1. General Information

School	School of Design School of Industrial and Information Engineering
Code Reference Law	1091
Name	Design & Engineering
Reference Law	Ordinamento 270/04
Class of degree	LM-12 - Design
Degree level	Laurea Magistrale (Equivalent To Master Of Science)
First year of activation	2010/2011
Official length of the programme	2
Years of the programme already activated	1,2
Official language(s)	The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme is offered in English but the degree programme meets the requirements of MIUR (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research) note of 11.07.2018 and the CUN opinion of 10.23.2018.
Campus	Milano
Dean of the School	Luisa Maria Virginia Collina Antonio Capone
Coordinator of the Study programme	Matteo Oreste Ingaramo
Website of the School	http://www.design.polimi.it
Website of the Study programme	http://design-engineering.polimi.it/

Central Student Office - Milano Bovisa

Address

VIA LAMBRUSCHINI, 15 (MI)

2. General presentation of the study programme

The School of Design has been running a number of level II educational programmes for some years now as well as its continuation Laurea Magistrale in order to enhance the Politecnico di Milano's educational programme.

The Industrial Product Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master in Science), henceforth referred to for the sake of brevity as Design & Engineering, responds to growing demand for designers integrating design world type skills with engineering know-how. These professionals are called on to manage the complexities of the creative, design and implementation process for large scale consumer products within global decision-making and manufacturing mechanisms. The product industry is, in fact, markedly trans-national and draws on skills and know-how from countries capable of ensuring project quality, innovation ability and the use of sustainable materials and advanced technologies.

In this scenario Milan and Italy are crucibles of front rank professionals in the field of design and international centres of excellence. The Politecnico di Milano, always an expression of multi-disciplinary culture capable of integrating the various 'polytechnic' strengths, is perhaps the Italian university with the highest levels of integration between the design and engineering worlds.

The Laurea Magistrale in Design & Engineering programme is an example of this having emerged from synergies between a range of subject areas notably Design (Department of Design, School of Design), Mechanical Engineering (Department of Mechanics, School of Industrial and IT Design) and Materials Engineering (the “Giulio Natta” Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Industrial and IT Engineering).

The Laurea Magistrale programme aims to integrate the various cultures to train internationally avant-garde design professionals. Professionals of this sort - with unique characteristics in the Italian educational system - are of especial value in the industrial product job market with a markedly global character requiring an ability to adapt to an international working environment.

In the world of design and industrial production, the Politecnico di Milano's Design & Engineering Laurea Magistrale programme aspires to become an unrivalled educational attraction and visiting card both nationally and internationally.

 

3. Learning objectives

General programme description

The Design & Engineering Laurea Magistrale programme is designed to train professionals combining design culture with technical-engineering skills capable of designing and developing industrial products in expressive and material terms and technical-operational and manufacturing process management aspects.

Over the course of this two year programme students thus study how to:

_Develop a complete design project from the starting point of the product concept, through definitive design and implementation, to the drawing up of product specifications;

_Select materials and working technologies and manage the life cycle (with special attention to environmental considerations);

_Acquire and apply design methodologies in virtual environments;

_Assess and manage the design implications of the technological aspects of manufacturing systems.

On completion of the Design & Engineering Laurea Magistrale programme students will be trained professionals in the following areas:

_Industrial Design, User centered design and interaction;

_Industrial Process and Production, Product Development;

_Materials, Technologies and life cycles;

_Representation and prototyping.

Industrial Design, Industrial Process and Production

Students will be supplied with the tools and methods required to manage the value chain in aspects related to innovation in industrial design and related processes. From the starting point of a design and concept brief, students will be provided with the methods and tools required for integrated product-process design as well as appropriate understanding and management of the design, programming and process monitoring phases which support the product and component production cycle (with special attention to integrated production systems). Fundamentally important themes are technological research for innovation, integration between product and process design, production in distributional contexts, return production, integration between processes and the systems that make them, evolutionary system management and quality management.

Materials, Technologies and life cycles

Students will be provided with know-how and operational abilities in the materials and surfaces contexts and their working technologies integrating engineering with design cultures by means of in-depth and conscious understanding of the relationships between structure and physical-mechanical properties and sensory, perceptional and emotional type functions. The study and design of new application potential in relation to operational behaviour is in fact one of the fundamental principles in the production of pleasant, attractive and at the same time practical and functional products requiring understanding and management of the interaction between product materials, contexts and use quality. Simultaneous assessment and planning relating to material and product life cycles in production, working, withdrawal and recycling is also of fundamental importance.

Representation and prototyping

Students will be provided with the tools required in the design and formation of digital prototype process understood as simulations of real production objects and industrial design interiors in all their aspects (formal, functional and structural). In addition to three dimensional parametric modelling, the methodologies and techniques of reverse modelling and virtual prototyping, i.e. 3D model building techniques as design media will be studied as well as virtual visualisation techniques such as perceptional, numerical and functional simulation media and 3D data acquisition in form and colour as  feedback media.

All mechanics courses including the optional

Teaching Models

The programme involves front-of-class theory teaching integrating creative design and product development methodologies in the laboratory context on up-to-date technological, process and use themes.

Students from a range of three year laurea courses requires teaching courses in the first year of the Laurea Magistrale considered of fundamental importance in bringing students to the same level.

Front-of-class teaching in the second year is designed to provide students with the specific techniques required in definitive project development and implementation in addition to in-depth study on design culture (optional courses and humanities studies).

The Laurea Magistrale programme comprises three design laboratories focusing on applying the skills acquired in theory teaching and design and engineering integration.

4. Organization of the study programme and further studies

4.1 Structure of the study programme and Qualifications

For every level I Laurea course the School also sets up a related continued study Laurea Magistrale.

 

Laurea I Level	Laurea II Level of the same class
- Industrial product design	Integrated Product Design
- Communication Design	Communication Design
- Fashion Design	Design for the Fashion System
- Interior Design	Interior and Spatial Design
Industrial product design	Design & Engineering of Industrial Product
Mechanical Engineering (Laurea programme activated at the School of Industrial and Information Engineering)
Material and Nanotechnology Engineering (Laurea programme activated at the School of Industrial and Information Engineering)
Industrial Product Design/Communication Design/Interior Design/Fashion Design	Product Service System Design
Industrial Product Design/Communication Design/Interior Design/Fashion Design	Digital and Interaction Design
Interior Design/Industrial Product Design (Product)	Naval and Ship Building Design - La Spezia campus

 

All LM study programmes of the School of Design are divided up into sections.

Laurea Magistrale in Integrated Product Design Taught in Italian and English languages	Active sections during 1st and 2nd year of the LM Section Integrated Product 1 - IP1 Section Integrated Product 2 - IP2
Laurea Magistrale in Communication Design Taught in Italian and English languages	Active during both years, 1st and 2nd year of the LM Communication Section 1 – C_1 Communication Section 2 – C_2 Communication Section 3 – C_3
Laurea Magistrale in Design for the Fashion System Taught in English language	Active during both years, 1st and 2nd year of the LM Fashion Section 1 – M_1 Fashion Section 2 – M_2
Laurea Magistrale in Interior and Spatial Design Taught in Italian and English languages	Active sections during 1st and 2nd year of the LM Section Interior and Spatial 1 - IS1 Section Interior and Spatial 2 - IS2 Section Interior and Spatial 3 - IS3
Laurea Magistrale in Design & Engineering Taught in English language	Active sections during both years, 1st and 2nd year of the LM Section D&E 1 – DE1 Section D&E2 – DE2 Section D&E3 – DE3
Laurea Magistrale in Product Service System Design Taught in English language	Active sections during both years, 1st and 2nd year of the LM Section Product Service System 1 - PS_1 Section Product Service System 2 - PS_2 From the 2nd year of the LM the following section will also be active Section Product Service System 2 - PS_3 Only for students of the Double Degree with Management engineering
Laurea Magistrale in Digital and Interaction Design Taught in English language	During 1st and 2nd year a single DID Section is active

Please note: the educational offer can be in both languages, Italian and English.

4.2 Further Studies

The qualification grants access to "Dottorato di Ricerca" (Research Doctorate), "Corso di Specializzazione di secondo livello" (2nd level Specialization Course) and "Master Universitario di secondo livello" (2nd level University Master)

5. Professional opportunities and work market

5.1 Professional status of the degree

Designer-Engineer
A graduate in Design & Engineering is a specialized designer-engineer who integrates design culture with technical and engineering expertise. They are capable of designing and developing industrial products, balancing both aesthetic and material qualities with technological considerations. Additionally, they possess the skills to select and manage production processes, ensuring an effective transition from concept to manufacturing.

5.2 Careers options and profiles

Reference professionals work in the following fields:

1.    Designers capable of liaising with process engineers: typical skill areas are industrial designers in the manufacturing and marketing contexts within predefined production cycles, industrial product implementation, technology and industrial cycle and retail product distribution designers.
2.    Prototyping designers: typical applications are digital and/or physical prototyping, component design from the starting point of CAD assisted three-dimensional modelling, development of engineered models by means of geometric, mechanical and technological know-how indispensable in the shift to implementation with numerical control machinery (CAM) of model surfaces and volumes, defining working technologies and material transformation for the purposes of the industrial implementation of objects designed and modelled.
3.   Simulation designers: typical applications are manufacturing cycle simulation, technological, formal and construction characteristic simulation of products with specific ergonomic performance requirements.
4.   Materials and material life cycle designers: capable of selecting the most suitable materials and surfaces to give projects specific surface and material functional, tactile, colour and even aroma qualities which are increasingly crucial factors in 'made in Italy' product competitiveness (furniture, cars, textiles, accessories, packaging, etc.) paying great attention to environmental values linked to product life cycles.
5.     Project leaders: i.e. senior designers with a global vision of product design cycles, production, retail distribution and withdrawal capable of co-ordinating those responsible for concept and design and material selection and process development liaising with marketing and retail departments and capable of bringing the entire product development process to completion without losing touch with conceptual continuity.

Surveys of University Assessment Commission
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4205

5.3 Qualification profile

Designer Planner
profile in a work context:

Specialized planners that combine design culture with technical-engineering skills capable of designing and developing industrial products in expressive and material terms and technical-operational processes and able to manage the production aspects.
Graduates from the Laurea Magistrale in Design & Engineering are professional industrial product designers capable of liaising with process engineers, prototyping designers, simulation designers and project leaders, i.e. designers with a global project vision capable of managing and co-ordinating the entire design, production, retail distribution and withdrawal of a product process.
In particular:
- Industrial Design, Industrial Process and Production
Specialized designer able to manage the value chain in aspects related to innovation in industrial design and related processes (design, planning and process control that support the production cycle of products and components, with particular attention to integrated production systems).
- Materials, Technologies and life cycles
Specialized designer in materials and surfaces contexts and their working technologies integrating engineering with design cultures by means of in-depth and conscious understanding of the relationships between structure and physical-mechanical properties and sensory, perception and emotional type functions.
- Representation and prototyping:
Specialized designer in the design and formation of digital prototype process understood as simulations of real production objects and industrial design interiors in all their aspects (formal, functional and structural).

skills of this function:
Specific skills:
- develop a complete project from the starting point of the product concept, through definitive design and implementation, to the drawing up of the executive project for production;

- select materials and working technologies and manage the life cycle (with special attention to environmental considerations);

- acquire and apply design methodologies in virtual environments;

- assess and manage the design implications of the technological aspects of manufacturing systems.

Job opportunities:
The Industrial Product Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master in Science) in Design & Engineering, answers to growing demand for Designers that want to integrate design world type skills with engineering know-how. These professionals are called on to manage the complexities of the creative, design and implementation process for large scale consumer products within global decision-making and manufacturing mechanisms.
Reference professionals work in the following fields:

a. Designers capable of liaising with process engineers: typical skill areas are industrial designers in the manufacturing and marketing contexts within predefined production cycles, industrial product implementation, technology and industrial cycle and retail product distribution designers.

b. Prototyping designers: typical applications are digital and/or physical prototyping, component design from the starting point of CAD assisted three-dimensional modelling, development of engineered models by means of geometric, mechanical and technological know-how indispensable in the shift to implementation with numerical control machinery (CAM) of model surfaces and volumes, defining working technologies and material transformation for the purposes of the industrial implementation of objects designed and modelled.

c. Simulation designers: typical applications are manufacturing cycle simulation, technological, formal and construction characteristic simulation of products with specific ergonomic performance requirements.

d. Materials and material life cycle designers: capable of selecting the most suitable materials and surfaces to give projects specific surface and material functional, tactile, colour and even aroma qualities which are increasingly crucial factors in 'made in Italy' product competitiveness (furniture, cars, textiles, accessories, packaging, etc.) paying great attention to environmental values linked to product life cycles.

e. Project leaders: i.e. senior designers with a global vision of product design cycles, production, retail distribution and withdrawal capable of co-ordinating those responsible for concept and design and material selection and process development liaising with marketing and retail departments and capable of bringing the entire product development process to completion without losing touch with conceptual continuity.

6. Enrolment

6.1 Access requirements

First cycle degree (level 6 EQF) or comparable qualification

Candidate admission is dependent on assessments of merit and of the contents of previous courses of study. Students from other campuses or dissimilar study programmes will be required to undergo assessment of their educational background in order to identify any supplementary courses of study which may be required before admission to the Laurea Magistrale study programme.

Qualifications required for admission:

-  Level I or II laurea;

-  Appropriate English languages skills certification.

Updates to the “Guida all’ammissione alla Laurea Magistrale” are published every year on the School's site including detailed information on the material required for admission applications, how to register and deadlines, admission without assessment and reasons for non admission. Minimum laurea marks required for admission are also shown.

Students requiring supplementary studies prior to admission must fulfil these within one year of the date of assessment.

6.2 Requested knowledge

In order to be admitted to the LM study programme, you must have a First level Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) or equivalent qualification obtained abroad, in the class L-4 Industrial Designe, L-8 - Information Engineering, L-9 Industrial engineering.

Candidates with foreign qualification will be evaluated only if the educational path allows admission without curricular supplements.

Enrolment is possible also for those with a Laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) in one of the following classes:

-       L-17 Architecture Science

provided that they have specific curricular requirements as specified below:

at least 40 ECTS, all included in the Sectors ICAR/13, ICAR/17 Design, ING-IND/13 Mechanics applied to machines, ING-IND/14 Mechanical Design and machine construction, ING-IND/15 Disegno e metodi dell'ingegneria industriale, ING-IND/22 Science and technology of materials, ICAR/08 Building science.

Without these curricular requirements, integrations will be assigned.

Furthermore, the access to the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Study Programme is allowed to graduate students at ISIA and Academies: admission is allowed to Programmes with career related to the Design field.

Compliance with the required curriculum requirements is assessed by an appropriate CdS Commission.

Without these curricular requirements, integrations will be assigned.

It is possible to submit the application for the Master Degree both in the 1^st and 2^nd semester, respecting the periods indicated in the academic calendar and the detailed modalities written in the Guide for the Admission to Laurea Magistrale of the School of Design.  

The Laurea Magistrale in Design & Engineering accepts students for 2nd semester admission only if they have completed the following courses in the 1st semester: Product development design studio 1 and C.I. Design Materials as individual courses. The Study Programme Board (CCS) will assess whether students have fulfilled their laboratory requirements and effectively attended the course including in subsequent exam sessions.

The right to enrollment acquired in the ranking for the 1^st semester can be used exclusively during the enrollment period related to it.

Any remaining vacancies, after the enrollment period of the first semester, will be made available in the second semester.

If the number scheduled for the first semester is reached, the selection procedure will not be opened in the second semester: those who need to request curricular integrations must apply for individual courses; these will be assigned until the quota places are exhausted.

Admissions for candidates with a foreign degree will be possible only for the first semester.

English language knowledge, according to the standards indicated by the University, is a registration pre-requisite. Certificates must be submitted within the application submission deadline.

Candidates with a foreign degree who request admission to an Italian course will be required to have knowledge of the Italian language.

Students applying for admission to the Laurea Magistrale must fill in the appropriate online form and will be eligible for admission only if their previous studies, and the preparation of each candidate, fulfil course requirements as assessed by the appropriate board whose decision is unquestionable. In the event that students are rejected the board will provide reasons for its decision.

 

For the evaluation of preparation of each candidate, it will be taken into account the average (only for candidates with Italian degree), the choice of a programme with respect to the first level study programme and documents related to projects carried out in the three years, extra-curricular activities.

Students from L Study Programme of the Design School, with some parameters verified at the end of the 2nd year, can directly access without evaluation (these parameters called N/V take into account the number of credits obtained within the 2nd year and related average: for LM Study Programme of the Design School, the minimum parameters for direct access are 114/27 for all LM of the School of Design, except for Digital and Interaction Design and Product Service System Design with parameters 114/28. For Design & Engineering, InterScuola LM Study Programme, the 105/25 parameters are also taken into account for those coming from Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering).

Students can check the values of the N and V parameters set by the School according to specific criteria, by accessing the Online Services (www.polimi.it/onlineservices - Career) or finding detailed information in the Career Guides

(http://www.design.polimi.it/studiare-design/guide-alla-carriera/) and in the Educational Regulations.

The admission, for students fulfilling NV criteria, will be guaranteed to one of the Laurea Magistrale programmes selected, but not necessarily their first choice, depending on availability of places. Supplementary educational requirements can also be required where students are applying to transfer from one Laurea Magistrale course to another in different fields.

The accesses to LM Study Programmes from similar courses may imply the allocation of curricular integrations, that must be fulfilled before registration.

The following students are not eligible to access the Laurea Magistrale programme activated by the Design School:

• graduated/graduating candidates at Politecnico di Milano with average calculated below 23/30 (for accesses to the first semester, average calculated at 31 July - for accesses to the 2nd semester, average calculated at 31 January);
• graduated/graduating candidates from other Universities with average calculated below 25/30 (for accesses to the first semester, average calculated at 31 July - for accesses to the 2nd semester, average calculated at 31 January);
• Candidates that do not hold an appropriate English language certificate.

Students who fulfilled admission requirements in previous academic years but did not register for the programme will be required to conform to the new parameters when presenting new assessment applications.

Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the parameters set out in the “Laurea Magistrale Programme Admission Guide” document, available for consultation on the School Web site http://www.design.polimi.it/studiare-design/guide-alla-carriera/

Fulfilment of assessment requirements will be notified to candidates by the board in two forms: admission without supplementary educational requirements or it will notify the need to fulfil the curricular requirements before submitting again the admission application.

Supplementary requirements must be fulfilled within one year from the assessment application. Such students can supplement their studies by enrolling on Single courses and Magistrale courses up to a maximum of 32 ECTS.

For admissions to the 2nd semester for students with supplementary educational requirements relating to the 1st semester, candidates will be required to apply again in the following semester.

To check your supplementary educational requirements, consult the "Laurea Magistrale Programme Admission Guide" document, available on the School Web site http://www.design.polimi.it/studiare-design/guide-alla-carriera.

In addition to educational course assessments, candidates' curricula and other educational or extra educational activities will be subjected to comparative evaluation.

The School reserves the right to accept single course requirements for single topic and optional courses (note that for admission purposes no more than 32 Laurea Magistrale related ECTS can be recognised).

 

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Guide to admission
http://www.design.polimi.it/it/studiare-design/guide-alla-carriera/
The educational offer at the Politecnico di Milano
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4985

6.3 Deadlines for admission and number of places available

Places available for admissions:

- Design & Engineering LM(Milan campus): 100 students of which 35 are reserved for non EU students including 10 Chinese students on the “Marco Polo” project.

For the deadlines related to the admission to the Laurea Magistrale, verify the academic rules and the academic calendar 2015/16.

How to become a student at Politecnico di Milano
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4311

6.4 Tutoring and students support

Under the name of in-course orientation and tutoring, there are all activities aimed at providing assistance to students before and during their university career, in order to carry out this activity within the time limits set by educational regulations and in a profitable way from the point of view of professional and human skill education. Therefore, tutoring activities are different from institutional educational activities, although they can integrate, or be complementary, of these last ones. Tutoring activities can be carried out by laurea magistrale students, by Ph.D. students, by professors and externals.

Tutoring activities are planned and managed by the School in close coordination with the Study Programme.

At University level, the Financial Aid and International Mobility Service is the connection point with the Schools for administrative aspects related to the assignment of tutoring tasks to students of the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Study Programme.

Tutoring activities are divided into the following services:

- didactic orientation for first-year students and for students of the following years;

- orientation and support for students for the activation of curricular or extra-curricular internships;

- didactic support meetings held by professors (to help students in their inclusion and learning choices);

- support/reception activities for first-year students of Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Study Programmes, both at the counter and through the new communication channels activated by the School;

- support to foreign students enrolled in Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Study Programme in English language and students in international mobility programmes;

- assistance for review and recovery seminars;

- assistance in computerized classrooms, libraries and laboratories;

- assistance in acquisition and development of didactic material.

For students who wish to enrol in the Design School's Study Programmes, Open Days are organized in which each Study Programme presents the educational offer through presentations and/or open lectures.

A Guidance service is available at the School with the purpose of providing information on the teaching and educational contents of its programmes of study and clarifying, to future first-year students, the educational objectives and potential career opportunities.

 Every year, for first-year students, a welcome day is organized to present the organization of the School, the offices and their skills, the international mobility programmes, the School and Politecnico communication tools: the Web site of the Design School, the Trouble Ticketing, the chat, the Beep portal, the library services, the instrumental laboratories and the Safety week (week in which the students obtain the qualification to access the Laboratories). During this meeting, the Joint Committee and Student representatives have their time for a wide presentation.

The Student Representatives of the School Board have prepared a Vademecum to present and summarise the services that students can access.

For students already enrolled, there are presentations of the optional courses and Synthesis Laboratories. In addition to the teaching sheets that provide detailed information about the course methods, the students can access the Web site of the School and see slides and videos prepared by professors in order to summarise the topics that will be covered during the programme.

The School organizes "Lectures 0" to give information about the University's facilities and services and to explain the organization of the study programmes; the coordinators can organize this Lecture as a collective event, with the other Study Programmes, or during the first day of lesson of one of the courses of the specific Laurea Magistrale Study Programme. The students of the 2nd year are provided with information on the educational offer and on specific initiatives of the year of their study programme.

The Topics of Lectures 0 are:

Organization of Study Programme and University Services (I LM);

Erasmus Placement (II LM);

post-graduate training: master and Ph.D. programme

world of work and Career service (II LM);

evaluation questionnaire about teaching (I and II LM);

questionnaire on services and on the overall training career (II LM);

final test: type of exam, choice of the supervisor and final score (II LM).

For students already enrolled, the School provides activities with the aim to:

- help students remove any obstacles to their attendance and learning with initiatives tailored to individual student needs, attitudes and requirements;

- encourage a more active participation by students in the educational process.

A reference professor/tutor has been selected for each study programme and s/he is the official reference point for any School guidance. The service is organized within the study programme and, in particular, it consists of:

- The service is programme of study specific and deals in particular with: support services for students who require help in solving problems or clarifying concepts;

- approval and possible drafting of texts concerning the presentation of the study programme of which the professor is the contact person;

- identification of student projects from each specific laurea course to be used as guidance tools at Open Days and on the School's official communication channels.

Tutoring
https://www.design.polimi.it/en/1/teaching/services/tutoring
Polinternational
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4280

7. Contents of the study Program

7.1 Programme requirements

For admission to the Laurea Magistrale final exam students must:
- have obtained the 120 ECTS required for a Level II Laurea Magistrale including credits relating to internships and final exams.
- have written an individual thesis under the guidance of a Supervisor taking the form of a project or theoretical-methodological or historical-critical considerations.
The Laurea Magistrale exam consists of a discussion on students' individual theses led by a teaching staff officer, the thesis supervisor.

For more information on this subject refer to Regolamento Esame di Laurea Magsitrale published on the School website.

7.2 Mode of study

The Laurea Magistrale programme is full time. It uses a number of educational methods: the single subject courses contain theoretical contents which are taught by means of ex cathedra lessons and assessed with tests and interviews throughout the year.
Integrated courses involve more than one discipline or specific sphere and they are sometimes entrusted to two members of the teaching staff who integrate their contributions.
The Experimental Laboratories offer students the opportunity to experiment and use the tools, technologies and equipment useful for the project.
The Laboratories involve project work by students under the guidance of a teaching staff team each of whom offer their own subject matter as applied to the project theme. The Workshops are full time courses lasting a week in which students develop a project under the guidance of a well regarded professional or a company.
The Erasmus Programme and the other international mobility programmes are an opportunity for students to spend a study semester abroad at qualified European and non-European design universities.
Professional Internship is a period of time spent at one of the Politecnico's partner companies or design studios under the guidance of a School tutor or a tutor appointed by the company.

Optional student courses

In the Laurea Magistrale programme 12 credits are awarded to optional courses (equivalent to one course per year).

Students are required to choose their optional courses on presentation of their first year study plans. Similarly when they present their second year study plans they will be required to choose a second course.

The optional courses take place in both 1st and 2nd semesters. 

Internships - Laurea Magistrale

In Laurea Magistrale students carry out an internship at a company, professional studio, study centre, body, etc. with a partnership agreement with the Politecnico di Milano which fulfils the requirements of current legislation specifying that, on completion of the agreed internship period (minimum 250 hrs, maximum 1 year) a certificate will be issued. To obtain the certificate, the student, when coming back, must have an interview with his/her Study Programme tutor, with submission of a report.

Internship is an educational experience which gives students real experience of the world of work. The host company must be aware of and agree to the legal regulations and the need for educational support and the student must accept and show an ability to respect the company's rules and behaviours.

Guide to the Study Plan and allocations in sections and elective courses for the Degree and Master's Degree Courses
https://www.design.polimi.it/en/1/teaching/studying-design/career-guides
Internship
https://www.design.polimi.it/en/1/teaching/studying-design/curricolar-internships

7.3 Detailed learning objectives

Students' ability to choose the courses and credits to be incorporated into their study plans is subordinate to a series of rules imposed by the School which makes available an educational programme worth 60 credits for each year of the course (nominal courses).

Each year students can choose courses for a different number of credits than that specified by the nominal courses (60 ECTS per year) to graduate their study programmes according to their needs.

The minimum number of credits a student can enrol on is 30 unless the number of credits needed for course completion are fewer than this.

The maximum number of credits a student can enrol on is 80, respecting exam priorities.

The current framework of the study plan requires the course exam sequence to be respected as shown in the Regulations.

Courses designed for later years of the programme cannot be inserted into an earlier year study plan (“advance study”) unless all previous and current year courses have also been integrated into it.

The School has also implemented an exam priority sequence on the basis of which certain courses can only be enrolled on if other, introductory courses have already been passed. Students may actually be able to enrol on fewer credits than is nominally the case as a result of this rule.

The System Regulations require a series of educational activities (specialist, elective or supplementary) which are present in the course of study in the form of single subject and integrated courses and Design studio in which the two-year Laurea Magistrale's educational content is conveyed.

Laurea Magistrale

In addition to these types of educational activities the System Regulations also require that a specific number of credits are attributed to types of activity which can be categorised as follows:

-  educational activities chosen independently by students (Optional courses);

-  educational activities relating to preparation for the final exams required for the qualification to be awarded (Final exam);

-   activities designed to enable students to gain additional language skills, IT, telematic and relational skills which will help them in finding employment as well as educational activities designed to facilitate professional choices by giving students direct experience of working in the sector which the qualification can gain them access to including, in particular, educational work experience and guidance (Internships).

 

1 Year courses - Track: DE1 - DE2 - DE3

Code	Educational activities	SSD	Course Title		Language	Sem	CFU	CFU Group
052867	B	ICAR/13 ING-IND/15	PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STUDIO 1			1	12.0 [3.0]	12.0
052868	B	ICAR/13	PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STUDIO 2			2	12.0 [12.0]	12.0
093436	C	ING-IND/22	MATERIALS SELECTION CRITERIA IN DESIGN & ENGINEERING			1	12.0	12.0
099896	B	ING-IND/14 ING-IND/16	DESIGN & MANUFACTURING			2	6.0	6.0
056245	B	ICAR/13	DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE			1	6.0 [6.0]	6.0
052653	B	ING-IND/35	DESIGN AND CORPORATE ECONOMICS			2	6.0	6.0
093199	B	ING-IND/13	MECHANICAL DESIGN			1	6.0	6.0

1 Year courses - Track: corsi a scelta

Code	Educational activities	SSD	Course Title		Language	Sem	CFU	CFU Group
Corsi a scelta 1° anno / Elective courses 1st year
099929	B	ING-IND/16	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING			1	6.0	6.0 (Grp. Opz.)
052216	--	ING-INF/05	ADVANCED USER INTERFACES			1	6.0
097927	B	ICAR/13	METODI DI RAPPRESENTAZIONE PARAMETRICA			1	6.0
096777	B	ING-IND/15	REVERSE MODELING			1	6.0
051998	B	ICAR/13 ING-INF/05	DESIGN AND ROBOTICS			2	6.0
091909	B	ING-IND/14	IL METODO DEGLI ELEMENTI FINITI PER L 'ANALISI DEI PRODOTTI INDUSTRIALI			2	6.0
097808	B	ICAR/13	HISTORY OF DESIGN			2	6.0
056016	B	ICAR/13	INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP			2	6.0
053477	C	ING-IND/22	NANOTECNOLOGIE E MATERIALI FUNZIONALI PER IL DESIGN			2	6.0
054708	B	ING-IND/15	VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING			2	6.0 [2.0]
053459	B	ICAR/13	ERASMUS EXPERIENCE			2	6.0 [2.0]

2 Year courses - Track: *** - offerta comune

Code	Educational activities	SSD	Course Title		Language	Sem	CFU	CFU Group
Final project work
054588	B	ICAR/13 ING-IND/14 ING-IND/16	FINAL PROJECT WORK - SECT. 1			1	18.0 [18.0]	18.0 (Grp. Opz.)
052660	B	ICAR/13 ING-IND/14 ING-IND/16	FINAL PROJECT WORK - SECT. 1			1	18.0 [18.0]
Corsi a scelta 2° anno /Elective courses 2st year
099929	B	ING-IND/16	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING			1	6.0	6.0 (Grp. Opz.)
052216	--	ING-INF/05	ADVANCED USER INTERFACES			1	6.0
097927	B	ICAR/13	METODI DI RAPPRESENTAZIONE PARAMETRICA			1	6.0
096777	B	ING-IND/15	REVERSE MODELING			1	6.0
091909	B	ING-IND/14	IL METODO DEGLI ELEMENTI FINITI PER L 'ANALISI DEI PRODOTTI INDUSTRIALI			2	6.0
053477	C	ING-IND/22	NANOTECNOLOGIE E MATERIALI FUNZIONALI PER IL DESIGN			2	6.0
097808	B	ICAR/13	HISTORY OF DESIGN			2	6.0
056016	B	ICAR/13	INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP			2	6.0
056463	B	ICAR/13	LITERATURE REVIEW AND SCIENTIFIC WRITING			1	6.0
051998	B	ICAR/13 ING-INF/05	DESIGN AND ROBOTICS			2	6.0
056464	B	ICAR/13	INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN RESEARCH			2	6.0
056524	B	ICAR/13	DESIGN RESEARCH PLANNING			2	6.0
054708	B	ING-IND/15	VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING			2	6.0 [2.0]
053749	B	ICAR/13	ERASMUS EXPERIENCE			2	6.0 [2.0]
052625	--	--		INTERNSHIP FINAL INTERVIEW	--	1	1.0	15.0
053363	--	--		INTERNSHIP	--	1	14.0
052747	--	--		INTERNSHIP FINAL INTERVIEW	--	2	1.0
053364	--	--		INTERNSHIP		2	14.0
053365	--	--	FINAL EXAMINATION		--	2	9.0	9.0

2 Year courses - Track: DE1 - DE2 - DE3

Code	Educational activities	SSD	Course Title		Language	Sem	CFU	CFU Group
097930	B	M-FIL/05	SEMIOTICS			1	6.0	6.0

7.4 Foreign language

Foreign language assessment will be carried out in accordance with the university's methods as set out on the “Student Services/Guides and Regulations/Guide to the English Language”, web page: www.polimi.it.

Students are encouraged to read this document carefully and respect the norms set out in it.

Specifically, note that: "Pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/04 the Politecnico di Milano has adopted the English language as the European Union language which students must speak in addition to Italian".

 English language knowledge, according to the standards indicated by the University, is a registration pre-requisite.  For admission to the School of Design LM Study Programme, certificates must be submitted by candidates within the time frames for admission applications. This deadline must be respected by all students (from similar or different courses)

Information on English language fluency https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=3860

Language courses
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4342

7.5 Degree examination

The exam consists in the discussion of a Final work, written under the guidance of the Supervisor.

The Final work will be discussed in one of the Operational Commissions (CO) established by the reference Study Programme of the student.

For presentation of final work, the candidate can use the digital, audio/video and paper tools, necessary to effectively present the work performed.

The Final work is strictly individual. It is possible to present a group of final work, with an introduction in common, and different core of the work.

 

There is only one Supervisor, and s/he must be a member of the Single Commission and related to the Disciplinary Scientific Sectors (SSD), elective or supplementary SSD of the Study Programmes to which the Commission is referred or to other SSD explicitly specified in the Regulation of the School. It can be supported by one or more Co-supervisors, even those not belonging to the CU or by experts on specific subjects, even not from the School.

 

The student can present to the Laura Commission a Final Work that may consists:

1. in development of a theoretical, design, experimental or innovative research final work . The final work must:

- study in detail the project in its technical-specific and/or system-related aspects, according to the educational objectives of the Study Programme. The

discussion must include a detailed theoretical/critical, methodological and/or historical presentation and/or an

experimental study;

- provide a significant propaedeutic part, dedicated to the research carried out with scientific criteria and access to sources of

scientific knowledge (databases, scientific articles, conference minutes, etc);

- suggest to broaden the knowledge related to a less consolidated topic and its potential applications or a greater

contribution to the improvement of knowledge, if compared to a specific research area (final work more theoretical nature);

- require a minimum time of 6 months; it entitles to the assignment of a maximum score of 8 points, for the

evaluation of the final work and its presentation.

2. In development of a final work to strengthen and improve knowledge already acquired. The final work must:

- show in detail the project, by improving its technical-specific and/or system-related aspects, according to the educational objectives of the Study Programme.

The discussion must provide a detailed methodological explanation, historical aspects, theoretical/critical elements;

- focus on well-known topics of scientific research and project applications;

- provide a part of the research that is functional to project development and to a simple explanation of the basic assumptions and

main hypotheses on which the proposed project application is based;

- be primarily focused on potential design applications;

- require a minimum time of 2 months; it entitles to a maximum score of 4 points, for the evaluation of final work and its presentation.

Students can request the assignment of one of them, the innovative research or the final work to improve knowledge.

 

The work must show the preparation and critical skills developed by the graduating student in the areas of project in relation to the contents of the Study Programme. The Final works are usually made up of a report that contains the steps of the work, the objectives, the bibliography and the documentary sources; the technical project tables, the physical and/or virtual model where required.

The Final work is usually written in Italian or English. With a justified reason of the Graduating student, it is also possible to accept a written Final work in other languages, with the approval of the CU President. Even in this case, presentation and discussion is carried out in Italian or English. Regardless of the writing language of the final work (Italian, English or other

foreign language), it must, in any case, contain a copy in Italian and English.

The final evaluation takes into account of the student's career in the two-year LM study Programme, as well as of the final work. The score is expressed in hundred-tenths. (/110). It consists of the sum of:

 - the average obtained by the graduating student in the courses, weighted on credits, expressed as hundred-tenths and hundredths of hundred-tenths (without considering any as extra activity and cum laude)
 

2. and the increase awarded by the Operational Commission expressed as hundred-tenths and hundredths of hundred-tenths. This sum must be rounded to the closer whole number (0.50 is rounded to 1.00) and limited to 110. The Operational Commission can also award the “honours”.

The "honours" has the meaning of a particular appreciation by the Operational Commission for the preparation and skills reached by the Graduating student, for his excellent curriculum studiorum and the quality and originality of the Graduation work.

In particular, for this study programme the graduation work must have original characteristics and may consist in development of a theoretical, design, experimental or innovative research final work, or development of a final work to strengthen and improve knowledge already acquired. In both cases, graduation work must contain a methodological foreword illustrating its disciplinary foundations, arguments and the knowledge framework within which the research in it has been carried out and show which elements constitute original contributions.

The thesis must complete the student's educational course of study. It must be an individual work which can, however, be based on structured activities carried out together with other students. The individual candidate's contribution must, however, be clearly recognisable in the final outcome.

Further information can be found in the Graduation exam regulations available on the School Web site.

Guide to the Final Examination of Laurea Magistrale
http://www.design.polimi.it/it/studiare-design/guide-alla-carriera/
Information concerning general rules and regulations, session calendars, registration and consignment of theses is available at
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4373

8. Academic calendar

The Laurea Magistrale programme calendar is structured into two semesters and students can enrol at the beginning of either semester. Thus studies can begin in either the first or the second semester of each academic year. The course is structured in order to enable students to complete the programme in four semesters whether first year Laurea Magistrale enrolment takes place in the first or second semesters.

An exam period takes place at the end of each semester (exam).

Information on Schedules and Deadlines
https://www.design.polimi.it/en/didattica/translate-to-english-documenti/translate-to-english-calendario-accademico
Academic calendar
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4404

9. Faculty

The names of the Programme of Study teachers and what they teach will be made available on the degree programme from September onwards.

The Degree Programme is published each year on the Politecnico di Milano's website.

The names of the teaching staff who will be teaching on the programme with their CVs are published on the university site by year and study programme.

Faculty
https://www4.ceda.polimi.it/manifesti/manifesti/controller/ricerche/RicercaPerDocentiPublic.do?tab_ricerca=2&k_cf=19&__pj0=0&__pj1=9ecc24961246e5b7e801848d93f75565

10. Infrastructures and laboratories

The School of Design is based at Campus Bovisa-Candiani where the educational activities are held and where there are services for students (Experimental laboratories, Library, Study room, Press Service,...)
https://maps.polimi.it/maps/

https://www7.ceda.polimi.it/spazi/spazi/controller/Ingresso.do?check_params=1&al_id_srv=147&returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polimi.it&lang=IT&__pj0=0&__pj1=c9e88a32967d047c7ed75ff019384e8e

Design Laboratories
The creation of big experimental laboratories supporting design education is in line with the Politecnico di Milano School of Design's experimental tradition, its inductive teaching model, in which 'knowledge' and 'know-how' are mutually supportive.
The purpose of these laboratories is the practice of activities which allow students to verify their design hypotheses and learn how to use the technical tools required for experimentation, representation and design communication.
The laboratories managed by the Design Department occupy an approximately 10,000 square metre space in the Milan Bovisa campus.

http://www.dipartimentodesign.polimi.it/laboratori/i-laboratori

11. International context

Building an international dimension for the School of Design and its Study Programmes has been one of its priority objectives since it was founded in the year 2000.

There are many reasons for this purpose: the nature of design which inherently draws its very lifeblood from its multicultural and multi-local character, its proximity to both the world of manufacturing - which has now taken on a global dimension - and the sphere of consumption whose dynamics and tendencies are visible in a range of local specific contexts; the very DNA of the design community which has always been international; Milan's acknowledged status as design capital, a crucible for designers from all over the world who have come here to study or open a studio; the desire to make educational trajectories increasingly permeable to impulses deriving from this stimulating context as in other dynamic foreign contexts, with the aim to teach to international professors and designers.


To these should be added more highly structured activities which aim to strengthen collaborative relations, in the didactic and research fields, with selected universities: this is the case of the MEDes_Master of European Design educational programme (with 6 partner universities), the LM Double Degree Programmes with Universities in China, Brazil, Colombia, France, more are under preparation or cross-programmes with American universities, as well as the many ongoing international research projects.

The School of Design is a member of Cumulus, a network of European design schools, and of the main international design associations. http://www.cumulusassociation.org/

12. Internationalization

For the School of Design, internationalisation has a double meaning: supporting student (and teaching and technical staff) mobility outwards and, on the opposite direction, attracting students, researchers, professors and visiting professors from abroad.

In relation to these two internalisation channels (dealt with separately, the first in this chapter and the second in the subsequent chapter), in recent years, the School of Design has committed itself to widen its international contact network and it now works with 200 design universities from all over the world in Erasmus exchange programmes (with 150 European universities), in bilateral exchange projects (with 60 non European universities), joint workshops with other schools, international internships and so on.

 

To encourage the internalisation most of the Master programmes are offer in English or have at least an English section.

 

International exchanges

The School of Design takes part in international student exchange programmes which offer students the opportunity to go abroad for a period, both during L and LM study programme, at one of the Politecnico's partner universities. A list of the School's partner universities is available on the Politecnico's web site and on the School of Design web site in the International Area.

 

The Erasmus Programme

The Erasmus programme was set up in 1987 by the European Community in order to give students the possibility to carry out a period of study at a foreign university within the European Union, from 3 to 12 months, legally recognised by their university.

In 2014 the European Union's Erasmus+ programme was set up for education, training, youth and sport, for the 2014-2020 period.

In particular, Erasmus for study enables university students to carry out a period of study at a university with a partnership agreement with their university. This mobility can entitle students for an economic contribution (under the conditions set out in the international mobility Call) and free registration at the host university. Students can thus follow courses and take exams at the partner university and have the exams recognised by their universities. The mobility can be carried out one time for each level of study.

 

Bilateral exchanges

The School of Design has also activated some bilateral agreements with non-EU universities. These are mainly intended for the use of Laurea Magistrale students and application can be submitted also by those who have already carried out an Erasmus experience abroad during their three-year study programme.

The procedures for admission to such exchanges are the same as those for Erasmus exchanges with the exception for the economic contribution for mobility, that in this case it is not guaranteed.

The bilateral agreement, in fact, enables students to attend a period of study abroad at a partner university without incurring registration fees at such universities. In some cases, however, a management fee for exchange students must be paid (e.g.: Orientation fee).

 

 

 

 

The MEDes Programme (Master of European Design (MEDes) From the a.y. 2002/2003, the School of Design activated the MEDes, as five-year international educational programme, in collaboration with six other famous European design universities and formalised through an agreement that relies on the Erasmus+ mobility programme since 2014.

6 students are selected for this excellence programme among all those enrolled on the 2nd year of the laurea study programmes in Industrial Product Design, Interior Design and Communication Design, that at the time of application are in order with the curricular exams and that have successfully attended at least one semester at Politecnico di Milano. The students apply immediately for two years of mobility (and for a total of five years of study including Laurea and Laurea Magistrale) and therefore they guarantee the continuation to LM at Politecnico di Milano, always by following the normal career planned by the university that provides the degree examination at the end of the 3rd year. In order to complete the full career, students can only graduate in their university of origin, for both Laurea and Laurea Magistrale.

In addition to Politecnico di Milano, the universities taking part in this programme are:

The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland

Konstfack University College of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden

Ensci Les Ateliers, Paris, France

KiSD - Köln International School of Design, Cologne, Germany

Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Candidates, admitted to the MEDes programme, have two study experiences abroad, in two partner universities: the first one during the 3rd year of I level Laurea, and the other one during the 1st year of Laurea Magistrale. The universities of destination will be chosen according to the aptitude shown by candidates during the selection process, to the selection made by the responsible professors during the workshops (organized every year in March, in one of the partner schools and with compulsory participation by the exchange students of 1st and 2nd year) and taking into account the preferences stated by the student.

 

Guida alla mobilità internazionale dei Corsi di Laurea e Laurea Magistrale Scuola del Design
https://www.design.polimi.it/en/1/teaching/studying-design/career-guides
Information on exchange programmes, double degree projects and international internships, European research and international relations projects are available at
https://aunicalogin.polimi.it/aunicalogin/getservizio.xml?id_servizio=204&idApp=1&idLink=4699

13. Quantitative data

The  University Assessment Commission Nucleus perform periodic analysis on the overall results analysing the teaching activities and the integration of graduates into the work world. Reports and studies are available on the website of the Politecnico di Milano.

Data:
https://www.polimi.it/il-politecnico/organi/nucleo-di-valutazione/dati-a-cura-dellufficio-di-supporto/

14. Further information

Students are encouraged to consult the School of Design site and in particular the Guides which regulate access, changing degree programme, courses and laurea exams for any other information they may need.

15. Errata corrige