The Polytechnic University of Turin ( it, Politecnico di Torino) is the oldest Italian

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. The university offers several courses in the fields of

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Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

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and

Industrial Design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactu ...

, and is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in

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and in

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. As of 2022 it is ranked by

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33rd among the engineering and technology universities in the world, 31st worldwide for

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

, 16th for Petroleum Engineering, 28th for

, 31st for

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

and 43rd for Electrical and electronic engineering. The Polytechnic University of Turin has its main campuses in the city of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, where the majority of the research and teaching activities are located, as well as other satellite campuses in four other cities across the

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region. With eleven

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and several

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, it has around 35,000 students (

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and

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) and 1,800 employees (teaching, research, support and management staff). The university was established in 1859 as a Technical School for Engineers. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1906. Politecnico di Torino is a member of several university federations, including the

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, and

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History

The ''Regio Politecnico di Torino'' (Royal Polytechnic University of Turin) was established in 1906. The present-day institution was preceded by the ''Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri'' (Technical School for Engineers), which was founded in 1859 in application of the Casati law, and the ''Museo Industriale Italiano'' (Italian Industry Museum) founded in 1862 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and Industry. The Technical School for Engineers was part of the University, which led to technical studies being accepted as part of higher education. In those times Italy was about to begin a new industrial era, which the Industry Museum was to address more directly thanks to famous scholars and researchers dealing with new subjects such as

electrotechnics Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

and

building science Building science is the science and technology-driven collection of knowledge in order to provide better indoor environmental quality (IEQ), energy-efficient built environments, and occupant comfort and satisfaction. ''Building physics, architec ...

. The new school was deeply concerned with the needs of the Italian society and its development perspectives. Like other well known Polytechnic Schools in the first years of the 20th century the Regio Politecnico di Torino had several goals and began contacting the European academic world and the Italian industry.

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began as a subject. Students from all over Italy came to Turin and found in the new laboratories built for the study of various subjects ranging from

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

in a positive and helpful atmosphere. Subsequently, the Faculty of Engineering was transferred to a building, now disappeared, which occupied the entire block between via Giolitti, via San Francesco da Paola, via Cavour and via Accademia Albertina (the current Valdo Fusi square). During the

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, the plexus was severely damaged, and largely razed to the ground by a heavy

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by the

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, in the night between 8 and 9 December 1942. Instead of rebuilding the Faculty of Engineering where it was, it was decided to move it and expand it in the Crocetta district, and in November 1958 a large complex of buildings located in Corso Duca degli Abruzzi was inaugurated in the vast area where the Turin Stadium had been built in 1911. The historical headquarters of

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(Castello del Valentino) helped expanding the volume and the facilities given in 1859 to the Technical School for Engineers. In the 1990s, new teaching campuses were opened in

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, Ivrea and

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. On 13 February 2012, the

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, a small

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built to the standards of the

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(

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cube) by the students of the Polytechnic of Turin, was carried into orbit by

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, the pitcher of the

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Campuses

Campuses of the Politecnico di Torino draw inspiration from the structure of

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ones, with multipurpose buildings for teaching, basis and applied research and services to the students in Turin, and a regional network of technological centers (Alessandria, Biella, Mondovì, Verrès), dedicated to research activities, technological transfer, specialist education and services to the region. The historical and representative base of the Politecnico is in the town, on the

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: the

, a

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of the 17th Century. It is the main teaching campus for Architecture and has an area of 23.000 sq. m. The big complex in corso Duca degli Abruzzi – with 122.000 sq. m., the main campus of Engineering – was opened in 1958 and it is completed by the Cittadella Politecnica: a modern complex of 170,000 sq. m. adjoining to the main building, including areas dedicated to students, research activities, technological transfer and services. The newest campus is the Design and Sustainable Mobility Citadel, in an area adjoining to the manufacturing establishment of Mirafiori,

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manufacturing facility which has been remodeled as well as the Lingotto building, which hosts the Master School. The headquarters on Oddino Morgari street is intended for the course in territorial, urban and landscape-environmental planning.

Museum

The ''Museo Archivio Politecnico'' (MAP) carries out historical documentation activities for the University and for scholars who intend to carry out research and studies on the development of Turin's polytechnic culture, as well as the events that over the years have involved technical institutions and industry in Turin,

and Italy. The museum preserves and manages the historical materials of the University, such as: the historical archive of the students of the Polytechnic and a specialized library on the history of engineering, architecture and related institutions. It also carries out activities for the dissemination of scientific and technological culture with exhibitions, workshops and conferences.

Academics

Statistics

Students statistics (A.Y. 2018-2019) *35700 Bachelor's and Master's students *52% Italian students from outside Piedmont *16% international students *5300 first year students *565 Specializing Master's students *696 PhD candidates Course catalog (A.Y. 2019-2020) *23 Bachelor's degree programmes (3 in Architecture, Design and Spatial Planning, 19 in Engineering and 1 Professional Bachelor's degree programme) *30 Master's degree programmes (6 in Architecture and 24 in Engineering) *23 Courses completely taught in English *5 I level Specialization Masters *17 II level Specialization Masters *16 PhD programmes, including 5 in cooperation with other universities (3) and research centres (2) Graduates statistics in 2018 *6,691 graduates *3,495 Bachelor's degree graduates (Average age: 23,7) *3,196 Master's degree graduates (Average age 26,2) Employment rate of second cycle (Master) students one year after graduation (Almalaurea 2021 survey): 87.5%, above the national average of 70.7%.

Departments

The university is structured in 11 departments that deal with both teaching and research. Departments carry out duties of coordination, promotion of research, organization and management of the teaching activity, following the recent reform of the University system. The departments are: GM Power Train Europe

*DAD – Department of Architecture and Design *DAUIN – Department of Control and Computer Engineering *DENERG – Department of Energy *DET – Department of Electronics and Telecommunications *DIATI – Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering *DIGEP – Department of Management and Production Engineering *DIMEAS – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering *DISAT – Department of Applied Science and Technology *DISEG – Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering *DISMA – Department of Mathematical Sciences *DIST – Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning

Rankings

In the recent years, Politecnico di Torino is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Italy and in Europe, and as of 2021 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among the top 40 engineering and technology universities in the world, with many Rankings by subject in the world's top 20 and 30. In particular, according to QS Top Universities Ranking 2021, Politecnico di Torino ranked 30th in the world for

, 15th in the world for Petroleum Engineering, 34th in the world for

and 33rd in the world for

. S Ranking of World Universities 2021, https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/politecnico-di-torino/ref> University's Innovative Enterprise and Business Incubator ' I3P' was ranked in 2014 as the 5th best in Europe and 15th overall in the world by UBI Index Politecnico Di Torino is the top national recipient of research funding from the Fondo di Finanziamento Ordinario. The

Automotive Engineering Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufac ...

program, conceived in collaboration with

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, has been consistently ranked among the top three in

for the past ten years.

Internationalization

The Polytechnic University of Turin has been awarded the title "European University" by the

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. Together with 6 other European technical universities, the Polytechnic University of Turin has formed the alliance UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering). The aim of the project is to create a trans-European campus, to introduce trans-European curricula, to promote scientific cooperation between the members and to strengthen knowledge transfer between the countries. The alliance includes the

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, the

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, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the

Polytechnic University of Catalonia The Technical University of Catalonia ( ca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, , es, link=no, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spa ...

and the

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. Politecnico di Torino has agreement with

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. There Politecnico di Torino prepare students in the field of

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering also called mechatronics, is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, ...

(only Master of Science, but the course was closed in 2015), Computer science and Civil engineering.

Courses

The main courses offered are

architectural engineering Architectural engineers apply and theoretical knowledge to the engineering design of buildings and building systems. The goal is to engineer high performance buildings that are sustainable, economically viable and ensure the safety health. Archi ...

industrial design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactu ...

aerospace engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

automotive engineering Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufac ...

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

computer engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers n ...

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

electronic engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

energy engineering Energy engineering or Energy Systems Engineering is a broad field of engineering dealing with energy efficiency, energy services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance, sustainable energy and renewable energy tec ...

engineering physics Engineering physics, or engineering science, refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, particularly computer, nuclear, electrical, electronic, aerospace, materials or mechanical en ...

, material engineering,

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

mechatronics Mechatronics engineering also called mechatronics, is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, ...

mining engineering Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, a ...

nuclear engineering Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of breaking down atomic nuclei ( fission) or of combining atomic nuclei ( fusion), or with the application of other sub-atomic processes based on the principles of n ...

nanotechnology Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal ...

production engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufa ...

, petroleum engineering,

telecommunications engineering Telecommunications Engineering is a subfield of electrical engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication enginee ...

and

textile engineering Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

Research

Research activities, in particular, are structured in four macro-areas: Industrial Engineering; Information Technology; Management and Mathematical Engineering; Civil, Environmental, Architecture and Design Engineering.

Research alliances

The Polytechnic has research links with local and international companies, reaching about 700 yearly research contracts with firms such a
EthosEnergy

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Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorola ...

Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to CQ prior to a 2007 rebranding) was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced ...

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Fiat Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiar ...

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, IBM,

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, Bosch,

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and ESA.

Networks

The Politecnico di Torino is a member of *

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(Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research) which is a network of leading European Universities of Technology * European Network for Training and Research in Electrical Engineering * Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network *

European Spatial Development Planning The European Spatial Development Planning or ESDP-Network seeks to promote education, research and professional training in spatial planning across European countries, in collaboration with many partners in other regions of the world. To this pur ...

(ESDP) network. *University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering (UNITE!)

Student life

At Politecnico di Torino tuition fees vary depending on each student's family income (ISEE form) and usually they increase if the student is late with its studies. Fees range between about 161

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/year and 3821 €/year. Students with a family income (ISEE) lower than 25.500 €/year are part of the "no-tax area" and pay 161 €/year. A large number of students benefit from fees reductions, including international students. Piedmont's public education service (EDISU Piemonte) which manages additional scholarships, student housing, libraries, lending of computers, cafeterias and study spaces. All the university campuses are covered by a Wi-Fi network, connected and interoperable with the

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service.

Associations

Politecnico di Torino hosts many students' associations, including international students associations. As of 2022 there are 29 registered associations, some of these are: * ''AESA Torino'' (Aerospace Engineering Students' Association), a non-profit organization which organises conferences and guided tours related to the aerospace field. * ''J.E.To.P. - Junior Enterprise Torino Politecnico'', a non-profit organization that operates ad a web agency. * ''PoliENERGY'', a non-profit organization related to sustainability, innovation and energy. * ''ERASMUS TORINO'', a non-profit organization, gathering exchange students and encouraging exchange projects * ''Mu Nu Chapter of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu'', a collegiate chapter of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for

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Teams

There are more than 30 active student teams at Politecnico, where students can work together on different projects, enriching their cultural, technical and managerial knowledge. Some of these are: * ''2WheelsPoliTO'', a team in which students design and build a racing motorcycle that every two years races on the MotoGP circuit of Aragon (Spain). * '' CubeSat Team'', a student team involved in the design and development of small space platforms. * ''DIANA'', a student team which works on robotics and the production of model of rovers. * ''PoliTo Rocket Team,'' the rocketry student team of the university, entirely dedicated to the design and construction of high-powered

rockets A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...

. * ''Squadra Corse'', a student team devoted to designing and constructing an electric racing prototype to compete in Formula SAE and Formula Hybrid.

Student politics

Students at the university elect representatives in the Academic Senate, the Board of Directors and in the Boards of Schools. Currently, there are three main political groups in student elections, which are also recognized student's associations: * Alter.POLIS, an independent

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

organization. * ''Lavori in Corso'', generally considered as a

Christian democratic Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democrati ...

organization. * ''RUN Polito'', a

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

organization, nationally confederated with ''Primavera degli Studenti.'' There are also other smaller groups which includes extremist groups, such as fascist and communist student unions. Participation in student elections is generally low.

Notable alumni

* Guido Chiarelli *

Corradino D'Ascanio General Corradino D'Ascanio (1 February 1891 in Popoli, Pescara – 6 August 1981 in Pisa) was an Italian aeronautical engineer. D'Ascanio designed the first production helicopter, for Agusta, and designed the first motor scooter for Fer ...

Carlo De Benedetti Carlo De Benedetti (born 14 November 1934) ''"Sfide perse e vinte: Repubblica-Mondadori"'', ''Gazzetta di Mantova'', 10 March 1998, webpage is an Italian industrialist, engineer, and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citiz ...

John Elkann John Philip Jacob Elkann (born 1 April 1976) is an Italian industrialist. In 1997, he became the chosen heir of his grandfather Gianni Agnelli, following the death of Gianni's nephew Giovanni Alberto Agnelli and since 2004 has been leading the A ...

Galileo Ferraris Galileo Ferraris (31 October 1847 – 7 February 1897) was an Italian university professor, physicist and electrical engineer, one of the pioneers of AC power system and inventor of the induction motor although he never patented his work. Many ...

* Edoardo Molinari * Paola Navone *

Adriano Olivetti Adriano Olivetti (11 April 1901 – 27 February 1960) was an Italian engineer, politician, and industrialist whose entrepreneurial activity thrived on the idea that profit should be reinvested for the benefits of the whole society. He was son of ...

Vilfredo Pareto Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto ( , , , ; born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italians, Italian polymath (civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher). He made several important ...

Francesco Profumo Francesco Profumo (born 3 May 1953) is an Italian engineer and academic who was Italy's Minister of Education from 16 November 2011 to 28 April 2013. He has been President of the National Research Council (CNR) since August 2011 and had pre ...

* Emma Strada

References

External links

Politecnico di Torino Website

Politecnico di Torino in Scientific American

CLUSTER (Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research) Website

Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent Website
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