Politecnico di Torino

Politecnico di Torino describes itself as Italy's first engineering school, founded amid the mid-nineteenth-century renewal of technical-scientific culture that also saw the birth of Europe's most prestigious polytechnics. It was established in 1859 as the Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri and became the Regio Politecnico di Torino in 1906. For over 160 years it has trained professionals in engineering, architecture, design and territorial planning, and presents itself as a "platform" university that is permeable, inclusive and open to the worlds of the professions and industry, with a key role in innovation and continuing education.

Politecnico di Torino states that it is Italy's first engineering school, founded on the wave of renewal of technical-scientific culture that saw the birth of Europe's most prestigious polytechnics in the mid-nineteenth century. It was born in 1859 as the Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri and in 1906 became the Regio Politecnico di Torino. For over 160 years it has trained professionals in engineering, architecture, design and territorial planning, a path that has accredited it among the best European technical universities for education and research, with 38,700 students and an academic body of about 1,000 teachers. In a world scenario in profound evolution, following the disruptive effects of phenomena such as globalization, climate change, population ageing and the rise of new and increasingly pervasive technologies, the university states that it must evolve to continue producing an impact on a rapidly changing society. It therefore proposes itself as a "platform" university, permeable, inclusive, open to the worlds of the professions and industry and with a key role in innovation and continuing education processes, to become an ever more propulsive force for the sustainable development of society.

A "platform" university, permeable, inclusive and open to the worlds of the professions and industry, with a key role in innovation and continuing education.

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