Course General Description

The aim of the Laurea (Equivalent to Bachelor of Science) Programme in Architectural Design is to create a basic education on the architecture knowledge in its historical, formal, aesthetic, functional, constructive, technological and representative aspects. The architectural project is related to different areas and applications: the city, the landscape, the building, the builtenvironment, the interiors. The Laurea Programme has the objective to create a professional skill able to deal appropriately with the growing complexity of the problems related to architectural design and to the new tasks and responsibilities required by the professional world. The graduate student, through a good and critical preparation together with defined technical skills, is able to carry out professional activities specified by law.

School General Description

Politecnico Milano is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer. Research has always been linked to didactics and it is a priority commitment which has allowed Politecnico Milano to achieve high quality results at an international level as to join the university to the business world. Research constitutes a parallel path to that formed by cooperation and alliances with the industrial system. Knowing the world in which you are going to work is a vital requirement for training students. By referring back to the needs of the industrial world and public administration, research is facilitated in following new paths and dealing with the need for constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, in many cases favored by Fondazione Politecnico and by consortiums to which Politecnico belong, allows the university to follow the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to be a stimulus for their development.