150 years of history
Italian Industry
Museum
Technical School
for Engineers
1859
1862
1906
Regio Politecnico
di Torino
1958
Opening of the
Campus in Corso
Duca degli
Abruzzi
1991
Starts of works on
the Cittadella
Politecnica campus
2009
150 years of
“Polytechnic
culture”
Unification of Italy
National context
Leader in engineering
and architecture studies
Italy
PoliTO
impact
International context
more than 400 agreements with international
universities and international networks
Regional
network
Education, research, technology
transfer and services for the Region
PoliTO
Region of
PoliTO
city’s campuses
Castello del
Valentino
Main site
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi
Lingotto
Cittadella
Politecnica
Corso
Francia
The Cittadella Politecnica
drawing the city and its
citizens to the core of
university life
working together with local
economic, cultural and social
actors
working in a team of urban
regeneration and new
development
170.000 m
2
close to the main
campus for research, teaching,
services and technology
transfer
PoliTO Reputation
Politecnico
di Torino
1st in Italy in 2010 –
2011- 2012 (MIUR)
2011 position
confirmed in 2012
ARWU
Engineering in
the world
Engineering in
Europe
2012
51-75
7-12
2011
52-75
7-12
2010
52-75
7-12
QS
Engineering & IT
in the world
Engineering & IT
in Europe
2012
86
26
2011
88
28
Facts and Figures
32.100 students
About 800 academic staff
60 educational programs 2012/13
(28 Bachelor Degree programs; 32 MS
degree programs)
More than 400 international
cooperation agreements
5.200 international students
1 PhD School
11 Departments
10.700 internships since 2007
24 PhD programs
Student body
Undergraduates
64%
Graduates
28%
About
5.000
First year students
(2012/2013)
42% Students from outside Piedmont
12% International students
5.000 Graduates each year
90% Students employed within 1
year of graduating
71% National average
updated a.y. 2012/2013
740 PhD students
37% International PhD students
Three year programs
About 270 courses
Increase in grants financed by
business: From 36% (2008)
to approx. 67% (2010)
32.100 Students
42% Students from outside Piedmont
16% International students
Programs 2012/2013
16 programs
completely in English
28 BACHELOR degree programs
1st
year
Same core syllabus for all
bachelor degree programs
(55 credits)
2nd
year
Organized by subject areas
3rd
year
Specific courses
24 PhD programs
40 Post graduate programs
32 MS degree programs
International students
In 2012
First year
international
students: 931
Multi-linguistic multi-cultural
environment
Incoming students’ countries
2012/2013
International cooperation
More than 400 cooperation
agreements with foreign
universities
More than 250 Lifelong Learning
Programme/Erasmus agreements
Joint degree partnership with 90
European and non-European
universities
International dual-degree programs
and international MS programs
from China: 22,18%
Incoming international students: 5.200
Budget
Forecast budget 2012:
247 mln €
The Doctoral School of the Politecnico di
Torino
Director of the School
prof. Flavio CANAVERO
The Doctoral School (1999)
The PhD courses of Politecnico di Torino are managed by a unique
structure, the
Doctoral School (ScuDo – Scu
oladi
do
ttorato
).
The School is in charge of
• the
harmonization
of the various PhD, yet preserving their
essential differences,
• the
coordination of
the training and cultural activities,
• the
control of the PhDs quality
,
• the
promotion and management
of the strategic choices and of
the scientific policy involving the PhDs.
FACTS AND FIGURES
749 Doctoral candidates
120+ programs
28 Bachelor programs
32 Master of Science programs
23 Doctoral programs
40 Post-graduate programs
Doctoral candidates represent
approx. 3% of PoliTO students
Doctoral candidates represent
about 30% of the staff carrying
out the research activity in
PoliTO
PhDs
Il Politecnico ha adottato il dottorato come strumento di collaborazione con le imprese attraverso il finanziamento di borse di dottorato per lo sviluppo di attività di ricerca di interesse comune. Più di 150 dottorandi beneficiano di una borsa industriale
PhD holders graduated at PoliTO
193
37 42 34
45
57
81 86
95
85
93
84 85 88 84
109
137
160
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162
249
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100
150
200
250
300
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Cycle
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s
Civil Engineering and Architecture
•
Environment and Territory
•
Architecture and Building Design
•
Cultural Heritage
•
Structural Engineering
•
Engineering for Natural and Built Environment
•
Technological Innovation for Built Environment
•
History of Architecture and Town planning
Information and Communications Engineering
•
Electronic Devices
•
Electronic and Communications Engineering
•
Information and System Engineering
Industrial Engineering
•
Energetics
•
Aerospace Engineering
•
Biomedical Engineering
•
Chemical Engineering
•
Electrical Engineering
•
Mechanics
•
Mechatronics
•
Production Systems & Industrial Design
Physical, Chemical and Mathematical sciences for Engineering
•
Physics
•
Fluid-dynamics
•
Mathematics for Engineering Sciences
•
Metrology: Measuring Science and Technique
PhD@PoliTo
PhD ADMISSION
The admission to the PhD courses is carried out by means of a
competitive selection procedure
.
The announcement is published once a year (usually in August) on the
website of the
Doctoral School
The application is submitted on-line by using the procedure
apply@polito.it
Requirements for admission
Master of Science Degree
obtained no later than 31st of December
3-year program
∼
1/3 of training activity
∼
2/3 research activity
A
research project
and an
academic tutor
are assigned to each PhD
student.
In the case of a collaboration with an industry, the student will also
have an industrial tutor
The training and research activity is constantly monitored by the
Teachers’ Council
The
final exam
consists in the defence of the PhD thesis in front of an
examination board composed of Politecnico and external professors, also
from foreign universities
PhD@PoliTo
Every PhD student sets a personalized study plan
with his/her tutor
The
course catalog
is composed of:
Third level courses (specific for PhD students)
Courses given by high reputation lecturers invited by
Politecnico
Workshops
Courses taken in other Italian or foreign Universities
represents acceptable credits towards the satisfaction of
educational requirements
more than 70% of the PhD candidates graduated >= 105/110
35% graduated with 110/110 with honors (max MSc score in Italy)
International milieu
: about 40% PhD candidates come from abroad
About 70% of PhD candidates receives
funds
(scholarships, grants…)
SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
Scholarships from Politecnico
Scholarships from External Organization
Students without Scholarship
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
XXIII Ciclo XXIV Ciclo XXV Ciclo XXVI Ciclo XXVII Ciclo
95 89 64 60 67 67 64 72 65 74 131 93 104 135 88
Places and scholarships assigned in the last five
cycles
24%
holds a grant
10%
benefits of other funds
DOCTORATE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Foreign students enrolled in the PhD14,20% 17,60% 12,70% 10,60% 29,90% 34,70% 39,00% 47,50% 0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0% 50,0%
DOCTORATE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Nationality of the foreign students admitted to the
XXVII PhD cycle (2012)
38% 18% 16% 9% 8% 7% 3% 1% PAKISTAN CHINA IRAN EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA REST OF ASIA INDIA USADOCTORATE, INDUSTRY AND EXTERNAL
RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
Development of joint activities concerning training and
research, through a strong reciprocal exchange of
knowledge and the integrated use of competences.
COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL EDUCATION
84
62
83
111
67
64
72
72
74
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
N um be r of S ch ol ar sh ip s
Cycle
Scholarships subsidized by external organizations
COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL EDUCATION
DOCTORATE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
OUTGOING
Politecnico di Torino promotes the international mobility of its PhD
students investing on stable relationships with Universities all over
the world and with the main Research Centres.
Each student can attend up to 18 months of training/research
activities abroad during his/her three years of doctorate.
In addition, Politecnico di Torino offers some specific projects for the
mobility of its PhD students:
- Cotutelle agreements with foreign Universities
- Projects with the Italian-French University
- The Fullbright Programme (USA)
DOCTORATE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Main abroad destinations of the PhD students for training and
research activities (2009-2012)
USA e Canada United Kingdom Scandinavia Sw itzerland Australia FranceRest of the World
Europe - Other*
Department of
Applied Science & Technology
Our Institutes
•
Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems
•
Physics Fundamentals and Materials for Nanotechnologies
•
Physics and Materials Engineering
•
Science and Engineering of Materials for Technology Innovation
•
Chemistry
•
Chemical Engineering
Our People
FMCSC (20) FFMN (18) IFM (15) SIMTI (17) C (18) IC (28) IM (6)
1 ANDRIANOPOLI LM AGNELLO M CHEN Q ACTIS GRANDE M ARMANDI M. ANGELINI EPM FIRRAO D
2 BARBERO G ALLIA P DAGHERO D BADINI CF BODOARDO S BANCHERO M MAIZZA G
3 BRAUNSTEIN A CICERO G DE BENEDETTI B BIAMINO S BONELLI B BARRESI A MATTEIS P
4 BUZANO C DESCROVI E FERRARIS M DOGLIONE R BONGIOVANNI RM BENSAID S ROSALBINO F
5 CARBONE AF FERRERO S GERBALDO R FINA A DELMASTRO A BOSCO F SCAVINO G
6 DOLCINI F GIORGIS F GHIGO G FINO P DEORSOLA F. CHIAMPO F UBERTALLI G
7 GLIOZZI A IAZZI F GONNELLI R FRACHE A FIORILLI SL CONTI R
8 IOTTI RC LAVAGNO A GOZZELINO L LOMBARDI M FRANCIA C DEMICHELA M
9 KANIADAKIS G MANDRACCI P MILANESE D MALUCELLI G GARRONE E FERRERO F
10 MONTORSI A PIRRI C SALVO M MARINO F GEOBALDO F FERRI A
11 PELIZZOLA A RICCIARDI C SMEACETTO F MONTANARO L GERBALDI C FINO D
12 PENNA V RIVOLO P SPRIANO SM PALMERO P MAZZA D FISSORE D
13 RAFFA FA SCALTRITO L UMMARINO G PAVESE M ONIDA B GOZZELINO G
14 ROSSANI A SPARAVIGNA AC VERNE' E ROSSO M PAGLIOLICO SL GRASSINI S
15 ROSSI F STEPANESCU A VITALE BROVARONE C SANGERMANO M PENAZZI N MANNA L
16 SCALERANDI M TAGLIAFERRO A TULLIANI JMC RONCHETTI SM MARCHISIO D
17 STRIGAZZI A TARTAGLIA A UGUES D SARACCO G MARMO L
18 TEBALDI C TRESSO EM SPINELLI P MAZZARINO I
19 TRIGIANTE M PIRONE R 20 ZECCHINA R PISANO R 21 ROVERO G 22 RUGGERI B 23 RUSSO N 24 SASSI G 25 SICARDI S 26 SPECCHIA S 27 SPECCHIA V 28 VANNI M
120 academic staff
+ 53 technical & administrative staff
+ 275 PhDs, post-docs & grant researchers
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Research areas
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FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE PROCESS ENGINEERING
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BIOMATERIALS, BIOMEDICAL DEVICES AND PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING
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FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, MICRO AND NANO DEVICES
•
CERAMIC METALS AND COMPOSITES ENGINEERING
•
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY ENGINEERING
•
POLYMERS, NANOCOMPOSITES AND TEXTILES ENGINEERING
•
MULTISCALE MODELING FOR MATERIAL SCIENCE AND PROCESS ENGINEERING
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APPLIED SCIENCE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
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PARTICLE PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY
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STATISTICAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS
•
QUANTUM PHENOMENA IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
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COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND SOFT MATTER
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Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Energy and Environment
POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Department of Applied Science and Technology CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 24, 10129 TORINO, ITALY
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