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Polytechnic University of Milan

Politecnico di Milano
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Type State-supported Technical University
Established 29 November 1863
Rector Ferruccio Resta
Academic staff
1,400
Administrative staff
1,200
Students 42,496
900
Location Milan, Como, Lecco, Mantua, Cremona, and Piacenza, Italy
Campus urban
Affiliations PEGASUS, NEREUS, TIME, CESAER, EUA, EASN,IDEA League
Website www.polimi.it/en
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List of Rectors of the Politecnico di Milano
Rector Tenure
Francesco Brioschi (1824—1897) 1863—1897
Giuseppe Colombo (1836—1921) 1897—1921
Cesare Saldini (1848—1922) 1921—1922
Luigi Zunini (1856—1938) 1922—1926
Gaudenzio Fantoli (1867—1940) 1926—1940
Carlo Isnardo Azimonti (1876—1943) 1940—1943
Gino Cassinis (1885—1964) 1944—1960
Gino Bozza (1899—1967) 1960—1967
Bruno Finzi (1899—1974) 1967—1969
Francesco Carassa (1922—2006) 1969—1972
Luigi Dadda (1923—2012) 1972—1984
Arrigo Vallatta (1930—2001) 1984—1987
Emilio Massa (1926—1998) 1987—1994
Adriano De Maio (b. 1941) 1994—2002
Giulio Ballio (b. 1940) 2002—2010
Giovanni Azzone (b. 1962) 2010—2016
Ferruccio Resta (b. 1968) 2017—2022
As of September 2016
University rankings
Global
ARWU 201-300
Times 201-250
QS 183
Europe
Times =100

The Politecnico di Milano (English: Polytechnic University of Milan) is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students. It offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest university in Milan.

The Politecnico has two main campuses in Milan city, where the majority of the research and teaching activity are located, and other satellite campuses in five other cities across Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. The central offices and headquarters are located in the historical campus of Città Studi in Milan, which is also the largest, active since 1927.

The university was ranked the best for Engineering and among the top big universities in Italy in the CENSIS-Repubblica Italian University rankings for 2014-2015. According to the QS World University Rankings, it is the 20th best technical university in the world, ranking 11th for Design, 24th for Engineering and 14th for Architecture.

Its notable alumni include Giulio Natta, Nobel laureate in chemistry in 1963.

The Politecnico was founded on 29 November 1863 by Francesco Brioschi, secretary of the Ministry of Education and rector of the University of Pavia. It is the oldest university in Milan. Its original name was Istituto Tecnico Superiore ("Higher Technical Institute") and only Civil and Industrial Engineering were taught. Architecture, the second main line of study at Politecnico, was introduced in 1865 in cooperation with the Brera Academy.

There were only 30 students admitted in the first year. Over the decades, most of students were men: the first female graduate from the university was in 1913.


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