Architecture, MSc, Politecnico di Milano

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About Architecture, MSc - at Politecnico di Milano

The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme in Architecture offers its students training in the profession of architecture based on a ‘polytechnic culture’, in which humanistic and artistic skills are inseparably and continually combined with scientific and technological skills within a technical university that is a leader in Europe and the world, capable of both enhancing its Milanese tradition and welcoming a growing plurality of cultural experiences, with the aim of designing the future with foresight.

The educational environment is characterised by a remarkable international openness guaranteed by the presence of students and professors from all over the world.

The educational objective is to train an educated professional architect, who is able to deal, in an innovative and responsible way, with the complexity of the transformation process of contemporary living spaces through:

the ability to understand the specific context in which to act;
the ability to redevelop and enhance existing buildings and spaces;
the ability to design in anthropic and natural contexts characterised by unprecedented potentialities and vulnerabilities in rapid and constant transformation;
the capacity for attentive care of spatial quality, starting from an understanding of the irreducible complexity of human identity, from its spatiotemporal needs to its existential aspirations.

Educational methods are based on the centrality of the design experience within multidisciplinary workshops, in which different skills (design, scientific, technical, cultural and critical) work together to address the most urgent global challenges:

sustainability, which is also cultural, social, economic and environmental;
technological innovation, both analogue and digital, which transforms an architect’s profession through significant changes in the way in which the design, creation and management of buildings and anthropic and natural contexts are interrelated in an increasingly complex and delicate manner;
the development of individual and social responsibilities, especially in a global reality characterised not only by unprecedented complexities and uncertainties, but also by emerging technologies that require cultural, critical and ethical awareness.

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Entry requirements

A Bachelor Degree in Architecture and a portfolio are mandatory.

Fees, Funding and Scholarships at Politecnico di Milano

Students enrolled in a Master of Science programme have several scholarships opportunities.

Merit-based scholarships are awarded to the most talented students admitted to the first and the second semester. The scholarship covers the tuition fees and may provide beneficiaries with free accommodation in a student residence and/or pocket money.

Further funding opportunities are offered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The application is usually open from March till June.

Applicants to the 1st semester (September intake) coming from Azerbaijan, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, People’s Republic of China, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam can apply for scholarships offered under the Invest your Talent in Italy project.

U.S. students applying to a postgraduate programme at Politecnico di Milano may apply to a Fulbright award.

Student reviews of Politecnico di Milano

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Timothy, MSc in Integrated Product Design

Timothy is from Philadelphia and he is a Design graduate at Politecnico di Milano.

Thanks to the university's well-equipped laboratories, he was able to develop his own creative ideas. He also had the opportunity to take part in Alta Scuola Politecnica and to work with other students in multidisciplinary teams on real-life projects.

Follow his advice and be prepared for the experience of a lifetime!

Listen to Timothy's experience here: My life at Polimi - USA

Sebastian, MSc in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering

Sebastian, from Bogotá, chose Politecnico di Milano for its high-quality teaching and fell in love with Milan's multicultural atmosphere.

While in Italy, he grew fond of running and participated in the Polimi Run, a competition which takes place twice a year.

After graduating in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, he went on to work for an Environmental Engineering company in Milan.

Listen to Sebastian's experience here: My life at Polimi - Colombia

Rogerio and Yiwei

Rogerio, from Brazil, and Yiwei, from China, met each other thanks to Politecnico di Milano Buddy project.

The Buddy project matches new international students with current students of the university according to the programme and the interests of the two.

A Buddy is a current student who, on a voluntary basis, will help one international student by getting in contact before arrival, answering questions, giving useful tips, introducing student life at the university and in the city for the first three months after arrival.

Listen to some of Polimi buddies’ experience here and click here to know more about the Buddy program.