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Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Milano
Established: 1863
Type: State-supported
Rector: Prof. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic Giulio Ballio
Staff: 1,264
Students: 38,343
Location: Milan, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Cremona, Piacenza, Italy
Website: www.polimi.it/

The Politecnico di Milano University is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 40,000 students. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Como is a City in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it Lecco is an Italian City of c 47000 inhabitants set in Lombardy, north of Milan, and is the capital of the Province of Lecco. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The incumbent rector of the university is professor Giulio Ballio. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies In 2007 the university was ranked as the 66th technical university in the world by Top Universities, in a research conducted on behalf of Times Higher Education [1].

There are 3 Politecnico (Technical Universities, where only engineering and architecture are taught) in Italy (Milan, Turin, Bari), and they are all colloquially known as the Poli among their own students. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Bari ( Barium in Latin, Bàrion or Vàrion in Greek, Bare in Neapolitan

The logo of Politecnico di Milano is a sketch of Raffaello's School of Athens, an affresco which is located in the Vatican Museum, Vatican City. The School of Athens, or it Scuola di Atene in Italian, is one of the most famous Paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani in Viale Vaticano in Rome, inside the Vatican City, are one of the greatest museums in the world since they display works Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory

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History

Founded on November 29, 1863, Politecnico di Milano is the oldest university in Milan. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The original name was Istituto Tecnico Superiore ("Higher Technical Institute"), Francesco Brioschi the leader, and the location was in the very heart of the city ('via Senato') . Francesco Brioschi ( December 22 1824 – December 13 1897) was an Italian Mathematician.

In 1865 Architecture, the second main line of study at Politecnico, was introduced. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation In 1927 the Politecnico moved to piazza Leonardo da Vinci, in the district now known as Città studi (City of Studies). Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Politecnico's main facilities are still there today. At the time, it was named Regio Politecnico ("Royal Polytechnic"), but the word Regio was removed when Italy was proclaimed a republic at the end of World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The shadow after the letters REGIO, physically removed from the façade of the main building, is however still visible to this day. A facade or façade (fəˈsɑːd is generally one side of the exterior of a Building, especially the front but also sometimes the sides and rear

In 1954, the first European centre of electronic computation was opened by Gino Cassinis and Ercole Bottani. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) In 1963 Giulio Natta received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on crystalline polymers, polypropylene in particular. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Giulio Natta ( February 26 1903, Imperia - Bergamo, 2 May 1979) was an Italian Chemist, who won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Polypropylene or polypropene ( PP) is a Thermoplastic Polymer, made by the Chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications In 1977, the satellite Sirio, jointly developed by Politecnico and other companies, was launched. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.

During the nineties, the Politecnico began a process of territorial expansion that would have resulted in the opening of its satellite campuses in Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. A university programme in industrial design was started in 1993. Industrial design is an Applied art whereby the Aesthetics and Usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In 2000, the politecnico's faculty of design was created with new courses in undergraduate and postgraduate programs of graphic & visual, fashion and interior design along with the already existent industrial design. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Institution

The University is distributed over 7 main campuses across the Lombardy and Emilia Romagna regions:

Admission

The admission in the undergraduate programme in the Politecnico is bound to an admission test, aimed to verify the starting preparation of every student. The main goal of this test is to point out the lacks of the aspiring students and, in case, to assign them an extra course. Only some programmes have a strictly limited number of places, even if the Academic Senate fixes an approximate maximum number of students for every programme.

The admission test for Architecture, Design and Construction Engineering schools is divided in five parts, each about one of the following general subject: Logic and General Knowledge; History; Drawing and Representation; Mathematics and Physics; English Language. The admission test for any Engineering school, except Construction Engineering, is divided in four parts, each about one of the following general subject: English Language; Logic, Mathematics and Statistics; Verbal Comprehension; Physics.

Admission to the graduate programmes in the Politecnico requires an undergraduate degree (national, or international) and a set of requirements specific for each school, such as the time spent in obtaining the undergraduate degree or the grade point average scored during the undergraduate programme.

The Politecnico also offers courses of study for the title of Dottore di Ricerca (Ph. D. ), MBA courses, and other postgraduate courses.

Organization

Politecnico di Milano is organised in 17 departments: Departments

Educational Activities

The Politecnico offers 32 first level (Bachelor) degree programmes. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Planning in Organizations and Public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a Plan; and the psychological process of Bioengineering (also known as Biological Engineering is the application of Engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of Biology and Medicine Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support In Physics and other Sciences energy (from the Greek grc ἐνέργεια - Energeia, "activity operation" from grc ἐνεργός Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Industrial design is an Applied art whereby the Aesthetics and Usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time Aerospace engineering is the branch of Engineering behind the design construction and science of Aircraft and Spacecraft. Industrial engineering is also not good and shit Operations management, Systems engineering, production engineering manufacturing engineering or manufacturing systems Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise Nuclear engineering is the application of the breakdown of atomic nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics based on the principles of Nuclear physics. Structural engineering is a field of Engineering dealing with the analysis and design of Structures that support or resist loads Structural engineering is Francesco Brioschi ( December 22 1824 – December 13 1897) was an Italian Mathematician. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Mechanics ( Greek) is the branch of Physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to Forces or displacements Among these, there is an on-line course in Computer Engineering, the first on-line academic course in Italy. It is fully equivalent to the traditional Computer Engineering programme; in fact all the lessons are explained on the web by the professors of the Politecnico and the final examinations are taken in the campus in Como.

This wide range of different curricula is tailored to the needs of its territory (the Lombardy region), which is one of the most developed industrial areas in Europe. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the The number of students enrolled is approximately 38,000, making the Politecnico di Milano the largest institution in Italy for Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design.

Programmes at the Politecnico frequently feature additional parts of practical homework. This is believed to strengthen the knowledge, expertise and ability of students.

Politecnico entertains several relationships with international projects for student exchange [2], and encourages foreign students by providing many courses in English language. [3]. It participates in the ENTREE network for student exchange among Electrical Engineering colleges in Europe. Exchange programs for Electrical Engineering students between 18 universities in Europe It is also a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe network. Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME - Technologies d'Ingénieurs et Mobilité Etudiante is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities

The Alta Scuola Politecnica joint institution of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, addressed to those young talents who want to develop their interdisciplinary capabilities for leading and promoting innovation, and runs in parallel to the two-year programmes of laurea magistrale. The Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP is a school founded by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino in 2005 The Polytechnic University of Turin ( Italian: Politecnico di Torino, POLITO is an Engineering University based in Turin.

Library System

The library system of the Politecnico counts more than 470. 000 records distributed all over the libraries in the campuses. The system is made up of Central Libraries (amongst which the most important ones are the 'Central Engineering Library' and the 'Central Architecture Library') and Teaching Libraries, set up to help students preparing their exams. The titles registered in the library system can be consulted through a web search engine called OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). From autumn 2004, the Politecnico owns a publishing trade-mark, called Polipress, created to publish mainly the researches of the community of the Politecnico. Polipress publishes also the free Politecnico periodical.

Research

The Politecnico di Milano participates to European and international networks of research. In year 2004 alone, about 60 large scale, multi-year international research projects have been initiated or participated by the Politecnico, just in the context of the European Research framework [4].

Many scientists working at the Politecnico di Milano have received awards and recognition by the scientific community: among them, the most famous is undoubtedly Giulio Natta, the only Italian Nobel laureate for Chemistry to date (1963), who was also the head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Politecnico. Giulio Natta ( February 26 1903, Imperia - Bergamo, 2 May 1979) was an Italian Chemist, who won The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature As of 2005, a number of professors at Politecnico are ACM or IEEE fellows. The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational Computing society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (read eye-triple-e) is an international Non-profit, professional organization

The Politecnico participates in associations and consortia for applied research, has offices to assist technological transfers and continuing education for professionals. The university supports the establishment of research spin-offs, and also of high-tech companies during their start-up phase, with a structure named Acceleratore d'Impresa (Start-up Incubator).

Student Life

Student fees at the Politecnico depend on the income of the family of the student. They range between 150 €/year and 3000 €/year. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Students with good marks are granted partial or full rebates, in addition to various kinds of scholarships.

Most Italian universities do not offer accommodation for their students on campus. Politecnico has a limited number of at most 1000 beds (also counting agreements with private institutions), and directly manages a 140-bed hotel for exchange students of the Erasmus programme [5] [6]. The ERASMUS programme, also known as European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, was established in 1987 and forms a major part of the Most students from outside the city are either commuters or renting. Commuting is the process of Travelling between one's place of residence and regular place of work It is customary for students to share flats in small groups of 3 or 4 people, as rent rates are very expensive in the city. [7] [8]

The campuses Leonardo and Bovisa are covered by a Wi-Fi network. Wi-Fi (ˈwaɪfaɪ is the trade name for the popular wireless technology used Politecnico's Wi-Fi system is composed by two networks: a non-protected net (SSID: polimi) and a protected one (SSID: internet). A service set identifier, or SSID, is a name used to identify the particular 802 A service set identifier, or SSID, is a name used to identify the particular 802 With polimi, students can freely log into a stripped-down network, getting the access to an institutional website where they can request a certificate to access the internet network. In fact, the access to the latter is regulated by the WPA protocol, using an EAP authentication and TKIP cryptography. Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA and WPA2) is a certification program administered by the Wi-Fi Alliance to indicate compliance with the security protocol created by the Extensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP, is a universal Authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections Temporal Key Integrity Protocol or TKIP is a Security protocol used in the IEEE 802 The internet network grants access to all of Politecnico's private network (all the LANs of all campuses), and to the Internet in limited form (the HTTP(S) and FTP services only). The WiFi service is still work in progress: most notably, the campus area is covered only partially by this service. [9]

Organizations

An interesting part of student life are "copy centers". During the 70s, two copy centers were born: CLUP and CUSL (the former from left-wing student groups, the latter with a Catholic, conservative student base), as an effort from students to solve their own problems (such as the cost of books and sharing of lecture notes). They have been the only copy centres within Politecnico's premises for a long time, until 2001 when CLUP moved just outside it. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. They are important just for historical and political reasons, as nowadays there are plenty of alternative facilities in Politecnico's district, Città Studi.

A well known structure is the ISU (a generic term which in Italian university describes additional student facilities such as open libraries, lending of portable PCs, cafeterias and study spaces), dedicated to Luigi Divieti. A legend talks of the "Pianist of ISU", a man who is supposed to be living there since he was born some 50 years ago, and to be a hopelessly old student of the university.

Inside the Leonardo campus students can find the seat of the Educafe. Educafe has been conceived as an innovative space inside the Politecnico, where students can meet up or freely surf the net. Educafe, despite its very limited dimension, is also a meeting center, where cultural events are organized every months.

Among the student organizations:

Professional opportunities

As confirmed by recent surveys (Piepoli, 2006), 70% of graduates of the Politecnico di Milano finds a job within three months from graduation, and 90% within six months. A specialized "Career Service" facilitates contact between graduates and the industry, managing 200 job offers per month and 90 recruitment events per year.

Student politics

Currently, the two main political groups in student's elections are:

Other, somewhat smaller groups (both right-wing) are:

Participation in student elections is, however, generally low, typically below 15%, as a result of generally a low interest in the issues and the low influence of elected students on the academy's decisions. Results of the last elections are available on-line.

Criticism

The Politecnico is widely known for being a selective and difficult university, and as such, students often drop out early or take a longer time than normal to complete their studies.

See also

External links

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