POLITO

Established in 1859, POLITO is the oldest technical University in Italy and one of the most prestigious public institutions in Italy for education and research in engineering, architecture and design. Ranking among the first forty technical universities in the world, it is globally recognized as a high-quality centre for education and research. At POLITO around 1.200 Professors and Researchers carry out research and provide education to around 39.000 students, of which around 7.000 international from more than 120 countries, on a wide catalogue of degree courses including 18 PhD courses and 36 MSc courses, of which 60% in English. Its international education network features 1.000 agreements with EU and non-EU universities and international campuses in China and Uzbekistan. POLITO’s experience in European projects is in research as well as international mobility and cooperation in programmes such as Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Erasmus Mundus, TEMPUS, EuropeAid. Throughout the years POLITO has proved to be one of the top Italian universities for volume of international collaborations and quality of the results achieved.POLITO is currently participating in 7 Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters and its coordinator of one of them. Moreover, POLITO was awarded an Erasmus Mundus Design Measure in 2023 and it’s currently participating in 2 other design measures. POLITO relies on a strong network of partners all around the world also thanks to the participation in prestigious international university networks such as CESAER, CLUSTER, Unimed and Magalhães. POLITO is on the leading edge of European higher education as a member of the European University Alliance Unite. The Department of Energy (DENERG, https://www.denerg.polito.it/) will be the Department mainly involved in the proposal. DENERG is the point of reference in Politecnico di Torino for the areas of knowledge concerned with energy and sustainable development. The Department has the aim of improving the existing energy technologies and promoting new ones, as well as contributing to the rational and informed use of energy resources

[last update = 10/21/2025]