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28381 - Urban Planning and Development

Academic year 2023/2024.

• Docente: Daniele Pini
• SSD: ICAR/20
• Language: English
• Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
• Campus: Bologna
• Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts (cod. 0902)

Course Timetable

from Nov 08, 2023 to Dec 06, 2023

Learning outcomes

The student is expected to understand the urban transformation which took place in Europe in the 19th century and a further understanding of the new rapport between the city and the surrounding territory and their conservation. In particular, the student is expected to: - learn theories and methods for reading and planning the historic city and cultural landscape - interpret preserving of the historic city as an asset for cultural and economic development - interpret the historic city and landscape as context and object of interest for cultural institutions.

Course contents

The course will focus on the issues of the conservation and revitalisation of the historic cities in the wider urban context and in a planning perspective. It will concentrate on two major aspects:

• Historic cities as a cultural heritage, whose conservation and revitalisation has become worldwide a relevant issue in planning and development policies, as an asset for cultural tourism, creative industry abd related activites;
• Historic cities and settlements as a setting for many cultural institutions and activities and a factor of attraction and "branding".

The interaction of these two aspects is evident in many cities and regions, characterising the conservation planning policies, carried out by national and local governments and fostered by international agencies in different countries. It implies the use of specific methods of analysis (i.e. inventory techniques for the urban heritage), the establishment of appropriate urban design and planning criteria, the setup of adapted management and implementation tools.

These issues will be explored through an overview of the most diffused methods and tools of conservation planning, and the discussion of some relevant case-studies from Italian and international experiences. The following topics will be discussed through lectures and seminars,

1) Urban heritage and historic city: an urban planning and development issue. Identification and assessment of cultural values of urban heritage

Team work: identification of possible case studies

2b) Reading and planning the historic city: key urban conservation experiences in Italy: Siena, Assisi, Urbino, Bologna

3) The World Heritage Convention and its implementation. The UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation.

4) Integrated territorial-urban conservation & planning. Case studies of Ferrara World Heritage city.

Team work: development of the selected case studies

5) «Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera», the tale of a recent World Heritage nomination

6) Culture as driver for urban regeneration of Inner Areas. The crucial role of the public realm. Case studies of Bilbao, Oslo and Koeln

Team works: review of the available documentation on the selected case studies

7a) Urban Heritage and sustainable Development . The  UN New Urban Agenda & UNESCO Report on Cities and Culture

7b) Heritage, Culture and sustainable development. Experiences in the Global South

Team works: Presentation and discussion of initial findings

Readings/Bibliography

“Managing Historic Cities”, World Heritage papers n.27, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Sept. 2010 ***

Francesco Bandarin, Ron Van Oers: “The Historic Urban Landscape”, Wiley-Blackwell, New York-London, 2012

Francesco Bandarin, Ron Van Oers (Editors): “Reconnecting the city”, Wiley-Blackwell, New York-London, 2015

Daniele Pini, Laura Verdelli: “Planning and management of urban and landscape heritage – Planification et gestion du patrimoine urbain et paysager”, Bononia University Press, Bologna 2012.

UNESCO: “Culture Urban Future. Global report on culture for sustainable urban development” 2016 ***

*** Texts provided in pdf files at the beginning of the course.

The slides of the lectures will be provided in the classroom in PPT and pdf format.

Teaching methods

The course will consist of lectures and discussions on the above topics.

During the course, the students will be required to carry out a team work in small groups (3-4 persons), consisting in the analysis of the interaction between a cultural institution (i.e. a museum, a theatre) or event (i.e. a festival) and its urban context in a city or region of their choice. The topics and initial findings of the team works will be discussed in a seminar at the end of the course.

The final version of the team work (a PPT of 15 slides with a short text of approx. 2000 words) has to be submitted by mail one week before the exam and will represent the basic material for the exam itself. 

Assessment methods

The exam will be carried out by the team, with the individual contribution of all the members. It will consist in the discussion of the team-work (see above the Teaching Method) and related theoretical and methodological issues, with reference to the content of the lectures.

Based on a specific agreement, the team work and the exam can be individual.

In any case, the assessment will be based on the participation of each student to the course activities and his/her critical understanding of the issues discussed during the lectures and the team work.

Teaching tools

Lectures, seminars, team work

Office hours

See the website of Daniele Pini

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

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Programme overview

The interuniversity Ph.D. programme in Urban and Regional Development (URD) is designed to train highly-qualified doctors in socio-spatial dynamics of development. The doctoral programme, offered in English, has a clear multi-disciplinary approach that combines social and technical sciences (SSH and STEM).

This Ph.D. programme is meant to promote individual talents by providing training and research opportunities in a wide variety of scientific fields that are grouped in three main areas: Social, economic and political sciences; Planning, evaluation and management; Techniques for the territory and the environment.

In order to train specialists who are able work globally, the doctoral programme aims at attracting motivated and qualified PhD students from all over the world, offering a training which corresponds to the highest academic and professional standards with frequent contributions of foreign scholars and the promotion of research and training activities in highly qualified institutions across the globe.

Key information

Type of programme:, department:, coordinator:.

SANTANGELO MARCO

Vice coordinator:

FERRARIS STEFANO

Admissions:

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The Architectural Urban Interior Design – AUID – Ph.D. Program promotes studies on architecture mostly on these aspects: design, theory, history, technology. The methodological frame is the design-driven research. We consider design the cultural environment where to produce theoretical and technical knowledge.

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Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

Politecnico di Milano

Campus Leonardo via Bonardi 3 20133, Milan, Italy

2013-2024 / AUID Short Story (by Alessandro Rocca)

The AUID Doctoral program sprang up in 2013 from the resettlement of other programs in resource optimization. Looking back at the beginning of the doctoral studies at Politecnico di Milano, we see that the first programs were activated with the VIII national cycle in 1992-93. The first, in architectural studies, were Progettazione Architettonica e Urbana (Architectural and Urban Design), from XIV to XXVIIII cycle, initially headed by Ernesto D’Alfonso; the same lifespan had Arredamento e Architettura degli Interni (Furnishing and Architecture of Interiors), for XIV and XV cycles, head Cesare Stevan, later renamed Architettura degli Interni e Allestimento (Interiors and Exhibit Design). In the XVI are added the programs of Composizione Architettonica, head Daniele Vitale, and Architettura, Urbanistica, Conservazione dei Luoghi dell’abitare e del Paesaggio (Architecture, Urban Planning, Preservation of Housing and Landscape), head Matilde Baffa.

Except for Conservazione dei Beni Architettonici (Preservation of Architectural Heritage) head Luigia Binda, which started in XIV cycle and is still alive, under the guidance of Maria Cristina Giambruno, all the others terminated with the XXVIII cycle in 2012.

Other related programs were Tecnologia dell’architettura e dell’ambiente (Technology of Architecture and Environment), head Guido Nardi and Innovazione Tecnica e Progettazione nell’architettura, Valerio Di Battista; both were actives in cycles XIV and XV.

The Polimi frame of the programs is revised in 2013, XXIX cycle, when are born the new Progettazione architettonica, urbana e degli interni / Architectural Urban Interior Design, AUID, and Architettura Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito / Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, ABC. These programs and the Preservation program represent the Polimi Doctoral School’s architectural branch, which gathers twenty programs, including Urban Planning and Policy Design, Design, and all the main Engineering fields.

The AUID program has an increasingly international profile, a character that has been present since its foundation. The program, born in 2013 and named “Urban and Interior Architectural Design” (PAUI), started under the guidance of Luca Basso Peressut, who covered the role of coordinator for two three-year mandates until 2018. From 2019, the headship Alessandro Rocca will be in charge, with a second mandate till the end of 2024.

The PAUI doctorate starts with the 29th cycle, according to the calendar of the national system. The research topics indicated in the call are divided into four primary lines: housing, buildings, public spaces, museography, landscape, and infrastructure. A comprehensive spectrum is based on the combination of theory and design. The program admits fifteen doctoral students, five foreign citizenships: Iranian (two), Lebanese, Saudi, and Algerian, supported by scholarships from the Italian government. An important presence that, as a first consequence, leads to the extensive adoption of the English language for seminars, meetings, and exams. This first foreign contingent was well qualified, as all five candidates obtained the title. And it should be noted that, unfortunately, among these, only one Ph.D. has maintained a relationship with the Dastu department and with the Polimi School of Architecture.

In the next cycle, on the 30th, among the eight doctoral students, we find only one foreigner, a candidate of Iranian nationality who has undertaken a double doctoral program with TU Munich and will obtain the title in 2021. The dropouts were of two units.

In the 31st cycle, there are five candidates, all with Italian citizenship, of which two have dropped out, one was excluded from the doctorate, and two obtained their degree in 2020. The first double doctorate, managed by Ilaria Valente, is registered in this cycle, carried out with the Shanghai Jiaotong University.

The 32nd cycle sees a larger class, with nine candidates, including five of non-Italian nationality. Among these, four fellows from the China Scholarship Council (CSC), one of which was subsequently excluded, and a Romanian candidate who obtained the title, with honors, in 2020.

The 33rd cycle sees nine admitted candidates, three Ph.D. students with CSC scholarships, an Iranian Ph.D. student, and an Italian candidate enrolled in a double doctorate in agreement with the University of Rennes.

The 34th cycle counts six doctoral students, five Italians, and one Iranian national, and an interdisciplinary scholarship supports it. A double doctorate is activated with the University of Paris-Saclay, a scholarship from the departmental program “Territorial fragility,” and a doctoral co-tutored student enrolled in the Ecole National d’Architecture et Urbanism de Tunisie (Enaut).

The 35th cycle, the first under the headship of Alessandro Rocca, sees the enrollment of twenty doctoral students, to which, for a few months, a visiting researcher affiliated with Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir is added. Among the doctoral candidates, there are three scholarships funded by the Dastu Department of Excellence “Territorial Fragility,” two CSC scholarships, a double doctorate in agreement with Université de Paris (promoted by Imma Forino), and three Executive contracts with Latin American universities managed by Andrea Gritti, in partnership with the University of Loja (Ecuador) and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. There is also an industrial partnership with the company Branding srl. Three Ph.D. students are supported by ITN Marie Curie European projects, two by the Soloclim, led by Valentina Dessì, and one by Tack, led by Gennaro Postiglione.

The 36th cycle has sixteen Ph.D. students, including ten non-Italians: seven CSC fellows, one Colombian, one Ghanaian, and one Pakistani. As the program becomes more and more international, the supervisors and the board are called upon to deal with distant thematic and geographical areas. The CSC partners prefer research that is synchronized with the planning objectives of the Chinese government. This determination produces a selection among the candidates which favors attention to rural areas, vernacular architecture, and the recovery and regeneration processes of related buildings and settlements to peasant culture and economy. Among the university scholarships, there are also two interdisciplinary proposals: “Urban regeneration through nature-based solutions for an environmental resiliency to the climate change,” proposed by Ilaria Valente and Monica Lavagna, and “Smart city: new tools for the sustainable development of the future city. Advanced technologies, environmental sustainability, and participatory processes”, by Pierluigi Salvadeo and Dario Zaninelli, in cooperation with the Doctoral Program of Electrical Engineering.

The 37th cycle, which begins the activities in November 2022, welcomes in a first phase seven candidates in addition to four other doctoral students selected through two additional calls generated by the particular funding of the National Resilience and Rebirth Plan. In the summer of 2021, the Italian government will offer universities substantial funding for research projects related to the “Green” and “Innovation” themes. AUID obtains the three grants to which is entitled in the division of the university and offers three additional calls dedicated to “Green” themes: “Engines of sustainable development: architectures for highway service areas,” proposed by Andrea Gritti; “Metropolitan farms: design-oriented research for sustainable agri-food systems,” by Filippo Orsini; “Formal/informal. green communitarian developments in the global south”, by Camillo Magni; the third call, also of a governmental nature, refers to “Territorial Cohesion” and the research project proposed by Emilia Corradi is awarded the amount for an additional doctoral scholarship.

The 38th cycle sees a large composition of different resources again, considering the National Resilience and Rebirth Plan, with six scholarships, three co-founded, the Chinese Council Scholarship, with nine potential candidates, and an interdisciplinary scholarship promoted by Sara Protasoni, in partnership with the Doctoral Program of Electrical Engineering.

The research fields:

The framework of the research carried out is broad and composite; it records the historical changes of recent years and the coexistence of very diversified cultures and origins.

The first works concluded in 2017 are “Museum is / and territory. The widespread museum as a device for the cultural infrastructure of places. The case of the Libyan coast road ”, by Alessandro Raffa, supervisor Luca Basso Peressut; “Undergrowth urbanism. Spontaneous practices in the contemporary city. Towards a methodology of analysis and intervention in the informal city ”, by Valentina Mion, supervisors Laura Montedoro, Jose María Ezquiaga; “Metaphors of performative-oriented architectures. Exhibitions, installations, interventions ”, by Ayman Kassem, supervisor Pierluigi Salvadeo; “Intra-structures. Urban densification scenarios for mobility in transition. The case of the A20 ring road of the city of Rotterdam ”, by Gianluca Ferriero, supervisors Luca Molinari and Dirk van den Heuvel; “From the Medina to the Metropol. New integrative approach for the sustainable revitalization of the historical center in the metropolitan cities”, by Hamza Benacer, rapporteur Antonella Contin; “The evolution of museum exhibition in Arabia. A qualitative study of the exhibition design and identity in Saudi Arabia”, by Abeer Alsobahi, supervisors Gian Luca Basso Peressut and Oli Ali Hassem. In this first round, there is a strong interest in non-Italian situations, such as Rotterdam, Brazil, and Arabia, and the museographic line led by the Head, Basso Peressut, is denoted.

In 2018 the thesis “Advancing toward water-sensitive cities in Iran. Public spaces as sustainable water management measures in Lahijan, Caspian climate zone, Iran ”, by Masoumehsadat Mirsafay Moqadda, supervisor Alessandro Rogora, inaugurated a line of research on a technological basis and aimed at environmental sustainability issues; “Sprawlification: a new method to analyze periurban space”; by Arian Heidari Afshari, supervisors Ilaria Valente and Richard Ingersoll, explores informal urbanism in developing countries, “Ruins of contemporaneity: concepts, strategies and design methodologies for the transformation of abandoned places,” by Dario Giordanelli, supervisors Guya Bertelli and Carlos Garcia Vazquez, analyzes “new paradigms, linked to new materials and conditions, are the center of the architecture project in the current transition phase”; Re-inhabit modern utopias. History and design for the renovation of post-war large public housing estates “, by Michele Gerli, supervisor Pierfranco Galliani, investigates post-World War II European housing. Public space is dealt with by “La Terza Città. The Right to the City: urban regeneration strategies through autonomous and creative practices of space production”, by Simona Galateo, supervisor Luca Molinari.

“Museums of narration, between words and projects. Communicative models for today’s exhibiting spaces “, by Marcella Camponogara, supervisors Gian Luca Basso Peressut and Federico Bucci, the museographic research continues. “Metropolitan frameworks of civic robustness. Mapping and designing for East African urbanism”, by Alessandro Frigerio, supervisor Antonella Contin; “Spaces for primary education in cooperation projects. Schools in developing countries: the case of Mozambique”, by Luca Faverio, supervisor Michele Ugolini, Dwellings and Settlements in Pemba. A Typo-Morphological Field Study in a Changing Urban Environment”, by Corinna Del Bianco, supervisors Michele Ugolini and Michael Turner, focus on the results of fieldwork in Mozambique. The thesis “Devoid of Any Style. Problems and Perspectives of Architecture in the Age of Post-Consumption “, by Francesca Zanotto, supervisor Alessandro Rocca, addresses the evolution of architectural thought about sustainability issues; in “The Architecture of Motorway Infrastructures Between Maintenance and Preservation. The A22 and the Territory of Mantova “, by Claudia Zanda and supervisor Andrea Gritti, deals with the design of the motorway infrastructure; “Landscapes and Forms of ‘Modification’: the Contamination as a New Paradigm of the Contemporaneity,” by Martina Sogni, investigates the relationship between architectural design and the landscape dimension; “Architecture and Creative Transformation. Creative Urban Practices in London”, by Giuliana Bonifati, supervisor Carlos Maria Vazquez, explores the changes in public space in a creative district of London.

In 2019 no thesis was presented; in 2020, two Chinese theses were graduated and carried out in cooperation with the professors at Shanghai Jiao Tong University: “Rural Revitalization in Chinese New Era. Design Challenges in a Village of Fujian Province “, double Polimi-SJTU doctorate, by Gerardo Semperbon, supervisors Ilaria Valente, Luca M. F. Fabris, Ma Wenjun, Huang Jianyun, and” The Shapes of Water: A Discourse around Heritage and Design for a Landscape Reactivation in the Fujian Province,” by Francesca Berni, supervisors Ilaria Valente, Marco Bovati, Ma Wenjun. Museological studies continue in “Dissonant Memories in the Post-Soviet Space: Comparative Analysis of Newly Established Museums of Political Histories in the Post-Soviet Countries (1991-2016), by Maria Mikaelyan, supervisors Luca Basso Peressut and Francesca Lanz. “Compositional Studies on Luigi Caccia Dominioni,” by Veronica Ferrari, supervisor Luigi Spinelli, is one of the few theses directly related to Milanese architectural culture; the theses “Opening a Lexicon of the New Social Spaces” by Madalina Roxana Ghibusi, supervisor Pierluigi Salvadeo, and “Publicness in Transition,” by Jingwen Shan, supervisors Laura Montedoro and Marco Bovati, return to deal with public space.

In April 2021, Vazira Parisi obtained their doctorate, with a joint degree with the Technical University of Munich and a thesis entitled “Rethinking the Architecture of the Renewable-energy Power Plants: Potential Stations to Transform the Social Flows”, supervisors Guya Bertelli (Polimi) and Sören Schöbel (TU München); Federica Marchetti, with the thesis “The Lean City. Design, Experience, New Media for Millennials and Generation Z”, supervisor Pierluigi Salvadeo; Gianfranco Orsenigo, with the thesis “Design the Possible. Experiencing Devices for the Modification of Marginal Contexts”, supervisor Andrea Di Franco; Tan Shilong, with the thesis “Virtual Experience in Augmented Exhibition”, supervisor Luigi Cocchiarella.

In 2022 Maryam Khatibi, with the research “Adequate Urban Housing: Case Studies of Novel Settlements of Housing Cooperatives in Zurich, Switzerland. Intermediate Spaces: Enablers of Social Connection”, supervisor Alessandro Rogora, obtained honors; in the same session, two candidates supported by the Chinese Scholarship Council also receive the title: Luyi Liu presents a thesis focused on the comparison between Chinese and European cultures in the field of representation of space and landscape: “The Accessible Frame. Research on ancient Chinese Landscape architecture”, supervisor Luigi Cocchiarella. “The architecture of contemporary art museum in Shanghai: from the inside to the outside” is the research carried out by Xin Xu, under the supervision of Pierluigi Salvadeo, who explores the architecture of the new exhibition spaces with a specific focus on the rapid recent mutations of the Chinese scenery.

In the second session of 2022, Greta Allegretti graduates with the thesis “Architecture and UNESCO buffer zones. The architectural project as a tool for the archaeological sites in fragile territories. From safeguard planning to developing design models for the enhancement of heritage “, supervisor Pier Federico Caliari; Chiara Pradel with the thesis “Monumental Ground. Infrastructures, Construction Sites, Landscape”, supervisor Alessandro Rocca.

In 2023, graduates were eight, with two double doctorates: Carola D’Ambros with the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Paris Versailles studied the Milanese architecture of interiors between 1948 and 1972, supervisors Imma Forino and Annalisa Viati Navone; Alessandro Benetti did research, with the Ecole d’Architecture de Rennes 2, on the coastal post-war developments in France and Italy, supervisors Marco Biraghi and Hélène Jannière. Bogdan Peric studied the Moscow soviet courtyards under the guidance of Alessandro Rocca, Camillo Magni, and Yuri Grigorian; Alberto Petracchin produced a study on the Ark archetype, supervised by Sara Marini (IUAV) and Alessandro Rocca; Wenying Song, supervised by Ilaria Valente, studied the urban form of the city of Quanzhou; Qian Zhang made research on urban microclimate, driven by Alessandro Rogora; Beatrice Balducci studied the safe spaces for extraordinary events, with the supervision of Alessandro Rocca.

In 2024, many candidates are going to defend their thesis. Enrico Miglietta, a double doctor from Polimi and Ku Leuven supervised by Gennaro Postiglione, Annalisa de Curtis, Johan Van Den Berghe, and Thierry Lagrange, presented his research in an uncommon venue at the University of Valencia, Spain. Many other candidates will defend in the next month of this year.

In the wake of the economic opportunities offered, starting from 2021, by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), the Doctorate expanded and diversified its training offer by activating numerous partnerships with private companies and public bodies. Twenty doctoral students supported by scholarships from different sources are admitted to the XXXVII cycle: PNRR, CSC, the foreign ministry, municipal, government, and foreign universities scholarships; in the XXXVIII cycle, the presence of PNRR grants extends to six units, and overall, the number of doctoral students, those admitted and those currently being accepted, is again around twenty.

The doctorate, therefore, has been changing profoundly in recent years. After a long time, the program was substantially supported thanks to grants financed by the Italian government and provided by the Politecnico di Milano today, the proportions among the grants available have entirely changed, with a very high presence (about 75% of the total) of Ph.D. students financed by third parties, Italian and foreign, academic, public, and industrial. Suppose it is challenging to predict the lines of development in the long term. In that case, it is, however, evident that in the short and medium term, the Doctorate assumes a much greater dimension, in numerical words, and a more composite nature where the non-academic component acquires a new role and where the international network, both for resources and candidates, becomes a vital component even if not the majority.

The changes in the political framework, both internal and foreign, have had immediate, very significant, and positive repercussions on the composition, resources, and scientific physiognomy of the doctorate. From now on, in an overall framework dominated by uncertainty, the qualities, experiences, and skills we have acquired will support us in facing the challenges posed by evolving scenarios in the best possible way. If, indeed, the variables are too many to have a specific look at the future, however, the possibility of finding credit, partnerships, alliances, and cooperation with a diversity of subjects belonging to the most diverse parts of the social body located in different areas, from Milan, which remains the heart of our action, to South America, China, and the Near East. The last cycle saw an impressive growth of the candidates’ number. There were 8 in cycles XXXIII and XXXIV, 20 in cycle XXXV, 16 in the XXXVI, 17 in the XXXVII, 32 in the XXXVIII, and 28 in the XXXIX.

In the future, the AUID doctoral program seems oriented to continue its international, multidisciplinary track, pursuing two main aims. The first one is strengthening the reflection in the specific field of architectural design, comprised of the two scalar borders, the interiors and the urban, growing and questioning the mutual relationship between theory and practice. In this sense, the scenario of design-driven research helps open multiple horizons strictly related to architectural design. The second is facing the contemporary ecological end energetic challenges that, coming from other fields, directly impact architecture, looking for a new balance between the exogenous forces and the most profound nature of architectural history, theory, and practice.

(to be continued)

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Call for applications - 4 PhD positions in Urban Planning, Design and Policy at Politecnico di Milano

A call is now open for applications for four open subject positions (of which three fully funded with scholarships) in the PhD programme of Urban Planning, Design and Policy (39th PhD cycle) at Politecnico di Milano. All scholarships cover three years of study and research starting from September 2023. 

The PhD programme in Urban planning, design and policy aims to explore the impact of contemporary urban change and understand how it can be governed through planning, design and policy-making activities. The programme focuses on territorial, social, economic and institutional transformations in contemporary cities. It aims at addressing the latter as a complex of intertwined phenomena, which calls for new governance, planning and design approaches. By fostering a dialogue with the best international schools, this programme is the place for research and innovative approaches to urban studies, spatial planning and urban design. PhD candidates are encouraged to reflect upon traditional and innovative practices in these fields by participating in research activities concerning cities and regions, and paying attention to international comparison. This approach is fostered through the organization of international seminars and an internship period at one of the research institutes, universities or public agencies that make up the international network of the programme.

The application for admission to the competition and related attached documentation must be drawn up and entered exclusively in digital form by 26th May 2023, 02 PM (Italian Time C.E.T.). Information about the application procedure, required qualifications and conditions of employment is available at:  https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/en/prospective-phd-candidates/calls-and-regulations/39-cycle/39th-cycle-phdcall-2023-24-starting-september-2023

40th cycle Ph.D.call - 2024/2025 - starting September 2024 - deadline 30 May 2024

Politecnico di milano issues a call for applications to 83 phd positions (68 fully granted).

This webpage provides information related to the issuing PhD programs, the positions and scholarships available for the upcoming PhD cycle, which starts in September 2024. You may also find here the modalities for participate to the selection and the related deadlines. After having carefully inspected the  call , you can apply through our  online procedure .

The number of PhD scholarships and positions of our PhD programs is as follows ( click on the name of the PhD program to inspect the type and research topics associated with the scholarships )

TABLE OF AVAILABLE PLACES – 40 th  cycle  

PhD admission

Access to Ph.D. Programmes is by selection. The University selection call is issued annually for all Ph.D. Programmes, and is published on this page. 

The annual call is issued in Spring- the next annual call will be Spring 2025, 41th cycle.  There may be additional calls with topic scholarships, if so, it will be posted on this website in the " Calls and regulations " section.

Further information and calls for international candidates is available in the  International Programmes  section.

Online procedure for admission to the PhD course at Politecnico di Milano (40th cycle - 2024/2025 - starting September 2024)

In this page you will find the link to access the online procedure to: 

•fill the selection call application form

•check the results 

•select additional research scholarship topics 

Before accessing the online procedure please read carefully:  

1) the  call public announcement Public examination for admission to the PhD course at Politecnico di Milano (40th cycle)

2) the " Quickstart " manual for the online admission procedure 

3) the  FAQs  (frequently asked questions)

To access the online admission procedure  click here Opening on: 30th April 2024 (10am, italian time) Deadline: 30th May 2024 (2pm, italian time)

-the pages in " Prospective PhD Candidates ", in particular " Before Applying " and " How to apply "

-the page " Places and Scholarships " -the page " Areas, subjects and thematics of research published in the call " -the page " Open subject scholarships " -the page " Thematic scholarships "

-the page " Call deadlines "  

Documents that must be uploaded in the online application (in Italian or English language): 

• Research project format  (RTF)
• CV Template  (RTF)

CANDIDATES ARE RECOMMENDED TO READ ALL THE CALL

For the registration of personal data, candidates are recommended to refer to the manual " Quickstart " from pag. 1 to pag. 9 

Candidates who have problems  during the registration of the personal data  can write to:  [email protected]  

For other information about the call and the admission procedures candidates are recommended to make contact only via the link " Ask for assistance " inside the online procedure.

40th cycle call: topic scholarships

The applicant, after the confirmation of an application (provided the desire to compete for a scholarship has indicated in the application), may opt for a thematic scholarship by accessing the  on-line procedure  before  2pm on 30/05/2024 .  All the information about the thematic scholarships are available in the webpage:  Thematic scholarships

Open subject Scholarships

The open subject scholarships allow for research to be carried out on all subjects linked to the PhD.

It is not possible to participate by selecting a specific open subject scholarship . The option to compete for a specific scholarship can only be made for thematic  scholarships. The research topic of each open subject scholarship will be agreed with the Board of Professors.

When applying, you must specify if you intend to compete or not for a scholarship: if you choose to compete, you’ll automatically compete for open subject scholarships.

All the information about the  open subject  scholarships are available in the webpage: " Open Subject Scholarship "

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Urban Planning and Policy Design

Academic year: 2024/2025, programme duration: 2 years.

Milano Leonardo

Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering

Eligibility

A Bachelor Degree in one of the main subjects related to the programme (Urban planning, Architecture, Engineering, Sociology and Social Sciences, Geography, Economics, Political Sciences and Environmental Science). A Committee will evaluate students with a different background case by case. Architects are required to produce a portfolio.

Laurea magistrale programmes under the  School of Architecture  accept students only in the first semester of the academic year (September intake)

Mission and goals

In the urban planning spectrum, on the one hand, consolidation of a series of urban management activities that require advanced interpretation and application can be identified: the development of general urban planning tools; infrastructural, housing, transport, services and environmental policies; management of complex programmes and projects. On the other hand, the demand for new urban and territorial policies that require specific professional competence is increasing. This Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) offers an advanced academic route in designing spatial arrangements and urban policies, to transform and manage the city, territory and environment.

Urbanism, Urban planning and design, Urban policies, Planning theory and practice, Policy analysis, Contemporary city, Infrastructure planning and design, Energy and urban planning, Housing and neighbourhoods, Regional economics, European economics and welfare, Urban ethnography, Conflicts management, Land use ethics and the law, Smart cities and urban innovation, Techniques of urban simulation, Assessment of urban transformations.

Career opportunities

The main professional opportunities for Laurea Magistrale graduates are in the free-lance sector (after having sat the professional examinations) and in institutions and public and private bodies operating to transform and manage the city, territory and environment.

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PhD Degrees in Architecture Studies Urban Planning

An urban planning program can be an excellent way for students to learn all about the management of a city’s growth. It might include a wide variety of subjects ranging from zoning ordinances to economic development along with public policy, civil engineering, and funding requirements.

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Requirements for the PhD program often involve the student having already obtained a Master’s degree. Additionally, a thesis or dissertation primarily consisting of original academic research must be submitted. In some countries, this work may even need to be defended in front of a panel.

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We grieve for Prof. Luise King (1939-2024). As head of the Department of Urban Planning and Housing, she shaped urban design education at the Institute between 1987 and 2005.

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Welcome, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Swantje Grotheer

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr.-Ing. Swantje Grotheer as a visiting professor for "Urban and Regional Development" at ISR since October 2023

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Welcome, Prof. Dr. Jan Polívka

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Jan Polívka as the new head of the Department of Urban Planning and Urban Renewal at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning of TU Berlin.

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