Materials provide the foundation for the modern global economy. Moreover, materials, many of them critical, are becoming increasingly relevant for the shift to a decarbonizing society as materials enable the transition to renewable energy, electric mobility, resource efficiency, among others. In order to ensure a future society is supplied with a sustainable stream of raw materials, robust solutions and game-changing technologies will be pivotal to ensuring material supply keeps pace with demand.

The SUMA Master programme aims to train tomorrow’s resource engineers in collaborative work in a global world, gathering together some of the best educational programmes in the field of sustainable materials engineering in Europe. The goal is to ensure young scientists obtain a solid background in chemistry and physics, with competencies for designing and tailoring new material systems for specific functions, and with a specific view to the sustainability of processes and technologies in the field of material development. SUMA puts a particularly strong focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership and takes a holistic approach to the materials paradigm by exploring circular (eco)design, materials substitution, life cycle engineering and circular economy design, materials processing and recycling, manufacturing and innovation.... [-]

The master of science programme in Building and Architectural Engineering prepares a senior Building Engineer with interdisciplinary scientific and technical background and skill suitable to work in the field of design, construction, refurbishment and management of large, complex and high performance buildings.

The Master degree Building and Architectural Engineers are mostly employed by architecture and engineering design and consulting firms as well as by construction and maintenance, services and facilities firms, manufacturers of building materials and components. They are also employed by Public Administrations, property management and quality control service and appreciated as private consultants. ... [-]

The main educational objective of this Master of Science programme is to prepare an engineer able to “produce” innovation both in the industrial environment as well as in basic research and which is highly competitive in the global market, with particular reference to the physical and optical technology, nanotechnology and photonics sectors.

The physical engineer can approach all sectors in which advanced technological systems are developed: lasers, photonics, materials technology, biomedical optics, etc. The course has two possible finalizations:

Students holding a Bachelor degree in Physics Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Information Engineering and at least 15 years of education are eligible for application. The Commission will evaluate case by case students with a different background. ... [-]

The Chemical engineering programme includes mandatory courses on Chemical reaction engineering and on applied chemical kinetics; Advanced calculus; Industrial organic chemistry; Unit operations of chemical plants; Mechanics of solids and structures; Applied Mechanics. Other courses can be selected by the students among many subjects related to e.g. chemical plants and unit operations, safety, process design, catalysis, material science, numerical methods, environmental protection, food production, energy, biomaterials, etc.. A proper selection of the eligible courses will lead to specialisations in Process Engineering, Project Engineering or Product Engineering.

The program includes a broad range track entitled "Electrical Engineering" and a special track devoted to "Smart Grids", organized and run in collaboration with Enel S.p.A. The first track provides solid skills in the areas of electrical energy and of renewable sources, electrical systems in transportation, design and automation of electrical systems. The track "Smart Grids" provides tools to manage the new challenges of electricity systems involving increasing presence of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and of Dispersed Generation (DG). Such a new generation paradigm drives the evolution of distribution networks towards smart grids. Mastering the evolution requires new professional skills, ranging from the use of information and of communications technologies, fundamental to enhance traditional networks, to the full knowledge of the regulation of power systems operated in liberalized energy markets. ... [-]

The educational goal of the MSc Programme in Mechanical Engineering is to train highly qualified engineers, capable of playing different roles in the job market, by providing them with sound scientific, economic and technical competences, together with broad practical and professional skills needed for a successful career in a technologically advanced and rapidly evolving society.

The specialist in Mechanical Engineering, being involved in the design, production process and operation of products and systems, needs to develop a strong interdisciplinary background in machine design, with respect to functional requirements, dynamic and structural analysis, propulsion and engine systems, fluid mechanics, material properties and selection, manufacturing processes and production systems, operation and management of industrial plants, experimental techniques, mechatronics and industrial automation. ... [-]

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. Space Engineering graduates have all the competencies to fully develop activities related to the design, technical analysis and verification of a space mission.

Within these activities, in particular, graduates from Politecnico di Milano can develop specific skills in the areas of mission analysis, thermal and structural design of space components, design of the space propulsion and power generation system, design of the orbit and attitude control systems, space systems integration and testing. ... [-]

This Master of Science programme is taught entirely in English to stimulate the student in acquiring a greater familiarity with the terminology used internationally. The objective of the programme is to prepare a professional figure expert in materials and in the design of processes and manufactured goods.

Within the scope of the study plan a number of specific specialisations are foreseen:

The Master of Science graduate in Materials and Nanotechnology Engineering has the ability to devise and manage innovation in the materials industry; he/she finds employment mainly in companies specialised in producing, processing and design various materials and components, as well as in the area of the development of new applications in the mechanical, chemical, electronics, energy, telecommunications, construction, transport, biomedical, environmental and restoration industries as well as in research and development centres of companies and public bodies.... [-]

This programme offers a synthesis of the fundamental and most advanced civil engineering tools for Risk Management, integrated by competences in different areas (land use planning, economics and finance, communication, law, psychology). Graduates in C.E.R.M. deal with the design of structures and of infrastructures, with planning, control and management of town and of land systems, and they are able to evaluate the environmental impact of structures and of infrastructures. The programme is taught in English. For more information: www.master-cerm.polimi.it

Students holding a Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Architecture or Land Use Planning are eligible for application. ... [-]

Graduates in Civil Engineering work in the field of constructions and infrastructures. The subjects taught in the Master’s Degree program aim at strengthening the basic preparation of the students, providing them, at the same time, with an adequately deepened knowledge of topics central to Civil Engineering. Students can choose their field of specialization in one of the following areas: Geotechnics, Hydraulics, Transportation infrastructures, Structures. Suggested study plans help students define their curriculum. Additionally, a General curriculum is also proposed, aimed at students preferring a wider spectrum formation in Civil Engineering.

The program includes two tracks - 'Geotechnics and ‘Structures’- taught in English. ... [-]

This programme has the objective of preparing professionals able to deal with issues relating to complex systems with an engineering mentality, harmonising a solid scientific background with a command of advanced methodologies e technologies. The programme is characterised by continuous synergy between Applied Mathematics and Engineering disciplines.

The student has 3 specialisations available:

Students holding a Bachelor degree in Mathematical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Industrial Engineering and 15 years of education are eligible for application. The Evaluation Board will examine different curricula. Curricular supplements may be necessary if the Bachelor of Science obtained by the candidate does not have a sufficient degree of “consistency” with the educational programme of the MSME. ... [-]

The program is taught in English. Different specializations are available:

Interactive applications - Big data - Bioinformatics and e-health - Cyber-security - Networked enterprises and services - Artificial Intelligence - Internet Engineering - Robotics and Vision - Pervasive Systems - Ambient Intelligence - Data and Signal Engineering - Web Science and Engineering - Communication and Society Engineering - ICT Engineering, Business and Innovation

All of them are available on the Milano Leonardo Campus. Moreover, a special track in Sound Engineering and Musical Acoustics is offered in cooperation between the Milano Leonardo Campus – 1st year – and the Cremona Campus – 2nd year... [-]

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.

Students can select four possible tracks (all taught in English):

or define their personalized study program through a large set of available courses.

Students holding at least a BSc degree in a related field and 15 years of education are eligible for application. Preference is accorded to graduates in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering. A solid background in the fundamentals of engineering is requested, i.e. in Mathematics, Physics, Telecommunications disciplines, Computer Science, Electronics.... [-]

Management Engineering is the successful translation into a degree course of the emerging professional figure of the engineer-manager. This new figure has evolved naturally from the needs of the industrialised world, as the engineer of change and innovation whose role is to plan and manage complex systems where there is a strong interaction between technical, and economic and organisational variables.

Management engineers cover a wide-reaching range of activities, such as designing and managing production and logistics systems, strategic planning, business organisation and management, economics, planning and managing technology and innovation, internationalisation processes, management control, corporate and market finance, economics and management of companies in regulated sectors and network services, large-scale project planning and management, internet applications and ICT management. ... [-]

The operational areas addressed by this Master of Science programme may be summarised in two skill profiles, gravitating around the economic-financial management (asset and property management) and technical-operational support services for the built-up environment management (facility management) areas.

The objective of the course is to transmit to the student knowledge and skills in building technology and construction, in production and management engineering, in law, in economics, in information technology, and in land planning; to provide methods and tools to be used for technical-economic evaluation on purchase or on designing the requalification of buildings. ... [-]