# Polytechnic Institute of Milan

- Location: Milan, Italy
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1863
- Official website: http://www.polimi.it/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/polytechnic-institute-of-milan-414b011a

## Summary

Politecnico di Milano was founded on 29 November 1863 by mathematician Francesco Brioschi, modelled on German and Swiss polytechnics, and it added architecture to engineering in 1865. It moved to Piazza Leonardo da Vinci in 1927. Faculty member Giulio Natta won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963. It teaches engineering, architecture and design.

## Key facts

- rank: =87 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.polimi.it/)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/01nffqt88)
- [Official: 49,395 students, 9,940 international; founded 1863](https://www.polimi.it/en/the-politecnico/)
- [Brioschi, 1865 architecture, 1927 move, Natta, motto, 2025-26 year (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_University_of_Milan)

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