Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino traces back to 1859, founded as a school of applied engineering in the wake of the Casati Act — making it one of the original wave of Italian polytechnics, alongside Milan's, that shaped the country's modern engineering education. It's Turin's specialist counterpart to the comprehensive University of Turin: everything taught here sits on the engineering, architecture, or industrial-design spectrum.
- City
- Turin
- Type
- Public university
- Official site
- Visit website
- Admissions
- How to apply
About the university
Its home is the historic Castello del Valentino, granted to the school in the same year it was founded, alongside newer campuses built out as the university grew — a genuinely large institution today, with around 38,000 students and roughly one in five from outside Italy. Turin's own industrial history (FIAT, and a long-standing base of Italian manufacturing and automotive engineering) runs directly through the university's strengths.
Most Master's programmes admit on an open basis, but a handful of the more sought-after ones — Industrial Production Engineering, Technological Innovation, and specific English-taught tracks in physics and nanotechnology — select applicants, so a strong application matters more there than at a typical open-admission Italian degree. A large share of Master's-level teaching runs entirely in English.
Admission for international students follows the standard route: Universitaly pre-enrolment, a Declaration of Value or CIMEA comparability statement for your prior qualification, and — depending on programme — an entrance test or language requirement. Being in the same city as the University of Turin means our on-the-ground Turin knowledge (housing, arrival, settling in) applies here just as directly.
See the Turin city guide for what living and studying in the city looks like beyond the university itself.
Living in Turin
Rent, transport, and settling in
How applying here works
- 1
Universitaly pre-enrolment
Your application to Italy, filed on the government portal.
- 2
Declaration of Value or CIMEA
Your prior qualification, made readable to an Italian university.
- 3
Entrance test or language check
Where the faculty asks for one — this is what preparation is for.
We walk you through each step inside the portal. How the application service works, or see the full 20-step journey.