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A space startup with roots in Italy, founded by Alumnae Marouf and Cattani.
Together with their colleague from Turin, Roncalli, the two Politecnico alumnae founded Ecosmic. Global vision, Italian base: "The country boasts a space heritage."

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Caracol AM è tra le startup da tenere d’occhio secondo Wired
La scaleup lombarda della stampa 3D di grande formato continua a crescere, innovando la manifattura per i settori ad alte prestazioni.

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Orgoglio politecnico! Traguardi di Alumni e Alumnae e risultati del nostro Ateneo
Conquiste sportive, ranking e nuovi incarichi di prestigio: ecco le 10 notizie che vi sono piaciute di più negli ultimi 12 mesi

INTERNAZIONALI

An Alumnus on Mars: the Italian designing Elon Musk's spacecrafts
The story of Mauro Prina, a mechanical engineer, responsible for the mechanical design of SpaceX's Starship.

I GRANDI

Lezioni di Piano su Rai5 – L’arte del costruire con Renzo Piano
Sei appuntamenti per tornare in aula con l’𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝘂𝘀 del Politecnico di Milano.

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QS Rankings by Subject: Politecnico di Milano tra le eccellenze globali
6° posto mondiale in Design, 7° in Architettura e 21° in Ingegneria. La reputazione internazionale degli Alumni e delle Alumnae ha un ruolo chiave

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Patricia Urquiola has been named Designer of the Year 2024 by Archiproducts.
Designer and Politecnico alumna, she was selected by the jury for her award-winning creations and unmistakable originality.

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Flavio Cattaneo among the world's top CEOs according to the Brand Guardianship Index 2025
Cattaneo is an Alumnus of Politecnico di Milano, with a degree in Architecture. CEO of Enel Group since 2023.

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storie di startup e piccole imprese ad alto impatto d’innovazione, che cambiano il mondo in cui viviamo

Jet HR is among the 10 startups to watch, according to Wired.
The startup founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino, a Polimi graduate, is revolutionizing HR management with automation and transparency.

🚀 A space start-up with a Politecnico heart and under-30 leadership.
🚀 "In SpaceX's Transporter 13 mission, three satellites carrying hardware produced by us will be launched." The story of two young Alumni from PoliMi.

Sustainable packaging: from a Politecnico project to testing with Poste Italiane.
Voidless, la startup fondata da Alumni del Politecnico di Milano, ridisegna gli imballaggi per ridurre l'impatto ambientale delle spedizioni. ♻️

Alumnus Stefano Cappello is one of Forbes' "30 Under 30 to Watch."
He founded Limenet, a deep tech start-up

Here are five young entrepreneurial ventures with a deep connection to the Politecnico di Milano that are worth keeping an eye on.
Good news you might have missed: among the 10 startups to watch according to Wired, half were founded by Politecnico di Milano Alumni!

Perché dovrei consumare prodotti fatti con farina di grillo?
Per rispondere a questa domanda, l'Alumnus Francesco Majno ha fondato Small Giants. La risposta è complessa, e positiva

Fili Pari: a new patent for the start-up that creates clothes from marble
Alumnae Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani have devised a dye that allows you to colour a kilo of yarn with just 1 litre of water (instead of 150 litres)

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The 'Electronic Fingertip' invented by two Alumni from the Politecnico
It can grip heavy objects without squeezing them, is equipped with touch-sensitive sensors and is extremely thin: less than 0.5 mm

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Le storie di Alumni e Alumnae belle da leggere

All aboard the hydrogen train!
Italy's first hydrogen train, with zero diesel trains on non-electrified lines and zero CO2 emissions, hides a Politecnico brain

You probably didn't know...they're Politecnico graduates too
Let's talk about 'famous' people you didn't know were once your fellow students!

New BEIC: a library from the future
Milan's new library, the Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (BEIC, "European Library of Information and Culture"), will be a place of historical knowledge but also of new stories. Alumnus Angelo Lunati of Onsitestudio, the studio leading the winning project team, tells us about it.

Piazzale Loreto: a square open to the future
LOC - Loreto Open Community is the winning project of the international call Reinventing Cities: €80 million to redesign the new Piazzale Loreto over 9200 square metres. Alumnus Carlo Masseroli talks to us about the project

What to see at Design Week 2023: the Politecnico’s (partial) guide
To find our way the eclectic Milanese fair, we asked the Poli School of Design and our Alumna, designer Elena Salmistraro, for help

'Un guasto d'amore': from Genoa football fan song to Spotify hit, with a helping hand from Politecnico di Milano
Rapper Bresh's song has become a hit but was created by chance and spent a year in his phone camera reel

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“I'm still here, but I never graduate”
We met Angelo Corbetta, the man in the bow tie who has seen the passage of generations of students from behind the bar at the historic HARP PUB

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I am going to study management engineering at the Politecnico thanks to a scholarship
Anuar Mancini, 22, dreams of a doing a job that has a positive impact on the world. And he is laying the foundations for just that at the Poli, thanks to donations from Alumni

INTERNAZIONALI

Le Alumnae e gli Alumni politecnici che si sono distinti nel mondo

3 PoliMi Alumni among the 100 Faces of Marketing and Communication selected by Forbes Italia.

Awarded in Singapore: Alumnus Massimo Alberti with the start-up Revivo Biosystem.
International award “Innovation That Speaks Italian” (and fewer animal tests) thanks to his human skin model for testing pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.

Space: Europe Bets on D-Orbit, Founded by Alumnus Luca Rossettini
In 2028, ESA’s First In-Orbit Maintenance Mission. Another "Space Milestone" for Italy and a €120 Million Contract

Luna Rossa, a dream that began at the Galleria del Vento
Alumnus Bartesaghi is one of the men the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team has entrusted with winning the world's oldest trophy

Extraordinary Italians! Giuseppe Scionti and Novameat's cultivated meat
L’ingegnere biomedico dal Politecnico di Milano è stato selezionato da StartupItalia come uno degli italiani che si sono distinti nel mondo

Anthea Comellini, polytechnic astronaut
Class of 1992, Alumna in Aerospace Engineering, was selected by ESA as a member of the Astronaut Reserve

Who is Federica Fragapane, the italian designer exhibiting at MoMa in New York
At 35 years old, the Politecnico Alumna has become an international benchmark in the world of information design. Her goal: humanising statistical data

The Alumnus that brings innovation in Burkina Faso
The story of Arsène Héma and the Inviis Lab FabLab

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Storie di Alumni e Alumnae che hanno fatto la Storia

Amalia Ercoli Finzi intervistata da Wired
"Senza scienza e senza tecnologia non c’è futuro"

"At the MoMA in New York, I also brought a piece of Milan with me."
"Architect, designer, and Alumna of the Politecnico di Milano, Paola Antonelli has received the Compasso d'Oro for Lifetime Achievement—just the latest of many accolades."

Compasso d’Oro Lifetime Achievement Award to Piero Lissoni, a leading figure in Italian design culture.
We interviewed him: “For architecture exams, I would add one that brings back the double 'U' of humanism and humility.”

Gianfranco Ferré Research Center: Italian heritage
“My clothes are textile architectures designed for the body”, said Alumnus Gianfranco Ferré. Today at Poli his archive is a research centre

Guido Crepax: how to design stories
Ninety years after his birth and twenty years after his death, we discover Alumnus Guido Crepas' architecture thesis. Before inventing Valentina, he had already invented a building full of stories

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7 Politecnico Alumnae who made history
At their side are more than 60,000 Alumnae of the Politecnico di Milano

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5 former students that made a name for themselves in the fields of architecture and design
We are talking about Alumni and Alumnae who made history in their profession - some of them will probably sound more familiar than others. Let’s take a closer look!

The genius of Gianfranco Ferré on displayin Los Angeles
The Italian Cultural Institute presents an exhibition of thedesigner's iconic sketches and garments, ‘Gianfranco Ferré.Design Principles’

DAL RETTORATO

Istantanee del Politecnico di Milano che raccontano il presente, il futuro e le strategie dell’Ateneo

PoliMI's Business School ranks second in Europe.
According to the Financial Times “European Business Schools Ranking 2024.

Interdisciplinary Science Rankings: Politecnico ranked 30th worldwide
New ranking measures universities’ commitment to interdisciplinary science

Polimi alumni: 97% of graduates find jobs within a year of graduation
Five years after graduating from Milan Polytechnic, employment rate rises to 99 percent. The in-depth report in Il Corriere della Sera

Politecnico's master's degree in management engineering among the best in the world
Another international recognition for the Politecnico di Milano.

Girls@Polimi 2024: 28 female engineering students honoured
Girls@Polimi is the annual initiative of the Politecnico di Milano that encourages girls to enroll in engineering degree programs with low female representation.

September 28, 2024: Graduation Anniversary
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The results of 2024 occupational survey
97% of Master's degree graduates is already in employment one year after graduation. The salary and the number of graduates that remain in Italy to work increase

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Alumnae e Alumni Polimi che hanno ricevuto premi e nomination in tutto il mondo

Alumnus Antonio Lanzillo has received the Archiproducts Design Award.
With his SELLO seat, produced by Las Mobili.

Alberto Rivolta is the new CEO of Artsana Group.
He holds a degree in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. Congratulations!

Due Alumni ottengono Il Product Design Award
Il loro progetto di mobile home ARCADE è stato selezionato nella categoria Leisure dei BIG SEE AWARDS 2024 per lo stile, la funzionalità e il basso impatto ambientale.

Two Politecnico designers have won the Good Design Award 2024 in the industrial category.
Produced by Loccioni, Axenon is a testing system for electric axles: the result of a shared effort with a Politecnico heart. And it’s… simply stunning.

Two Alumni win the "Architect of the Year 2024" award.
The architecture firm Park Associati was founded and is led by Politecnico di Milano Alumni Filippo Pagliani and Michele Rossi.

A European Award for Alumna Elena Crespi
Hydrogen sector’s Scientist of the Year, she states: "I’m working for a less polluted Earth." The interview in La Repubblica

Lucia Chierchia among Startup Italy's “Unstoppable Women”
L'Alumna del Politecnico di Milano, protagonista anche del libro "Alumnae: ingegnere e tecnologie", celebra un nuovo riconoscimento.

Alumna Giorgia Lupi wins
Fast Company Design Awards 2024

AL TIMONE

Storie di Manager, Imprenditrici e Imprenditori politecnici che fanno la differenza

An Alumnus among the 10 faces of the Italian economy according to La Repubblica.
It’s Luca Rossettini, founder and CEO of D-Orbit, an aerospace engineer from Politecnico di Milano.

Giovanni Liverani is the new president of ANI.
L'alumnus è stato eletto dall’assemblea dell'Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese Assicuratrici per il triennio 2025-2027. Complimenti!

Stefano Susani is the new CEO of Officine Maccaferri.
An Alumnus of Politecnico at the Helm of Innovation.

3 Alumni among the 100 managers selected by Forbes.
Laura Galli, Francesca Monaco, and Stefano Novaresi were selected for their leadership.

5 Polimi Alumni Leading Global Companies
The 2024 Forbes Global 2000 list includes 28 Italian companies. Five of these are led by Politecnico alumni. Who are they?

Alumnus Giuseppe Di Franco interviewed by Fortune Italy
The engineer is at the head of Lutech, an ICT services giant. Here is his “recipe” for a digital Italy

Alumna Grazia Vittadini to lead Lufthansa Technik
She is the new Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at Lufthansa Technik, in addition to serving as CTO at Lufthansa Group since last July

Stefano Rebattoni on the cover of Forbes
In the interview inside, the alumnus discusses the future prospects of AI, outlining the innovations that will shape our future.