Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino | |
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founding | 1859 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Turin , Italy |
Rector | Guido Saracco |
Students | 33,500 (2017) |
Employee | 1,778 (2017) |
Networks | CESAER , CLUSTER , TIME |
Website | www.polito.it |
The Politecnico di Torino ( POLITO ; German Polytechnic Turin ) is a state engineering technical university in the Italian city of Turin with around 33,500 students and almost 900 academic employees.
history
It was founded in 1906, with its origins going back to 1859. Like many other European technical universities at the beginning of the 20th century, it took a strong part in the technical and industrial development of the country and became an engineering center of Italy .
Course offer
Within two architecture schools and four engineering schools, the Technical University of Turin offers courses in the following subjects:
- architecture
- Civil engineering
- Environmental engineering
- mechanical engineering
- electronics
- Electrical engineering
- Computer science
- industrial engineering
- Fluid engineering
- Nuclear technology
- Chemical engineering
- Physics engineering
- Biomedical engineering
Teaching is spread across a number of campuses within Turin; Since 1990, new locations in Alessandria , Aosta , Biella , Ivrea , Mondovì and Vercelli have also been used. The Polytechnic University of Turin conducts extensive university research, which is also evident from the more than 700 research contracts from companies (including Compaq , Ferrari , Fiat , IBM , Microsoft , Motorola , Nokia and Pininfarina ). The rector of the university is Guido Saracco.
To support particularly talented students, the Turin Polytechnic and the Milan Polytechnic founded the Alta Scuola Politecnica in 2004, with headquarters in Milan and Turin.
Others
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.polito.it/ateneo/storia/
- ↑ https://www.polito.it/ateneo/organizzazione/organi/rettore.php
- ↑ https://www.swas.polito.it/rubrica/scheda_pers.asp?matricola=002125
- ↑ a b polito.it - Politecnico at a glance
Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′ 47 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 40" E