Polytechnic University of Milan
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| Type | State-supported Technical University |
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| Established | 29 November 1863 |
| Rector | Ferruccio Resta |
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Academic staff
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1,400 |
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Administrative staff
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1,200 |
| Students | 42,496 |
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| Location | Milan, Como, Lecco, Mantua, Cremona, and Piacenza, Italy |
| Campus | urban |
| Affiliations | PEGASUS, NEREUS, TIME, CESAER, EUA, EASN,IDEA League |
| Website | www |
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| List of Rectors of the Politecnico di Milano | |
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| 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 |
| University rankings | |
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| 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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