35 Engineering Degree Programs in Italy

The Second-cycle Degree in Industrial Chemistry aims both at completing the education and training of the students who have achieved a three-year Degree in Chemistry, and at developing specific skills. Second-level graduates in Industrial Chemistry will possess a deep operational and scientific knowledge related with chemistry and with the process of industrial production, especially concerning the process-product connection and sustainability in the face of available resources and environmental issues.

The Master in Yacht Design of the Politecnico of Milan provides students with the tools needed to manage the design and construction process of both a sailing boat and a motorboat, from the design brief to defining the general plans, to the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic calculations to the interior fittings, of the roof and on-board equipment, to shipyard production and checking the final phases.

This Cosmetic Industrial Science English-taught programme aims to train a graduate with advanced skills in the research, development, industrial production, quality control and marketing of cosmetic products. It provides students with knowledge of key formulation ingredients, physiology and specific functions of the skin and technologies applied to the manufacturing and packaging of cosmetic products. The internship required to gain the degree helps the students to put what they have learnt into practice.

The Geoinformatics Engineering Master of Science is the first in Italy and exploits the long lasting experience of Politecnico di Milano in both Environmental, Geomatics and Computer Science to form new and multidisciplinary experts highly requested by both private and public sectors.

The first-level Degree Course in Computer, Electronic and Communications Engineering aims at training engineers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) characterized by a broad spectrum of preparation, with adequate knowledge of the methodological aspects of basic sciences, Information Engineering sciences and with specific skills in Computer, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering. The overall objective of the degree course is to train an engineer able to immediately enter the labour market but also to continue his studies, being endowed with the adequate cultural basis necessary to acquire the ability to promote technological innovation and to design complex systems.

Objective of the program is to prepare a professional figure expert in materials and in the design of processes and manufactured goods. Different specialisations are available: Surface Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Engineering Applications, Micromechanical Engineering

The program created by the cooperation in the educational project of the disciplinary areas of Design, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, has the objective of specialist training in three fundamental areas: Design, Process and Industrial Production; Design Materials; Representation and Prototyping.

Music and Acoustic Engineering is a two-year Master Program that falls within the area of Information Engineering (the "reference disciplinary area", as identified by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, is LM-32, corresponding to Computer Science and Engineering). The postgraduate program in "Music and Acoustic Engineering" forms experts and designers who are able to face consolidated as well as emerging technological challenges in the audio, music and acoustics areas.

The MSc program in Biomedical Engineering provides students with an engineering education applied to the medical and biological environment. The educational path is intended to train students in the design of biomedical equipment, devices, materials and procedures and to offer a correct introduction to the management of biomedical technologies in companies and health organizations.

Management Engineering is the successful translation into a degree course of the emerging professional figure of the engineer-manager.

The Master of Science in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering provides with an education focused on developing adequate engineering frameworks for the sustainable utilization of natural resources and man-made infrastructures.

The cultural and professional goal of the Degree Course in Management Engineering is to create professionals being able to fill those management roles needing technical expertise. The cultural profile for the graduates of this Course features a multidisciplinary, flexible and systemic mentality. The cultural and professional objective of the degree course in management engineering is to create professionals who are able to fill organizational and managerial roles for which basic technical skills are required.

The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering aims at forming highly-qualified professionals able to face complex design problems and foster technological innovation in the field of electrical power systems.

The objective of the Space Engineering MSc is to educate highly skilled professionals, qualified to develop and manage technical activities related to research and design in the space sector.

The Master's Degree in Management Engineering aims to train an engineer able to deal with the systemic problems that characterise the life of companies. The Master's Degree graduate is culturally prepared on the technical-plant and economic-managerial fronts and is capable of managing innovation in products and services. The skills developed through the Master's Degree in Management Engineering range from market analysis from an economic and legal point of view, to the management of new product development projects, business strategy, organisational design, production systems management and quality management.

The Master of Science program in Telecommunications Engineering features an advanced and innovative curriculum with multidisciplinary courses in the areas of Internet services and applications, communication systems, multimedia signal processing, optical and radio technologies, and remote sensing.

The two-year Master of Science in Civil Engineering provides students with a sound preparation on these structures and on infrastructures, allowing them to choose a curriculum (or ‘track’) among the five available: General, Geotechnics, Hydraulics, Infrastructures, and Structures.

Chemical engineering provides the leading-edge solutions to the society’s needs: we require clean energy sources, efficient and clean technologies for energy transformation, technologically advanced materials, better medicines, efficient food production techniques, a clean environment, a better use of natural resources.