Editing Polytechnic University of Turin (section)

== Academics ==

=== Statistics ===
[[File:Valentino castle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|School of architecture: [[Castello del Valentino]]]]
[[File:Cdda.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The campus]]

Students statistics (A.Y. 2018–2019)<ref name=":1" />
* 35,700 Bachelor's and Master's students
* 52% Italian students from outside Piedmont
* 16% international students
* 5,300 first year students
* 565 Specializing Master's students
* 696 PhD candidates

Course catalog (A.Y. 2019–2020)<ref name=":1" />
* 23 Bachelor's degree programmes (3 in Architecture, Design and Spatial Planning, 19 in Engineering and 1 Professional Bachelor's degree programme)
* 30 Master's degree programmes (6 in Architecture and 24 in Engineering)
* 23 Courses completely taught in English
* 5 I level Specialization Masters
* 17 II level Specialization Masters
* 16 PhD programmes, including 5 in cooperation with other universities (3) and research centres (2)

Graduates statistics in 2018<ref name=":1" />
* 6,691 graduates
* 3,495 Bachelor's degree graduates (Average age: 23,7)
* 3,196 Master's degree graduates (Average age 26,2)

Employment rate of second cycle (Master) students one year after graduation (Almalaurea 2021 survey): 87.5%, above the national average of 70.7%.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Politecnico di Torino statistics |url=https://www.polito.it/ateneo/colpodocchio/index.php?lang=en |website=Politecnico di Torino at a glance |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>

=== Departments ===
The university is structured in 11 departments that deal with both teaching and research. Departments carry out duties of coordination, promotion of research, organization and management of the teaching activity, following the recent reform of the University system. The departments are:<ref>{{Cite web|title=I Dipartimenti|url=https://www.polito.it/ricerca/dipartimenti/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=www.polito.it}}</ref>[[File:GM Power Train Europe.JPG|thumb|[[GM Powertrain Torino|General Motors Powertrain Europe]]: A research facility within the school involved in hybrid and diesel engine development]]
*DAD – Department of Architecture and Design
*DAUIN – Department of Control and Computer Engineering
*DENERG – Department of Energy
*DET – Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
*DIATI – Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering
*DIGEP – Department of Management and Production Engineering
*DIMEAS – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
*DISAT – Department of Applied Science and Technology
*DISEG – Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering
*DISMA – Department of Mathematical Sciences
*DIST – Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = | ARWU_W_year = | ARWU_W_ref = 
| CWTS_W = | CWTS_W_year = | CWTS_W_ref = 
| THE_W = | THE_W_year = | THE_W_ref = 
| USNWR_W = | USNWR_W_year = | USNWR_W_ref = 
| QS_W = 241 | QS_W_year = 2025 | QS_W_ref = <ref name=":0" />
|QS_W_Eng=52|QS_W_Eng_ref= <ref name=":0" />|QS_W_Eng_year=2024}}

Into the 21st century, Politecnico di Torino is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Italy and in Europe, and as of 2024 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among the top 52 engineering and technology universities in the world, with many rankings by subject in the world's top 20 and 30.<ref name=":0" /> In particular, according to QS Top Universities Ranking 2024, Politecnico di Torino ranked 28th in the world for [[Mechanical Engineering]], 22nd in the world for [[Petroleum Engineering]], 21st in the world for [[Architecture]] and 33rd in the world for [[Civil Engineering]].<ref name=":0" />

The university's Innovative Enterprise and Business Incubator 'I3P' was ranked in 2014 as the 5th best in Europe and 15th overall in the world by UBI Index<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Top 25 University Business Incubators 2014 |url=http://ubiindex.com/rankings/ |access-date=2014-07-25 |publisher=UBI Index}} {{in lang|en}}</ref> Politecnico Di Torino is the top national recipient of research funding from the Fondo di Finanziamento Ordinario.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discovering the University |url=http://www.polito.it/ateneo/?lang=en |access-date=2014-07-25 |publisher=Politecnico di Torino}} {{in lang|en}}</ref> The [[Automotive Engineering]] program, conceived in collaboration with [[Fiat Group]], has been consistently ranked among the top three in [[Europe]] for the past ten years.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=March 2022}}

=== Internationalization ===
{{More citations needed section|date=March 2022}}
The Polytechnic University of Turin has been awarded the title "European University" by the [[European Commission]]. Together with 6 other European technical universities, the Polytechnic University of Turin has formed the alliance UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering). The aim of the project is to create a trans-European campus, to introduce trans-European curricula, to promote scientific cooperation between the members and to strengthen knowledge transfer between the countries. The alliance includes the [[Technische Universität Darmstadt]], [[Aalto University]], the [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]], the Polytechnic University of Turin, the [[Polytechnic University of Catalonia]] and the [[University of Lisbon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet/aktuelles_meldungen/news_details_233472.en.jsp|title=European University "UNITE!" is coming|last=Darmstadt|first=Technische Universität|date=2019-06-26|website=Technische Universität Darmstadt|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>

Politecnico di Torino has agreement with [[Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]. There Politecnico di Torino prepare students in the field of [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Mechatronics]] (only Master of Science, but the course was closed in 2015), Computer science and Civil engineering.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=March 2022}}

=== Courses ===
The main courses offered are [[architecture]], [[architectural engineering]], [[industrial design]], [[aerospace engineering]], [[automotive engineering]], [[biomedical engineering]], [[chemical engineering]], [[civil engineering]], [[computer engineering]], [[electrical engineering]], [[electronic engineering]], [[environmental engineering]], [[energy engineering]], [[engineering physics]], [[material engineering]], [[mechanical engineering]], [[mechatronics]], [[mining engineering]], [[nuclear engineering]], [[nanotechnology]], [[production engineering]], [[petroleum engineering]], [[telecommunications engineering]] and [[textile engineering]]{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=March 2022}}.