, Piacenza 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 1094 Name Architectural Design Reference Law Ordinamento 270/04 Class of degree L-17 - Architecture Degree level Laurea (Equivalent To Bachelor Of Science) First year of activation 2008/2009 Official length of the programme 3 Years of the programme already activated 1,2,3 Official language(s) (¹) Italian/English Campus Mantova, Milano, Piacenza Dean of the School Andrea Campioli Coordinator of the Study programme Luigi Mario Lorenzo Spinelli Website of the School http://www.auic.polimi.it Website of the Study programme
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Central Student Office - Mantova
Address P.ZZA D'ARCO, 3 (MN)
Central Student Office - Piacenza
Address VIA G. B. SCALABRINI, 76 (PC)
Central Student Office - Milano Leonardo
Address VIA C. GOLGI, 42 (MI)
2. General presentation of the study programme
The aim of the Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) Programme in Architectural Design is to create a basic education on the architecture knowledge in its historical, formal, aesthetic, functional, constructive, technological and representative aspects. The architectural project is related to different areas and applications: the city, thelandscape, thebuilding, thebuiltenvironment, the interiors.
The Laurea Programme has the objective to create a professional skill able to deal appropriately with the growing complexity of the problems related to architectural design and to the new tasks and responsibilities required by the professional world. The graduate student, through a good and critical preparation together with defined technical skills, is able to carry out professional activities specified by law.
The sequence of courses and laboratories is aimed to pursue the objectives of the Laurea Programme.
Graduate students in Architectural Design will have the educational credits that constitute the prerequisite to access the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programmes with the aim to train architects and construction engineers/architects, in accordance with Directive 85/384/EEC.
Graduate students in Architectural Design will also have access to Specializing Masters of I level. The educational activities of the Laurea Programme take place in Milan, Piacenza and Mantova campuses.
In Milan campus, there is a track completely given in English language. From the a.a. 2020-2021, also in Piacenza Campus there is a track completely given in English language.
3. Learning objectives
The Laurea Programme in Architectural Design aims to train graduate students with the basic knowledge and operational tools needed to develop the architectural project at different levels, with careful attention to the conditions given by the complexity of the processes of transformation of the built environment.
The educational career provides an in-depth study of a wide range of scientific, humanistic and artistic disciplines, that can be considered as the knowledge and skills required today to the architect to properly face the challenges of the world of work, also at an international level. The studies related to the disciplines of the history of architecture and art, rendering and mathematics, sociology, urban planning, architectural composition, architectural technology, technical physics, statics and construction science, restoration, and economic evaluation are particularly important. All of them, at the same level, contribute to develop critical skills and the right knowledge of the techniques for design elaboration.
The experience of the project during the educational career has a central role and is based on a strong synergy between multidisciplinary laboratories and courses: laboratories provide the methodological and operational skills needed to create, represent and develop an architectural design with its constructive implications; the courses provide that set of knowledge needed and useful in the project experience. Laboratories and programmes are combined with seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions and study travel in which students will come into contact with the most important professional research environments both in Italy and abroad.
As completion of this career, the internship which is a fundamental moment of contact with the world of work and the professional activity, the business or public administration, depending on the inclination and attitude of the student.
At the end of the educational career, the graduate student in Architecture Design will know properly the basic rules of: the principles, methods and techniques of architectural and urban design; the history of architecture; tools and forms of representation, mathematics and basic sciences; principles of structures and systems calculation; aspects concerning the realization processes, technical and economic feasibility of the architecture works. The educational career includes, in its ending phase, thematic orientations related to issues and important scales to which the architecture design ratio is applied: the city, the construction and built heritage, to the interior space, the environment and landscape, the territory.
At the end of the educational career, the graduate student in Architectural Design can:
- suggest suitable and consistent solutions to the problem dealt, with cultural awareness and technical competence;
- show a critical skill on contexts in a spatial, social and economic level, related to the quantity and quality aspects;
- contextualize the project properly with respect to different scales of intervention, anticipating the impact that the proposed changes can cause on spatial and social systems and discussing the objectives and reasons of the project choices at different levels;
- communicate the results of the analysis and design activities, with appropriate tools, even innovative ones, for experts and non-expert counterparts, having acquired rhetorical and communication skills that allow him to discuss the reasons of his project choices in a clear and proper way.
Starting from the knowledge acquired, the graduate student will be able to autonomously broaden and update his knowledge and the technical skills acquired, with particular reference to the most innovative fields.
4. Organization of the study programme and further studies
4.1 Structure of the study programme and Qualifications
4.2 Further Studies
The qualification grants access to "Laurea Magistrale" (2nd degree), "Corso di Specializzazione di primo livello" (1st level Specialization Course) and "Master Universitario di primo livello" (1st level University Master)
Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science)
The graduate student in Architectural Design can access the Laurea Magistrale Programme available at Politecnico di Milano or other Universities, in fields of particular interest, with regulated access by the structure providing the Study Programme. In particular, the graduate student in Architectural Design will have the educational credits that constitute the prerequisite to access the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programmes in Architecture with the aim to train architects and construction engineers/architects, with
a graduation recognized among the EU Member States in accordance with Directive 85/384/EEC. The Politecnico di Milano offers the following Laurea Magistrale programmes in Architecture aimed to train the architect and the building engineer-architect: Architettura, Ambiente Costruito, Interni/Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors; Architettura e Disegno Urbano/Architecture and Urban Design; Architetturadelle Costruzioni/Construction Architecture; Architectural Design and History; Sustainable architecture and landscape design. At Politecnico di Milano, the graduate student in Architectural Design can also access without any curricular integration to Laurea Magistrale programmes in Building and Architectural Engineering in Management of Built Environment, in Landscape Architecture. Land Landscape Heritage and in Urban Planning and Policy Design.Specializing Masters of 1st Level
The graduate student in Architectural Design can access the Specializing Master of 1st level available at Politecnico di Milano or other Universities, in fields of particular interest, with regulated access by the structure providing the Master.
Post-graduate Training Courses
The graduate student in Architecture design can access the Post-graduate Training Courses available at Politecnico di Milano or other Universities, in fields of particular interest, with regulated access by the structure providing the course.
5. Professional opportunities and work market
5.1 Professional status of the degree
Graduates in Architectural Design are qualified to work in private and public bodies, professional studios and design firms in the following activities: working on design activities and managing building work including public work; direct and instrumental surveying; design and management of work relating to simple building and maintenance work and renovation of buildings.
After passing State Exams, graduates in Architectural Design can register on the following professional registers: architects, town planners, landscape designers and conservationists, Section B, Architecture Sector, with the title of Junior Architect.Further information about State Professional Examination and professions regulated by the Association of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Curators can be found on the University website.
5.2 Careers options and profiles
Task of the graduate student in Architectural Design is to contribute to the design activity in the fields of architecture carrying out the duties of the Presidential Decree 328/01. The specific skills are related to design activities in different areas and with different scales of application.
The job opportunities for the activities of the graduate student are institutions and public and private bodies in the field of construction and transformation of city and territory; institutional bodies, public and private companies, professional firms, design companies.
The graduate student in Architectural Design is a professional profile able to work effectively to the development of architectural projects at different scales, from definition of the project objectives to verification of technical feasibility of the solutions. In a multidisciplinary design team, this profile can deal with definition and analysis of problems, extensively and completely, which provide many environmental transformation actions of the built environment according to different scales of settlement contexts and comparing consciously with the complex framework of resources and restrictions that determine the design process.
In particular, skills of this function are:
- set up design processes through a critical ability on spatial, social and economic aspects of the intervention contexts;
- ability to prepare, through techniques and proper tools, specific context analysis, such as: description and survey of physical environment and buildings, analysis of needs and opportunities, setting of a limitation framework (technical, regulatory, environmental aspects), necessary for preparation of the project;
- research skills and critical analysis of formal, technical, functional options to solve specific design problems at different scales;
- ability to communicate effectively through the use of appropriate tools, analysis and project proposals to parties with different levels of proficiency and specialization;
- ability to explain and communicate clearly and properly their choices about the design process.
Further information about the work market and the relation between university studies and job opportunities can be found in the employment surveys carried out by the University Assessment Commission, in collaboration with the Career Service, and published on the University website.
Surveys of University Assessment Commission
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=41475.3 Qualification profile
Junior architect
Profile in a work context
The graduate student in Architectural Design, after having passed the State Professional Examination, can be registered in the Professional Registry of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Curators, in Section B, architecture section, with the title of Junior architect.
Skills of this function
Specific skills:
- set up design processes through a critical ability on spatial, social and economic aspects of the intervention contexts;
- ability to prepare, through techniques and proper tools, specific context analysis, such as: description and survey of physical environment and buildings, analysis of needs and opportunities, setting of a limitation framework (technical, regulatory, environmental aspects), necessary for preparation of the project;
- research skills and critical analysis of formal, technical, functional options to solve specific design problems at different scales;
- ability to communicate effectively through the use of appropriate tools, analysis and project proposals to parties with different levels of proficiency and specialization;
- ability to explain and communicate clearly and properly their choices about the design process.
Job opportunities:
The graduate student in Architectural Design has job opportunities in public and private institutions and bodies, in promotion and design of architecture and engineering companies and in professional firms that work in the field of designing and creating architectural works, including maintenance and redevelopment of the existing built environment.
6. Enrolment
6.1 Access requirements
Italian secondary school leaving qualification or other comparable foreign qualification (level 4 EQF)
In order to be admitted to the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design, it is required to pass and be included in the national ranking list of the Admission test for single cycle Laurea and Laurea Magistrale Programmes, directly for the purpose of Architect's training.
Detailed information related to admission test is available on the University Web site. http://www.poliorientami.polimi.it/come-si-accede/ammissione-ai-corsi-di-laurea-in-progettazione-dellarchitettura-e-ingegneria-edile-architettura/
6.2 Requested knowledge
Good initial preparation and knowledge of the English language are required for the admission.
If the requirements are not satisfied, specific additional educational obligations (OFA) are assigned to the student and some limitation in the prosecution of his study career are applied.
The level of knowledge required and the certifications of knowledge accepted bay the Politecncio di Milano are described in the following point 7.4 Foreign language.
The educational offer at the Politecnico di Milano
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=49556.3 Deadlines for admission and number of places available
Detailed information about deadlines for admission is available on the University Web site.
How to become a student at Politecnico di Milano
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=42886.4 Tutoring and students support
The Laurea Programme organizes orientation and tutoring activities for students.
The guidance meetings organized during the presentation of the study plan will be advertised on the website of the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design.
Polinternational
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4257
7. Contents of the study Program
7.1 Programme requirements
Students graduate on completion of 180 ECTS. ECTS correspond to 25 hours of work overall.
The 180 ECTS encompassed by this Laurea Programme in Architectural Design respect the legal minimums set out for educational activities in L-17 Laurea class Architectural Sciences (law 270/2004) specifically: 44 ECTS for base educational activities (maths for architecture, physical-technical subjects and technology for architecture, history for architecture, architectural and environmental representation subjects); 64 ECTS for professional activities (architectural and urban planning, theories and techniques for architectural renovation, structural analysis and planning for architecture, urban and territorial planning, technological subjects for architecture and building, surveying in architecture and urban planning); 18 ECTS for linked or additional activities. 8 ECTS are also awarded for work experience and the final exam and at least 12 ECTS for activities chosen by students.
International students have the opportunity to attend an Italian language course during their studies, only in case they do not know the language yet.
The University organizes 40-hours Italian language courses: every student will be allocated in the appropriate level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) before the beginning of the lectures.
The courses offered by the Politecnico are held in semesters, with biweekly lessons, in line with the regular academic calendar.
Each student must attend at least 75% of lectures and pass a final test, delivered in 5 sessions throughout the year, in line with the regular academic calendar.
Attending the course and passing the test are prerequisites for enrolling in the graduation session.
Students of Italian nationality from foreign universities or foreign students who already have an Italian certificate of at least "B1" level before graduation are exempt.7.2 Mode of study
The course is full time and includes courses made up of lessons and practice, obligatory laboratories, seminars and visits.
The different teaching typologies provided with the aim to give the necessary cultural and professional training are organized with lectures, exercises, laboratory activities, seminars, study visits and training activities. In some cases the activities are carried out using innovative teaching methods.
The optional couerses can be chosen among a wide and articulated offer, enriched with the optional courses activated in other study programmes of the School.
7.3 Detailed learning objectives
Laurea Programme in Architectural Design provides only one study plan with prior approval for the tracks activated in Milan, Mantova and Piacenza. The objectives and the contents of the teaching activities provided in the track given in English in Milan and Piacenza are aligned with this study plan.
Each course and each laboratory has a number of credits as shown in the degree programme of the Laurea Programme.
The courses have a semestral lenght and can provide procedures of in-course evaluations and the activity ends with a final exam.
The laboratories have a semestral or an annual lenght, and the activities are coordinated by professors responsible for the integrated modules in the Laboratory. The attendance to the activities of the Laboratories is mandatory. Attendance is verified by the professors, based on criteria according to training organization. Laboratory activities end with an examination carried out by the commission made by all responsible professors of the integrated modules.
1 Year courses - Track: MIA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Milano)
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MAT/07CI MATEMATICA 1 8,0 [1,0]
8,0 095957 A ICAR/17 FONDAMENTI DELLA RAPPRESENTAZIONE 1 8,0 8,0 095955 A ICAR/18 STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA 1 1 8,0 8,0 055538 B,C ICAR/12 FONDAMENTI DI TECNOLOGIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA 2 6,0 6,0 095968 B,C ICAR/20
ICAR/21LABORATORIO DI URBANISTICA 2 12,0 12,0 2 Year courses - Track: MIA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Milano)
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ICAR/21URBANISTICA 2 4,0 4,0 3 Year courses - Track: MIA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Milano)
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ICAR/19LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE DELL'ARCHITETTURA DEGLI INTERNI 1 12,0 052925 B,C ICAR/16
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ICAR/15
ICAR/17
ICAR/19
M-FIL/04LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE FINALE 2 12,0 [1,012,0 1 Year courses - Track: MIE - Progettazione dell'architettura (Milano/Inglese)
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ICAR/21LABORATORIO DI URBANISTICA 2 12,0 12,0 2 Year courses - Track: MNA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Mantova)
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ICAR/21URBANISTICA 2 4,0 4,0 095956 B,C ICAR/19 FONDAMENTI DI CONSERVAZIONE DELL'EDILIZIA STORICA 1 4,0 4,0 3 Year courses - Track: MNA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Mantova)
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ICAR/21LABORATORIO DI URBANISTICA 2 12,0 12,0 2 Year courses - Track: PCA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Piacenza)
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 055540 B,C ICAR/08
ICAR/14LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA 2 A 12,0 12,0 097345 B,C ICAR/08 STATICA 1 4,0 4,0 097347 C L-ART/03 STORIA DELL'ARTE 1 4,0 4,0 052921 A,C ING-IND/11 FISICA TECNICA E IMPIANTI 1 8,0 [4,08,0 055914 A ICAR/17 DIGI SKILLS (A) RAPPRESENTAZIONE DELLO SPAZIO IN AMBIENTE DIGITALE 1 4,0 4,0 097358 B,C ICAR/20
ICAR/21URBANISTICA 2 4,0 4,0 097361 A ICAR/18 STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA 2 2 8,0 8,0 097366 B,C ICAR/12 LABORATORIO DI COSTRUZIONE DELL'ARCHITETTURA 2 12,0 12,0 095956 B,C ICAR/19 FONDAMENTI DI CONSERVAZIONE DELL'EDILIZIA STORICA 1 4,0 4,0 3 Year courses - Track: PCA - Progettazione dell'architettura (Piacenza)
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 099386 B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/15LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA 3 1 12,0 12,0 Gruppo di Laboratori 3 ANNO 099494 C ICAR/15
ICAR/16LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE DELL'ARCHITETTURA DEGLI INTERNI 1 12,0 12,0
(Grp. Opz.)053713 B,C ICAR/19
ICAR/21LABORATORIO DI CONSERVAZIONE DELL'EDILIZIA STORICA 1 12,0 [1,0099409 B,C ICAR/08 SCIENZA DELLE COSTRUZIONI 1 8,0 8,0 099483 B ICAR/22 ESTIMO 2 4,0 4,0 053098 B,C ICAR/12
ICAR/15
M-GGR/02LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE FINALE 2 12,0 [1,012,0 050869 C L-ART/03 ARCHITETTURA, ARTE E SPAZIO PUBBLICO 2 4,0 4,0 054480 A,C ICAR/06 TECNICHE DI RILIEVO E MODELLAZIONE 3D PER L'ARCHITETTURA 2 4,0 053444 -- -- WORKSHOP -- 2 4,0 053444 -- -- WORKSHOP -- 1 4,0 1 Year courses - Track: PCE - Progettazione dell'Architettura (Piacenza/Inglese)
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 055544 A,B,C ICAR/14
ICAR/17ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO A 12,0 12,0 053348 A MAT/07
MAT/08IC MATHS 1 8,0 [1,08,0 095988 A ICAR/18 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 1 8,0 8,0 056196 A,C ICAR/06 FUNDAMENTALS OF REPRESENTATION 1 8,0 8,0 055548 B,C ICAR/14 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY 1 6,0 6,0 055545 B,C ICAR/12 ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS 2 6,0 6,0 095990 B,C ICAR/20
ICAR/21URBAN PLANNING STUDIO 2 12,0 12,0 2 Year courses - Track: PCE - Progettazione dell'Architettura (Piacenza/Inglese)
Code Educational activities SSD Course Title Language Sem CFU CFU Group 055547 B,C ICAR/08
ICAR/14ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO 2 A 12,0 12,0 053090 A,C ING-IND/11 BUILDING PHYSICS 1 8,0 [4,08,0 097431 C L-ART/03 HISTORY OF ART 1 4,0 4,0 097430 B,C ICAR/08 STATICS 1 4,0 4,0 056498 A ICAR/17 DIGI SKILLS (A) SPACE REPRESENTATION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT 1 4,0 4,0 095994 B,C ICAR/19 HERITAGE PRESERVATION FUNDAMENTALS 1 4,0 4,0 097435 B,C ICAR/12 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY STUDIO 2 12,0 12,0 097433 B,C ICAR/20
ICAR/21URBAN PLANNING 2 4,0 4,0 097434 A ICAR/18 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2 2 8,0 8,0 7.4 Foreign language
The University provides as prerequisite the knowledge of English language.
Language courses
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=43197.5 Degree examination
The final exam session procedures and the characteristics of the final work are defined in the Additional Regulations of the Final exam of the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design, available with information on general rules, exam session calendar, and registration procedure on the website of the School.
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=4350
8. Academic calendar
Academic calendar
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4381
9. Faculty
The professors' names of the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design and their teaching role will be made available on the Degree Programme from September onwards. The Degree Programme is published each year on University website.
10. Infrastructures and laboratories
The University offers a wide range of educational facilities in the three locations of the Laurea Study Programme in Architecture Design.
Please note in particular:
Milano Campus
LABORA laboratory
A new modeling laboratory (LABORA) will be activated. The rules of use of the new LABORA laboratory will regulate a wide range of equipment for analog and digital processing, in addition to the equipment for virtual reality processing
Saperlab Laboratory
The Saperlab Lab is an educational and research structure that meets the needs of students and professors about being updated and development of techniques, materials and building systems for architecture. A place where digital, physical and paper information about architectural techniques is collected and organized, and experiments on new constructive systems take place. The laboratory performs its activity within a multidisciplinary point of view of the project and construction. Its activities are focused on innovative processes in relation to settlement issues, to the topic of urban and building requalification issues, sustainability of transformation processes, advanced technologies and materials.
Central Architecture Library
The central architecture library is part of the University Library Services. http://www.biblio.polimi.it
The library has about 60.000 Italian and foreign scientific works, mainly dedicated to architecture, art, urban planning, design, interior design, landscape, restoration and museum studies. A special section is dedicated to the works of the city of Milan. All texts used and recommended in the study programme courses of the Schools of Architecture and Design are available. In the reference sector, you can consult the main thematic and general encyclopedias, yearbooks and codes in the field of urban planning and building. About 1000 magazines are also available, including 400 currently with subscription. The main periodicals are available on CD ROM, related to art and architecture, and a wide range of publications focused on the same themes. http://www.biblio.polimi.it/sedi/biblioteche/biblioteca-centrale-di-architettura/
Mantova Campus
Model Laboratory
The model laboratory is a service structure open to all students and dedicated to realization of architectural scale models by the use of manual tools and professional equipment such as milling machines, sanding machines, drills, jig saws and different hand tools. http://www.polo-mantova.polimi.it/vivere-il-campus/laboratorio-modelli/
Library
The library is part of the University Library Services. http://www.biblio.polimi.it
The documentary heritage of the Library currently includes over 12000 single¿subject volumes on history of architecture, urban planning, landscape, science and technology, engineering and restoration, and it is possible to find also the texts suggested in the course bibliographies. A rather large section is dedicated to the Mantova territory. Many single¿subject volumes are in foreign language. Book heritage is also constantly enriched thanks to student and professor suggestions, and the acquisition of the most interesting and recent publications in the architecture field. There are also, available for consultation, 50 magazines on open shelves in the consultation room, room 1 and room 3, and more than 1700 graduation work in Architecture, Architecture Science and Architecture and Building Construction. The library spaces consist of three rooms for consultation and individual study. http://www.polo-mantova.polimi.it/vivere-il-campus/biblioteca/
Piacenza Campus
LAB.MOD-Modeling Lab and FAB-LABLaboratory on technical and practical experimentation about innovative techniques for modeling three-dimensional prototypes e maquette at different design scales.Library
The library is part of the University Library Services. http://www.biblio.polimi.it
The library has the texts used and suggested in programme bibliographies of courses related to the study programmes activated in this campus. The current documentary heritage, still in expansion, includes more than 5000 volumes, with Italian and foreign scientific works on engineering, mathematics, chemistry, economics, transport, logistics, energy systems. Furthermore, it is possible to consult, via computer terminals, the electronic journals of Politecnico and on-line databases. The library spaces are four interconnected rooms for consultation, reading and study. The consultation room has 4 seats. It must be used for individual consultation and is provided of 4 personal computers to access the Online Catalog (OPAC). The study room, with 35 seats, is for students and study groups are allowed. http://www.polo-piacenza.polimi.it/vivere-il-campus/biblioteche/
11. International context
The presence of tracks in English language, held in Milan and Piacenza, and the many visiting professors coming from different countries, holding different professional and academic backgrounds, allow students to be part of an international context, even while being in their own country.
12. Internationalization
The Politecnico di Milano offers the students various opportunities to spend periods studying abroad. The credits (ECTS) acquired, subject to the approval of a Learning Agreement, are recognized as an integral part of the curriculum.
International Mobility for Periods of Study
International mobility may be a short period (a) or a Double Degree (b): a) period of study at partner universities in EU countries (Erasmus) and non-EU countries (bilateral agreements); b) Double Degree projects with EU and non-EU universities.
Aside from these opportunities, international mobility periods of variable lengths and natures are also possible, within international networks where the Politecnico is part of (Alliance4Tech, Athens, Idea League)
Short periods of mobility (a) generally last one term. They are potentially extendable, if allowed by the agreement with the partner university, for a further term, subject to authorization from the School Bodies (the Politecnico Teachers who promote the mobility for the partner university).
During the short period of mobility, it is possible to acquire credits (ECTS) and/or carry out part of the thesis at the partner university. This opportunity for some universities is specified in the call and is coordinated by the proposing professor; where it is not specified, students may nominate a co-supervisor in the partner university, as long as the objectives and content are agreed with the supervisor, who must be a professor of the Politecnico di Milano. The final discussion of the thesis must take place at the Politecnico di Milano.
Students who take part in the Double Degree programme of the Laurea Magistrale, for which they must apply in the third year of the Bachelor, will obtain the Degree title from the Politecnico di Milano as well as from the partner university, after having acquired the 150 to 180 of ECTS credits defined in the agreements between the universities.
Following the dissertation - in the ways agreed with the partner university - students will be awarded with two degrees with two separate markes.
The marks of the exams sat abroad are validated in the ways posted on the AUIC School’s website which involve a weighted score conversion tool.
Students cannot carry out periods of mobility, either short or for a Double Degree, in their countries of origin. Students who carry out a period of international mobility for study abroad during their Laurea may later apply to do so again during their Laurea Magistrale.
The universities available under the specific agreements for each Programme are posted on the Degree Programme (Manifesto degli Studi) (https://www4.ceda.polimi.it/manifesti/manifesti/controller/extra/ScambiInternazionaliPublic.do?evn_default=EVENTO&aa=2019&k_cf=-2&k_corso_la=-2&ac_ins=0&k_indir=***&lang=EN&tipoCorso=ALL_TIPO_CORSO&semestre=ALL_SEMESTRI&c_accordo=-1) and on the International Mobility Agreements Map (https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/map-of-partner-universities-and-mobility-agreements/).
Students are requested to read this information before submitting their application.
International mobility is supported by both the Politecnico and the European Union with the payment of a scholarship, the amount of which varies from year to year.
In order to be able to participate in international mobility programmes, either for short periods or for Double Degrees, students must submit their applications via the call for International Mobility, posted periodically on the Politecnico website and on the AUIC School’s website.
The selected students must agree with the Professor of Politecnico, Promoter of the partner university where they have been assigned, a Learning Agreement, i.e. a Study Plan equivalent to the teachings at the foreign university.
Students must complete at least 120 ECTS credits - out of the 180 required to obtain their Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) degree - at the Politecnico di Milano. The ECTS credits awarded for the Final Exam and for the Internship do not count towards the 120 ECTS credits required.
The Politecnico does not require a minimum number of ECTS credits, though this may depend on the partner university or on administrative restrictions to obtain a visa that may be necessary for non-EU countries.
For students who have not been selected for international mobility but who nonetheless wish to work on their thesis abroad, financial support is available thanks to the “Tesi all’estero” scholarship posted on the Politecnico di Milano website and the AUIC School’s website. https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/tuition-fees-scholarships-and-financial-aid/scholarships-and-graduation-awards-non-dsu/scholarships-tesi-allestero/
"FREE MOVER" mobility
Students who carry out an international mobility by organizing their own study period abroad are defined as "free movers".
This international mobility is not linked to an exchange program organized by Politecnico di Milano.
The freemover mobility must be approved, for the purpose of the recognition of credits and further constraints, by a referent of your course of study and will be recognized only the activities of:
- teaching attendance
- performance of thesis work
For full regulations:
International Mobility for Internship
The Erasmus+ for Traineeship Programme allows students to do an internship (which can replace the obligatory internship, or as an optional internship or post-graduate internship) in Europe of a minimum duration of 2 months thanks to a scholarship funded by the European Commission. https://cm.careerservice.polimi.it/career-program/erasmus-for-traineeship/
For information, students can contact the International Mobility Unit – Via Golgi 42, Milan. For Mantua Campus Students International Mobility Unit, piazza D’Arco 3, 46100 Mantua.
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=4664
13. Quantitative data
The University Assessment Commision performs periodic analysis on the overall results of the teaching activities and the integration of graduates into the work world
14. Further information
Technical Annex to the Educational Rules 2019 - 2020
Table of Contents
1. Admission to the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design
1.1 Admission requirements
1.1.1 Additional Educational Obligations (OFA) for the knowledge of English
1.2 Transfers and changes
2. ECTS credits
2.1 Acquiring ECTS credits
2.2 Registration ECTS credits
3. Study Plan
3.1 Submission of the Study Plan
3.1.1 Half-year change of the Study Plan
3.1.2 Additional payment
3.1.3 “Free” Credits
3.2 Priorities, Limitations for Study Plan
3.3 Courses as extra
3.4 Allocation in Courses and Laboratories
3.5 Attendance to Courses and Laboratories
4. Exam session
4.1 Registration to exams and exam sessions
4.2 Score evaluation
4.3 Self-certification of passed exam
5. Other educational activities
5.1 MIAW educational offer
5.2 Workshops
5.3 Internship
6. Pre-requisite for admission to Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science)
1. Admission to the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design
1.1 Admission requirements
To be admitted to the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design, the requirement is the High school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification, recognized as suitable.
In order to be admitted to the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design, it is required to pass and be included in the national ranking list of the Admission test for single cycle
laurea and Laurea Magistrale Programmes, directly for the purpose of Architect's training, that for the a.y. 2020-2021 will takes place on 3 September 2020.Detailed information related to the admission test is available on the University Web site.
After publication of the admission ranking lists, students can enroll
to the Laurea Programme.It is required to pass and be included in the ranking list of the admission test also to students from study programmes of Laurea Category L-17 Architectural Sciences (of Politecnico di Milano or other University), regardless of the number of University Educational Credits acquired in his/her study
programme, or possession of another Degree.It is also required the repetition of the admission test for students previously enrolled in other Study Programmes, lost or that made renunciation to study.
1.1.1 Limitations related to the presence of English OFA (additional educational obligations)
Students with OFA in English, at the submission of the study plan for subsequent years following the first one, will be able to insert only courses and laboratories necessary to complete the educational offer of the first year.
In order to be able to include in the study plan the educational offer related to the second year, the OFA must be fulfilled within the deadline set by the university for submission of the Study Plan. Students that complete the OFA after that date, and in any case before the deadline set by the university for the half-year change of the Study Plan, will be able to include in the Study Plan only the teachings of the second semester.
1.2 Transfers and changes
Requests for transfer of course (students already enrolled in other courses at the Politecnico di Milano and for students not yet lapsed from disabled study courses) or transfer (students from other universities) with previous career evaluation must be submitted according to the methods and terms set by the University
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The rules relating to the evaluation and recognition of the previous career are defined and published each year by the school
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In compliance with the ministerial programming of access to study courses aimed at training the architect's professional profile, the number of students admitted to enrollment on the 2nd and 3rd year following passage or transfer is limited to 10% of the number of students matriculations for the reference cohort.
Applicants will be admitted to enrollment until all available places have been filled, following the order of presentation and completion of the request for passage or transfer.
2. ECTS credits
2.1 Acquiring ECTS credits
The University Educational Credit (ECTS) represents the amount of learning work, including individual study, which is required to a student with proper skills, to acquire the knowledge and skills that characterize the Laurea Programme.
In the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design, 1 ECTS corresponds to 25 hours of work.
The average quantity of learning work, carried out in one year by a student involved in full-time university studies, is conventionally fixed at 60 ECTS.
The ECTS related to each educational activity are acquired by the student with an exam passed.
The time that must be dedicated to personal study or other individual learning activities cannot be less than 50% of the overall workload.
2.1 Registration ETCS credits
Each year students can choose courses an laboratories for a different number of ECTS than that specified by the Degree Programme according to their needs and their study programmes.
The contribution will be related to the number of credits inserted in the Study Plan.
The minimum number of ECTS a student can enroll on is 30 unless the number of credits needed for the programme completion
are fewer than this.The maximum number of ECTS a student can enroll on is 80, respecting exam priorities.
The credit registration must comply with the sequence among teachings provided by the Degree Programme and the priority rules.
All the activities of the Study Plan (including internship and final exam) are also counted and calculated for the purposes of contribution.
3. Study Plan
3.1. Submission of the Study Plan
The student is required, under its own responsibility, to submit the individual study plan. The Study Plan is taken by the school as supporting document for all purposes. Its completion also certifies the conformity of the choices made by the student with the rules specified by law and provisions of the Regulations.
Students are not allowed to attend laboratories or courses that are not included in the Study Plan. In any case, it is not possible to recognize or validate assessments related to activities not included in the Study Plan or attended differently from what indicated after the allocation in sections.
The study plan submission is definitive and it must be completed on time and in the ways established in the Academic Calendar.
First year
The
new enrolled students will have automatically a Study Plan and will be registered in all courses of the I year.Second year
Students enrolled in the second year will have to submit the Study Plan by the dates provided in the Academic Calendar. Students that do not fulfill this duty will have to submit the Study Plan by request through online services; they will be enrolled in the studios with allocation upon availability.
Third year
Students enrolled in the third year will have to submit the Study Plan by the dates provided in the Academic Calendar. Students that do not fulfill this duty will have to submit the Study Plan by request through online services; they will be enrolled in the studios with allocation upon availability.
3.1.1 Change of the Study Plan
Before the second semester begining, for a beginning provided in the Academic Calendar, it will be possible to change the Study Plan. It will be possible only to change courses provided in the second semester with the following options:
- change optional courses;
- add courses;
- delete courses.
3.1.2 Additional payment
Through resolution of the Board of Governors, the allocation of additional payment of 100,00 Euro is provided for failure in submitting the Study Plan within the deadlines provided in the Academic Calendar. The payment will be required with the second instalment.
3.1.3 “Free” Credits
The exams related to the
2nd semester courses, re-entered to the plan and passed in the February session as the last appeal of the previous academic year, will "release" credits that can be included in the plan in the six-month change.
The six-monthly amendment does not allow the inclusion of laboratories. Therefore, for students who believe they can release credits after taking exams in the January-February session, it is advisable to include the laboratories when presenting the plan in September, postponing the inclusion of courses that is not Possible to enter due to the achievement of the maximum credit threshold.3.2 Priorities, Limitations for the Study Plan
Students enrolled must comply with the sequence of courses provided by the Degree Programme.
In addition to what provided on degree programmes about course progression, the following types of priorities can be applied, under approval of the Academic Senate:
Priority suggested
It does not define any formal restriction. It aims to provide students with useful information about the sequence of courses, but it does not affect the composition of the Study Programme or exam registration
Priority of the Study Plan composition
It defines a restriction that must be respected in the selection of courses when presenting the Study Plan. It is not possible to include in the Study Plan the course b if the course a has not been included (even if not passed). It does not affect the exam registration.
Priority of exam registration
It defines a restriction that must be met at the time of composition of the Study Plan and during the 'positive' exam registration (passed exam). It is not possible to register the exam b if the exam a has not been registered.
For the laurea Programme in Architectural Design, the following suggestions are provided:
- Priority suggested:
the disposition of courses in the Laurea Programme is designed to allow the student to progressively acquire skills and competences. Following this sequence is the condition to get the best preparation, so we strongly recommend to attend the Laboratories after having followed the courses that come before them and provide the basic knowledge to correctly carry out these activities. In particular it is suggested, except the compulsory priorities about the exam registration shown below, to take all the exams of the first year and of the first semester of the second year before beginning to attend the Courses and Laboratories of the third year.
- Priority of the Study Plan composition:
it is possible to add in the Study Plan the Architectural Design Studio 2 only if in the Study Plan is already available and approved the Architectural Design Studio and after approval of attendance.
It is possible to add in the Study Plan the Architectural Design Studio 3 and the Final Design Workshop if in the study plan is already available and approved the Architectural Design Studio 2.
- priority of exam registration:
- the exam related to the course in Statics (2° year, 1 sem.) must be compulsorily registered before the course of Mechanics of materials and structures (3° year, 1 sem.). In formulation of the study plan, students can include simultaneously, upon condition, the courses of Statics and Mechanics of materials and structures, but their registration must comply with the above-mentioned sequence.
The registration of the exams of Architectural Design studio 1 must come before the registration of the exam of Architectural Design studio 2; this last one must come before the registration of Architectural Design studio 3 and the Final design workshop.
3.3 Courses as extra
Students can add in their study plan some courses as extra (for a maximum number of 32 ECTS credits) among those shown in the three-year educational offer of the Schools. These courses must be considered as something more to the compulsory ones that make the 60 ECTS credits of each year of the programme.
The inclusion of courses as extra is subject to compliance with the sequence obligations and the sum of the actual maximum credits, for each annual registration, however, is set at 80 ECTS credits.
The addition of courses given in Laurea Magistrale Programmes of the category (LM-4) as extra courses in the contesxt of the Laurea Programme in Architectural Design shall be regulated as follows:
exclusively for students who have attained 145 ECTS credits (graduating students);
- maximum of 30 ECTS credits are permitted;
- courses subjected to merit-based allocation and studios can not be added;
courses that have already reached the maximum number of students envisaged by the School can not be added; the list of actually available courses will be published by Laurea Magistrale Programmes.
Moreover, the students who have attained 30 ECTS credits of courses as extra shall not be eligible to attain further credits as extra courses after obtaining their degree
We wish to emphasize that as for individual courses, the acquisition of credits through courses as extra is not a preferential qualification for access to Lauree Magistrale Programmes (equivalent to Master of Science).
These courses will not be included in the calculation of credits and will not be counted in the average for the purposes of admission to the final exam and graduation.
3.4 Allocation in Courses and Studios
The allocation of students to different sections of the courses of the first, second and third year and of the Studios of the first year takes place by alphabetical balanced distribution, defined by the offices; allocations, once established, cannot be changed.
Student allocation in sections of the Studios of the second and third year is defined on the basis of merit criteria in order to ensure a distribution of students that streamlines the educational activity.
The student will have to express a number of options equal to the number of available sections.
The placement of students in the studio sections will be based on their position in the ranking list and according to the order of the options expressed.
The student who does not express the options on time, he/she will be placed in the section with less participant students.
The options expressed by students will be ordered with the following criteria: Order by decreasing values of the parameter G calculates as shown below:
Following years
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 exam, Ci is the number of credits corresponding to the i-th exam and n is the number of exam taken.
Cum laude will be calculated as equal to 33/30. The parameter G will be calculated on the career acquired within the summer session.
3.5 Attendance to courses and laboratories
Attendance obligations will be indicated by the Laurea Programmes in line with directives of the School. Such obligations will be communicated to the students by the professors responsible of the courses at the beginning of the programmes. Consistency of attendance rules is guaranteed for all sections of the same course.
Attendance verification is up to the professor responsible of the course based on criteria in line with educational organization and methods to certify the attendance will be communicated to students at the beginning of the programme.
The attendance at the studios is compulsory and will be met if it is indicatively at least 70% of the total number of hours.
The attendance will expire for the students who do not pass the exam in the last session of the a.y.
4. Exam session
4.1. 3.6 Registration to exams and exam sessions
Students can sit exam sessions only if they enrolled at least 5 days before the date planned for the exam.
Once the 5 days are over, students can still register to the exam until the day the exam will take place, but the registration can be confirmed only if the professor accepts it.
The failure in enrolment involves the absolute impossibility to take the exam and register it in the career.
For each course (Courses and Studios) there are three exam sessions that will be held on:
- January/February, June/July, August/September for courses and half-year studios of the 1st semester;
- June/July, August/September, January/February for courses and half-year studios of the 2nd semester;
- in June/July, August/September, January/February for annual studios.
There are at least two exam dates in each session, both can be used by students.
4.2 Score evaluation
It is guaranteed, through appropriate forms of coordination, the homogeneity of checking procedures of learning among all sections of the same course, in line with the directives of the Laurea Programme.
The main related directives are the following:
- professors can plan in-course tests. They can be seen as an evaluation or as a contribution to the final evaluation. Such evaluations will be made known on the Web site and communicated to the students by the professors responsible of the courses at the beginning of the activities;
- the in-course tests of studios, which require compulsory attendance, will be considered as additional contribution to the final evaluation and will consist of an evaluation of the progress in project activity.
Students, who have not obtained the attendance, will not be admitted to the exam sessions and must attend again the Studio.
Based on the evaluation tests, the exams of the students can be:
- passed, with assignment of a score;
- postponed, to a later evaluation;
- to sit again, if they have not fulfilled the obligations of the course or passed the exam within the third exam session; the course attendance is not valid and the student must attend again the course.
The exam registration can be done via web, and it is specified that:
- the student has the right to see his marked examination scripts, within the time and in the ways established and properly advertised by the professor;
- through the registration via web, the student will receive via email (on the university email assigned during enrollment) the notification of score publication. The student has the opportunity, before registration, to not accept the positive score, through a communication via email to the professor of his/her decision, and then get a postponement to the following exam sessions;
- the score renunciation must be clear and must be made on time and in the ways stated and communicated by the professor in the score notification via email;
- without a clear score renunciation, the professor registers the score assigned to the student.
4.3 Self-certification of passed exam
In case that, when submitting the Study Plan, an exam already taken (of which therefore the score is known) is not yet registered in career, the student can self-certify the exam.
In order to consider the exam taken as valid, it is necessary that the student is officially enrolled in the course or studio and to the related exam session.
It is not allowed to self-certify a course of which the exam has not yet been sat when completing the Study Plan.
An improper self-certification has the effect of prohibiting registration to the exam sessions of self-certified course, and it implies the cancellation of the course or studio from the Study Plan and the impossibility to put it back until the next a.y.
5. Other educational activities
Closed number subject
In order to guarantee and preserve the quality of teaching, a maximum number of eligible participants is set as shown in the table below:
CODICE / CODE
DENOMINAZIONE INSEGNAMENTO / DESCRIPTION
SEMESTRE / SEMESTER
NUMERO MASSIMO DI STUDENTI /
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS
056142
BEYOND THE MIRROR : ANALYZING ARCHITECTURE
2
80
081632
FOTOGRAFIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA
1
80
050426
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARCHITECTURE
2
80
057153
WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
2
80
5.1 MIAW educational offer
The School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering offers for students of the Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) in Architectural Design and the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) in Architecture and Urban Design, Building Architecture, Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors, Landscape Architecture Land Landscape Heritage, Urban Planning and Policy Design, an intensive international programme: MIAW- the Milan International Architecture Workshop, which delivers 4 ECTS replacing the 4 ECTS of the elective activities chosen by the students.
5.1.1 How to attend and register for the MIAW
When filling in the study plan, the student may choose between the various international teachers, expressing their preferences in terms of sections, and will be allocated on the basis of merit according to the weighted average of the exams sat by the beginning of the summer session.
The number of places available for students of Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science), and Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) and the incoming international mobility students will be decided from year to year and posted on the School’s website.
In case of vacancy, the available places may be assigned.
Students who are not admitted will be officially assigned a generic workshop code (see specifications dedicated to workshops), which will later be rectifiable during the termly period of modification of the study plan.
Attendance at the MIAW is compulsory and, unlike the other workshops, it involves a final assessment; at the end of the course, students will need to register for a date for an exam in order to obtain their mark as part of their academic career.
After allocation, it will not be possible to remove the teaching from the study plan or to replace it with another course. If students do not attend, the MIAW will have to be added as an additional course and will contribute to the payment of the second instalment of tuition fees.
Students in the first year (Master of Science) or second year (Bachelor) of their course may bring forward the MIAW activity only if they have a full study plan with all the first-year (Master of Science) or second-year (Bachelor) teaching, as per the general rules for filling in the study plan.
5.2 Workshop
Workshop actvities can be of two types:
- workshops "equivalent to elective courses" - accredited as elective actvities for a maximum of 4 ECTS credits, or as extra credits;
- workshops "equivalent to internship"- accredited as internship activities for 4 ECTS credits.
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.
Students that want the recognition of workshops as optional activities must insert the "Workshop" line in the study plan. It will not be possible to replace an optional course with the workshop.
Students enrolled in academic year before 2016/17, during compilation of study plan they can enter the line “Workshop” or alternatively an optional course. The student can replace the optional course with the attendance of a Workshop; in this case, the change of the study plan will be made by the appropriate offices during registration of credits (for students that want to attend a Workshop, in any case, it is suggested the inclusion in their study plan of the line named Workshop available in the list of optional courses).
After obtaining the participation certificate to the workshop activity, with the corresponding assignment of credits, the students must submit a copy of the participation certificate to the office of the Laurea Programmes of the School, together with the application for recognition of credits in career, through the dedicated form available on the School's website (http://www.auic.polimi.it/studenti/modulistica/).
5.3 Internship
The internship can be carried out during the degree course starting from the 2nd semester of the 2nd year, subject to inclusion in the study plan, and allows the student to acquire 4 training credits, with a total of at least 100 hours of activity.
The internship is an experience that allows the student to acquire a first direct knowledge of the world of work, so useful to direct him in a more informed choice of his educational and professional careers. The internship experience is generally carried out not in the same University; however, it is also provided the option of "internal" internship, that takes place in the schools and/or Departments, with the aim to allow the student to have a closer observation of the world of university research.
Although it is not, in any case, an employment relationship, the internship represents an important opportunity of knowledge and experience, useful to guide the student in a more informed choice of his education and/or professional career.
It is possible to carry out the internship in the campuses and structures with an agreement with the university, and in the school and/or Departments.
- in the offer presented on the Career Service web site, where it also published a calendar of meetings with companies of the industry;
- by autonomous presentation of a professional firm or company with which you already have contact;
- within the offer directly from the Laurea Programme.
The Laurea Programme, through the SAT responsible persons, organizes regular opportunities to meet professionals, experts and representatives of the world of work, particularly in the following areas:
- project (architecture firms, architecture/engineering companies, professional associations, etc.);
- culture and heritage (museums, cultural institutions, urban centre, architectural magazines, etc.);
- production (enterprises and companies in the construction sector, associations of the industry, etc.)
- real estate sector (agencies and real estate development companies, service companies in the field of facility/property management, etc.);
- public administration (local authorities, ALER, ARPA, Superintendence, etc.).
In this relational and exchange context, the Laurea Programme organizes a specific range of external and internal internships, as well as seminars and training initiatives whose attendance allows the acquisition of 4 ECTS related to internship.
The student can then choose to carry out the internship in one of the following ways:
External internship in Italy or abroad, found autonomously or offered by the University;
Internal Practice activity (Internal internship) to be carried out in the University structures and offered by the School professors;
Recognized Previous Activity (reserved only to those that work, for a period longer than six months, with a regular contract in a work field similar to the professional profile of the study programme in Architecture design and carried out at the same time of the enrolment at Politecnico);
- Erasmus Internship (Erasmus) through participation to the call, managed by the Career Service.
- Participation in professional courses or workshops recognized as internship. On the web site of the School, the list of courses activated, the period and the recognition methods will be published.
6. Pre-requisite for admission to Laurea Magistrale Programmes (equivalent to Master of Science)
For the admission to the Laurea Magistrale Programmes activated at Politecnico di Milano, a higher level of knowledge of the English language is required as a pre-requisite, if compared to that required for admission to the Laurea Programme in Architectural design. The list of recognized certifications is available on the University website.