Politecnico di Milano Speciality : Architecture
programme: Architecture

The course is good, the university and its history is good, the problem lies in location. The architecture faculty, even though nested in Mantua which is a heritage city, the city does not offer anything in return. It’s a very small city with little to no student life. The city is beautiful and you have various lakes as well which add to the charm. The curriculum is very hectic and on top of that, finding a place of your own here is next to impossible. You do have student housing, private, but it is very far from the campus and requires around 20-30 minutes of walk one way. Buses are not on time but for such a small city, public transport is well developed.

In general, the university is pretty good. I’m studying on the main campus – Leonardo. They have great facilities. However, my impressions of the program so far are that it focuses more on letting you learn by yourself as opposed to teaching the subject.

Politecnico di Milano is a large technical university with a stellar international reputation. The international outlook of the university is quite high as there are many international students from different parts of the world. The class schedule is quite demanding and students must be willing to commit to their studies in order to keep on top of it. The social life around the university is active and many areas of recreational activities can be found around the campus. The paperwork and the bureaucracy that international students face however are quite burdensome and the university could increase their support for students in this area.

My experience at Politecnico for the last four years has been excellent. The majority of the professors are competent and the stimulate the interest in their field. Most of the courses have given a lot of personal satisfaction.
In the last year they have renovated the common spaces in the School of Architecture building and the atmosphere has improved.
Although there are a lot of positive qualities, there are a few flaws: bureaucracy in my experience lacks of clarity and sometimes equality; often there isn’t a good management of the spaces (classrooms, common spaces..)

I think this university is really renowned which can helps you to found a job very quick. Unfortunately a lot of things are leave out of the programme as the rendering skills, plus they supposed that you have a whole previous culture on what are you going to study.