Alta Scuola Politecnica
Multidisciplinary and unique international honour program created by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino
Admission
The ASP – Alta Scuola Politecnica selects each year 150 exceptionally talented and motivated students among applicants to the Laurea Magistrale (Master’s Degree, LM) programs in Architecture, Design, and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (90 students) and Politecnico di Torino (60 students).
Call for Applications
The ASP call is open to all students who have obtained a Laurea or an equivalent title (i.e., a Bachelor’s degree or a university programme consisting of at least 3 years of study after secondary education), have average marks of 27/30 or equivalent, and can demonstrate a good knowledge of the English language.
Evaluation
Candidates are selected by an Evaluation Committee, specifically appointed by the Director of the ASP. The Evaluation Committee selects the students on the basis of their curriculum of studies, a motivation letter and their proficiency in the English language.
Nurturing multidisciplinary and ability to learn from different fields of knowledge and cultures.
Accepting complexity and combining “competing” viewpoints, “wicked” problems. Multiple partnerships favour constant creation of new viewpoints.
A long term investments on a new model of teaching closer to students’ talent and inclination with a strong focus on the development of personal attitudes within four “problem-based learning” tracks:
Academic research
These projects are based on creating and furthering knowledge for companies, public and private institutions for structuring and solving complex problems.
Industry & Innovation
These projects are based on investigating innovation opportunities in a variety of industries. As an example, they can try to identify the benefits at company level of the new technologies available in the market.
Entrepreneurship
& Hi-tech start-ups
These projects are based on investigating entrepreneurial opportunities with a particular focus on hi-tech start-ups. These projects try to analyse the scenario of high-tech start-ups and evaluate their impacts at different levels.
Social impact & Engagement
These projects have the aim of understanding potential positive changes that an organization can implement to address a pressing social issue and favouring people engagement for social and community development.
Courses on issues, models and methods of innovation, tackled with a strong interdisciplinary perspective.
The ASP educational programme consists of 30 additional credits (CFU) to be achieved in parallel to the regular 120 credits of the Laurea Magistrale programme. An ASP student achieves, at the end of her/his two years, a total amount of 150 CFU.
Projects in the spotlight
Every year a number of our projects get selected in entrepreneurship competitions, and our students are invited to present their results at museums, exhibitions and important international events.
Designed by a group of ASP students from the XX Cycle over the course of eight months for the 10th Anniversary of REC-Rock en Conce – Chile, the project is an inspiring outcome of a multidisciplinary ASP project.
With ORACLE, an effective technology has been developed to eliminate post-consumer food residues and enable the material to be reused.
Team members of ASP project Cosmica had the unique opportunity to visit the IGROX – MBT facilities, where cutting-edge research in microalgae production is shaping the trajectory of sustaining life in space environments.
The ASP project YouForAll – Your digital twin for allowing a healthy society, aims to develop an effective system that utilizes AI techniques to support clinical decision-making.