Building Engineering/Architecture

The Single-Cycle Master’s Degree Programme in Building Engineering-Architecture offers a multidisciplinary education that enables students to manage design projects in both their architectural and engineering dimensions.
The Building Engineer–Architect is a professional capable of designing and managing architectural works as the person responsible for the entire construction process, integrating architectural, technological, structural, and environmental aspects. This professional develops advanced skills both in the adoption of the most innovative construction technologies for new buildings and in interventions on existing structures, with particular attention to the sustainable regeneration of the built environment. Added to this is the ability to address the relationship between settlements and their context within landscape and environmental assessment.
At the end of the study programme, after passing the State Examinations, graduates may register with both the professional register of engineers and that of architects. Furthermore, in accordance with Directive 85/384/EEC, the awarded degree allows access to the profession of designer in other European Union countries without the need to apply for recognition of the qualification at a foreign university.
The Degree Programme in Building Engineering–Architecture is a five-year course with a wide range of subjects, including 12 design laboratories. The programme is based on solid foundations in scientific, technical, and design disciplines and trains professionals capable of effectively managing the complexity of architectural projects and their implementation, fully aligned with today’s emerging demands for environmental quality, energy control, and sustainability.
Graduates in Building Engineering–Architecture are able to address design in all its complexity, ensuring:

• Architectural design skills at both building and urban scales;
• Scientific and technical expertise to tackle issues of environmental and energy sustainability, in both new construction and the rehabilitation of existing heritage;
• Use of innovative, state-of-the-art technologies;
• Control and modelling of physical and technical phenomena to reduce energy demand and employ renewable energy sources;
• Management of the entire construction and administrative process of new buildings.

The success of the Building Engineering–Architecture programme at Politecnico di Milano is demonstrated by the high employment rates of its graduates, measured one and five years after graduation, and by the satisfaction expressed by employers. These results emerge from the annual surveys conducted by the Career Service and from feedback collected during events organised by the service itself.