1. Politecnico di Milano, since 1863
The leading University in Italy
for Engineering, Architecture and Design
Prof. Emanuela Colombo,
Rector’s Delegate to “Cooperation for Development” - Politecnico di Milano

2. The Politecnico di Milano’s Logo
The logo originates from Raffaello’s fresco The School of Athens,
Located in the Stanze Vaticane, Roma

3. Industrial Design (since 2000)
1863: The first location of the Politecnico di Milano
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
is a Public State University founded for
Engineering (since 1863)
Architecture (since 1865)
Industrial Design (since 2000)

4. The Campuses of the Politecnico di Milano
Lombardia Region
Emilia Romagna Region

5. Vision and Mission
The Politecnico di Milano is a science and technology university producing engineers, architects and industrial designers through a variety of innovative courses taking care of specific technical competences and devoted to all sides of education including deontological and ethical asset.
Today we are focusing our main efforts on two key tasks:
Promoting multidisciplinary projects and internal cooperation (INTERNAL) between departments and scientific sectors, to increase overall impact and potential.
Enforcing the partnership with stakeholders (EXTERNAL) in order to develop joint research projects of common interest to promote sustainable growth.

6. Vision and Mission
The Politecnico di Milano mission has always been based on quality and innovation in teaching and research, resulting in a prolific relationship with the economic and manufacturing world through experimental research and Technology Transfer.
The mission is focused on three pillars
Teaching and education
Research activities
Knowledge & Technology Transfer to industry/community

7. Human Resources, Academic year 2007/2008
Some figures and dimensions:
Students
Degrees/y almost 5000/y
Professors
Tech-Administrative Staff
PhD Students
Public Funding Meuro/y
Funding (contracts, EU projects) 60 Meuro/y
From applied research
15° among European Technical Universities according to Times Higher-QS World University
1° in Europe and 8° worldwide for software engineering, according to the Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)

8. The New System (after Bologna Process)
3rd level Dottorato Di Ricerca
Ph.D.
24 to 27 years old
II Level Master
22 to 24 years old
2nd Level Laurea Magistrale
Master of Science
I Level Master
19 to 22 years old
1st level
Laurea
Bachelor
Following the Declaration and the Communiques some system already changed or are on the verge of changing. The first one to fully adopt the concepts of the Bologna process was the Italian system, signing it to law in 1999.
The new system is as shown in the diagram together with the names of the titles equivalent to Bachelor, Master and Ph.D.
Suivante la Declaration et le Communiqué des systemes ont été dejà modifiés or sont en train de changer. Le premier état qui a adopté les modifications du processus du Bologna a été l’Italie, par une loi du 1999
Le nouveau system est montré dans l’immage avec les nome des titres qui sont équivalentes au bachelor, master and phd
6 to 19 years old
13-year education

9. Faculty & Students on 2008 19% of graduates in Italy Architecture 329
Professors & Researchers
Students
329
10.187
84% of graduates
in Italy
Design
Professors & Researchers
Students
101
4.630
Engineering
16% of graduates
in Italy
Professors & Researchers
Students
888
23.216

10. Exchange Programme Erasmus Programme T.I.M.E. Project
Unitech Programme
Extra EU Projects
MEDes Programme
Leonardo
International Internships
PEGASUS Network
Sino-Italian Campus
Erasmus Mundus

11. Internationalisation of students
International students coming from 83 countries
1.200 at BSC (5%)
1.100 at MSC (10%)
151 PHD (18%)
Short period exchanges (Erasmus, bilateral agreement, Unitech, a.a. 08/09)
878 incoming outgoing
Master and Short post graduation courses
2500 students
Double degrees (T.I.M.E. and bilateral agreements) (a.a. 08/09)
total 131 (57 incoming - 74 outgoing)
Alta Scuola Politecnica (In cooperation with Politecnico di Torino)
150 young talents wishing to develop their skills towards interdisciplinary in the engineering, architecture, planning, design and managing
Campus Italo Cinese in Shangai (In cooperation with Politecnico di Torino and Tongji University)
Two programmes for joint BSC Courses (Mechanical Production Engineering, and Information Technology Engineering) - Italian and Chinese professors
2 years in Italy and 1 year in China for Italian students
2 years in China and 1 in Italy for Chinese students, 2 years together for all the students.
Support in formation and technology transfer to developing countries

12. The 16 Departments of the Politecnico di Milano
Energy
Hydraulic, Environmental and Surveying Engineering
Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion
Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Mathematics “Francesco Brioschi”
Mechanics
Physics  
Structural Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Architectural Projects
Architecture and Planning
Bioengineering
Building and Environment Sciences and Technology
Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Information

13. Research Areas Biotechnology and Health
Information Communication Technologies
Materials, Micro and Nanotechnologies
Aeronautics and Space
Environment
Energy
Transport
Citizens, Enterprises and Governance
Built Environment, Infrastructures,Urban and Land Planning
Cultural Heritage
Industrial Products and Processes
Mathematics
Physics
Our research must integrate
the analytical calculation and the numerical modelling
with experimental approach to obtain reliable results

14. Research and Technological Transfer Area Fields Of Activities
Internal Office operating since 2002
Spin-off (19 activated since year 2000)
Patent office: total of patented inventions ≈ 250 on December 2009

15. Start up (Incubator) Primary goal of the Incubator is to
support the technological transfer from the university to the industrial world through the creation of new enterprises by offering services to potential entrepreneurs in the start-up phase
On 2008 the number of Start-ups activated and hosted within the incubator is 25
Fondazione Politecnico: Leading role in the development and increase of the national and regional community. Contribute to support
applied research
technology transfer
support to scientific international cooperation
innovation of enterprises and public administration
support to the big projects of the Politecnico di Milano

16. and the Third Millennium
Long term strategy
and the Third Millennium
Internal Organisation and Quality assurance in the PA
Partnership with international Universities, Institutions and Entrepreneurs

17. The Third Millennium Social Challenges
New Social challenges
The 8 Millennium Development Goals
are the frontiers of the global growth
The interdependency principles
Underline the need of managing a global society from the economic, environmental and social point of view
The aim at Sustainable development
Identify the need of new paradigms for economic and social development aligned with the environment constrain
The crisis of the traditional economy which is affecting the whole globe is another alarm which is advising all of us that new directions need to be taken
Competences, Right Attitudes and New Capacities become key elements!

18. The added value of Cooperation for Development and the Universities
Cooperation4Development and the universities
Learning principles of Cooperation4Development create positive values that may be useful into any global frame people will work
These values may lead to a
generation of responsible individuals (North & South)
able to truly act in that worldwide “challenge for global Development”
All Universities need to prepare the
Citizens & the Professional of The Global World

19. The role of Technical Universities: scientific research for innovation
Cooperation4Development: The POLIMI
Technology & Innovation
have always represented key advantages
for competitive performances.
Technology & Innovation alone are not enough anymore.
Only driven by Human factors and coupled with the principle of Social Responsibility
They may build a good set of instruments and values able to support our civil society
in the “challenge for global Development and human promotion”
Using Researches and Relationship for “innovating”
the way of cooperating between countries

20. The role of Technical Universities: scientific research for innovation
Scientific Research and University Cooperation
It aims at transforming the idea of technology transfers in a mutual and bilateral construction of new knowledge and technology for autonomous development
It aims at promoting Science and Technology at the service of the community and offers non conventional framework where applying it.
Innovation still need to overcome frontiers…all the geographical economic and social barrier somehow limiting human and social development

21. Scientific Research and Innovation
The role of Technical Universities: scientific research for innovation
Scientific Research and Innovation
The needs of Innovation based on Science and Technology has been recognized by the international community as a proper mean for development
Research is precondition to innovation for local development
Science and Technology should be looked at as instruments serving social needs
In the North of the world
innovation aims mainly at the
frontiers of technology
In the South of the World
innovation aims mainly at renovating
technology for the local contest

22. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities
International Projects
132 projects were presented to the EXPO’2015 committee as examples
Teaching
Curricula upgrading, review, student exchange
Staff upgrading/Staff exchange
By realising Partnership among Universities (north-South)
Research
Joint Research
Twinned Master’s Thesis
It is possible to promote
Technology Transfer
The cooperation among university - industry - institution which is the proper framework for development
Promoting a culture of
research and innovation
best practise in the industrial sector
technology at the service of the community 22

23. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities: some examples
EXC3ITE: Elimu (Education) For Common Creative
Capacity in Innovation, Technology and Engineering
Thematic Area:
Higher Education: Academic level
Objectives
General Objectives: Enhancing the contribution of Engineering Learning and Technology to the socioeconomic development of the East Africa
Specific objective: Capacity building in delivery of joint market-driven and high quality training programs in engineering
Involved Countries: East African Community: Kenya, Tanzania  
Beneficiaries
Target groups: the teaching, the technical and the administrative staff of the Faculties of the partner HEIs. The students of the engineering course and the students of the most relevant high schools in the countries are respectively considered. Indirect beneficiaries: National Economies
Partner: The Mombasa Polytechnic University College; The Kenya Polytechnic University College, Kenya; The Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology, Tanzania
Associates: Ministry of Science and Technology – Kenya, AVSI Foundation (Italian NGO), Italy Fondazione Politecnico, Italy Italian Embassy in Nairobi, Italy Ingegneria Senza Frontiere – Milano (Volunteers) , Italy
Politecnico Role: Applicant: support to the local development
Financings: EU program 23

24. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities: some examples
International Project :
University Chairs on Innovation: UNCHAIN pilot project
Thematic Area:
The main goal of UNCHAIN project is to establish a Strategy for Innovation in the MEDA Region.
Objectives:
Establishing a University Chair on innovation in the MEDA Region, Developing Technology Transfer Policy and Training the Chair Operators, Initiating a re-skilling program on Innovation, EU MEDA Twinning MSc Thesis Program, Developing an EU-MEDA Virtual Environment and Strategy for University-Industry Cooperation in Innovation, Developing a strategy for University-Industry Cooperation in Innovation, Dissemination, Assuring project sustainability
Involved Countries: Africa: Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Egitto, Zambia
Beneficiaries : African University and Enterprises
Partner:Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria, University St. Joseph, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Universite de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands , Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, Unido HQ, Vienna, Austria
Politecnico Role: focal point for technology transfer
Financings: TEMPUS project 24

25. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities: some examples
PERU PROJECT 1:
Enforcing the territorial development in Concepción e Huancayo
Thematic Area: Development local Community
Objectives:
General Objectives To contribute in raising population’s life level in the provinces of Concepción e Huancayo”
Specific objective: To consolidate the processes of local management connected to the economic and environmental development
Involved Countries :PERU. Región Junín, province of Huancayo e Concepción (25 districts)
Beneficiaries :Authority and officials of the economic and social development, organizations of the manufacturers and organizations of the civil society
Partner: Fratelli dell´Uomo – Onlus, Politecnico di Milano,Asociación Laboral para el Desarrollo – ADEC-ATC, Equipo de Educación y Autogestion Social – EDAPROSPO, Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano –CENCA, Coordinamento degli enti locali per la pace della provincia di Cremona, TASM SpA, Ingegneria Senza Frontiere – Milano (ISF – MI), Geologi senza Frontiere-Delegazione Italiana, Associazione L’isola che c’è - rete comasca di economia solidale Associazione latinoamericana di Cremona – Onlus, Coordinamento comasco per la Pace
Politecnico Role: Associates: Participation in different fases: organizer the interchange, support the local University network for International Cooperation
Financings EUROPAID/ /L/ACT/PE
Duration: 40 months 25

26. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities: some examples
TANZANIA PROJECT :
Reinforcing the National electric net and capacity builidng in the energy sector
Thematic Area : Electric Energy Generation and Distribution
Objectives:
To support the national energy policy
To favor the diffusion the local knowledge and the abilities to manage in the future and in autonomy a complex problem
Involved Countries: Tanzania
Beneficiaries: National economic and industrial system
Partner: Politecnico di Milano, Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology
Politecnico Role: feasibility study, strategic plain, transfer capacity, curricula rebuilt , staff upgrading
Financings: EU calls, private fundations 26

27. International Cooperation Projects and joint activities: some examples
PROJECT :LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability is a project for curricula development and teaching diffusion on Design for Sustainability focused on product-service system innovation.
Thematic Area
System innovation for sustainable mobility solutions.
Objectives: LeNS aims at contributing to human resources and curriculum development, in a reciprocal understanding of cultures, by promoting a new generation of designers (and design educators) capable to effectively contribute to a transition towards a sustainable society. LeNS ambitions to promote a new shared disciplinary ground on Design for Sustainability trough a series of exchange activities among the partner institutions. LeNS consortium will jointly produce an open e-learning package (a modular and adaptable package for curriculum development with teaching materials and tools for design educators and guidelines for courses design and implementation In diverse contexts).
Involved Countries : ItIaly, Thailand, Finland The Netherlands, India, China (>>>AFRICA)
Beneficiaries : Target group African communities, universities and companies.
Final beneficiaries: African countries.
Partner: Politecnico di Milano - King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand - University of Art and Design Helsinki, School of Design, Finland - Delft University of Technology, Industrial Design Engineering, The Netherlands - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India - Sritshi School of Art, Design and Technology, India - Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts & Design, Industrial Design Dept., China
Funding: the Asia Link Programme, EuropAid, European Commission
Duration: 3 years 27

28. Individual Responsibility as a Key element for social development
Politecnico di Milano
Is committed to prepare the next generation for facing, with proper instruments and methods
but also capacity and attitude
the Third Millennium social challenges
The curricula need to be revised
On field inter&national experiences are essential
in order to understand what is the meaning
of using the professionals capacity and the personal attitude to serve society
And we need to teach this approach to our students.
Our long term vision elaborates the attitude of the volunteers in a comprehensive behaviours of responsible individuals: citizens or professionals
Industries and institutions are build up by individuals:
individual responsibility may induce multiplicative effects

29. Final consideration Scientific Research and University cooperation
Social Responsibility
Quality
Outstanding Teaching
Scientific Research
Innovation
and Transversal Partnerships
are our driving forces
for promoting research
and innovation
to prepare future professionals and
to met the new social challenges
leading to
global development