The SiTI project offers international students the possibility to receive a scholarship and other benefits to graduate from the Politecnico di Torino attending a Bachelor of Science course in Architecture or Engineering.

Academic offer
The initiative, promoted by the Politecnico di Torino and supported by SiTI, will offer scholarships for the following Bachelor of Science degree courses:

Engineering courses held in English:

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Architectural engineering

The 1st year is in common for all Engineering curricula and is entirely held in English. The following 2 years will be held in Italian and will be focused on the specific Engineering course chosen.

Architecture courses held in English:

• Architecture Sciences
• Architecture and Design

The 1st year is in common for these two Architecture curricula and is entirely held in English. The following 2 years will be held in Italian and will be focused on the specific Architecture course chosen.

Architecture courses held in Italian:

• Architettura per il progetto
• Disegno industriale
• Pianificazione territoriale, urbanistica e ambientale
• Progetto grafico e virtuale
• Scienze dell’Architettura
• Storia e conservazione dei beni architettonici e ambientali

All these Architecture courses will be entirely held in Italian. For more information on the Architecture curricola, please visit the course catalog web page.
General information on the Bachelor of Science courses

Location: Torino
Length: 3 year
The activities will begin in September 2007.

Requirements

• Having not Italian citizenship or being an Italian citizen who has obtained a secondary school diploma abroad
• Being at least 18 years old (by 31/12/2007)
• Having obtained, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts 12 years, at least a secondary school diploma
• Having completed, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts for 11 or 10 years, at least 1 or 2 years at a university and to have passed all the exams included within their program of study, OR to have obtained a diploma from a post-secondary institution
• In the countries where it is required, having successfully passed the state-level university admission exam (e.g. Gao Kao in China)
• Knowledge of the English language, preferably demonstrated by an international certification (students who do not provide such certification may be asked to conduct a telephone interview to test their knowledge of English)
• Not having enrolled in a Bachelor of Science course of the Politecnico di Torino before the 2007/2008 academic year
• Not being the recipient of other scholarships, Italian or foreign.

Obtaining a degree at the Politecnico di Torino
To graduate at the Politecnico di Torino, students must attain a total of 180 credits, including exams and the final dissertation. The time required to graduate is approximately 6 semesters. However, the effective duration is also dependent upon each student’s capacity. Note also that the time required for the compulsory Italian course, which will begin at the beginning of September, before classes start, is not considered in the estimated duration of the program.

• [Italy] Master and PhD Scholarships in Architecture and Engineering, Politecnico Di Torino
• [Italy] Various Scholarships at Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP)
• [Italy] Undergraduate Scholarships in Textile Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
• [Italy] Master Scholarships-Alessandria Campus, Politecnico di Torino
• [Italy] Scholarships for Master of Science Programmes 2008/2009, Politecnico di Milano

The initiative is promoted by the Politecnico di Torino and is supported by Unione Industriale Biellese, which coordinates the scholarships sponsored by Italian textile companies and associations.

For the 2007/2008 Academic Year, 20 scholarships will be offered to international students (in particular from Romania, Lithuania, Belarus, Brazil, India, Pakistan and China).

General information on the Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering course

Location: Biella (Città Studi university campus)

Language in which the courses are held: English

Length: 3 years

The activities will begin in September 2007.

Students who graduate in Textile Engineering will have the possibility to be admitted without any additional credit charge to the Master of Science course in Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (2 years, held in Italian) or to the E-TEAM European Master.

For more information on the Biella university campus, please visit the Città Studi website.

Requirements

• Having not Italian citizenship or being an Italian citizen who has obtained a secondary school diploma abroad
• Being at least 18 years old (by 31/12/2007)
• Having obtained, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts 12 years, at least a secondary school diploma
• Having completed, in a national school system in which preuniversity education lasts for 11 or 10 years, at least 1 or 2 years at a university and to have passed all the exams included within their program of study, OR to have obtained a diploma from a post-secondary institution
• In the countries where it is required, having successfully passed the state-level university admission exam (e.g. Gao Kao in China)
• Knowledge of the English language, preferably demonstrated by an international certification (students who do not provide such certification may be asked to conduct a telephone interview to test their knowledge of English)
• Not having enrolled in a Bachelor of Science course of the Politecnico di Torino before the 2007/2008 academic year
• Not being the recipient of other scholarships, Italian or foreign.

Deadline: 2 p.m. (Italian time) on May 2nd 2007.

For more information, please visit the official announcement.

• [Italy] Master and PhD Scholarships in Architecture and Engineering, Politecnico Di Torino
• [Italy] Various Scholarships at Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP)
• [Italy] Master Scholarships-Alessandria Campus, Politecnico di Torino
• [Italy] Undergraduate Scholarships in Architecture and Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
• [Italy] Scholarships in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano