The Politecnico di Torino (POLITO), founded in 1 906 from the roots of the Technical School for Engineers created in 1859, has a long-standing tradition of leadership of polytechnic culture. It is one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry. Currently it is among the top Engineering and Technology universities in the world, the 41st according to the QS University Rankings 2020 by broad Subject, the 38th in Architecture and Built Environment, 24th for Civil and Structural Engineering and 31st in Mechanical, Aeronautical
and Manufacturing by Subject according to the QS University Rankings 2019. In November 2013 POLITO has been acknowledged by the EU Commission for its commitment towards the implementation of the EU Charter for Researchers and a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers through the “HR Excellence in Research” award.

It has a yearly budget of about €300 million and over 35 000 students enrolled in academic courses (16% of them are international students). POLITO international education network features about 413 bilateral agreements and 120 double-degree agreements with EU and non-EU universities, active participation in university networks and the establishment of international campuses (e.g. Sino-Italian campus of Tongji University in Shanghai). Moreover, it is part of some of the major European interuniversity networks, such as CESAER, CLUSTER, EUA, T.I.M.E and Magalhaes. Each year POLITO draw up about 800 contracts with industries, government funded institutions, local organizations.