BEFORE ARRIVAL

• Check with the international office of your home institution which form you have to fill in (LA or OLA);
• Learn about the courses offered at Polimi (watch the tutorial on how to search for courses).
• Fill in your LA or OLA with the courses you will attend at Polimi and those that will be validated at you home institution at the end of the mobility.

• Erasmus code: I MILANO02
• Contact and responsible person: Rossella Magni, Head - International Mobility Unit
• Email and address: check at this page

• LA: send it to the email address of the International Mobility Unit of your reference, according to your study programme (check at this page).
• OLA: the responsible person at Polimi will receive your Learning Agreement through the Erasmus+ Dashboard.

IMPORTANT The Learning Agreement and the Polimi study plan must match. For more info about the mandatory study plan check the section below. The final Learning Agreement will be confirmed after the approval of your Polimi study plan.

1. Consult the Educational Offer and search the study programme and track you have been accepted to

2. Watch the tutorial on how to search for courses

3. Check carefully the course selection rules of your School (see below).

For the second semester of a.y. 2023/24:

• Architecture students: from 22/01/2024 at 3pm to 29/01/24
• Design students: from 01/02/2024 at 3pm to 09/02/24
• Engineering + AUIC Engineering students: from 16/02/2024 at 3pm to 04/03/24

Please note: after the study plan submission deadline, no changes are possible.

• Login in the “Online Services” with person code and password
• Click on “change current ID” and choose your exchange matriculation number to switch to your student profile (follow the instructions here)
• Click on “Career” > “Incoming student study plan”

Watch the video “How to submit your study plan”

The Buddy System matches new exchange students with students who are already studying at Politecnico. By filling out a brief registration form, you will be put in contact with your Buddy, who will give you useful information to organize your stay in Italy and support in understanding the life of a student at Politecnico and in the city of Milan. For more info visit this page.

Every semester Politecnico di Milano sets up Italian language courses addressed to regularly enrolled exchange and double degree students.

You can find more info and apply on the Online Services > Mobility > Language Courses Catalogue

• Method: online classes
• Levels offered: absolute beginner (A0), beginner (A1), elementary (A2), intermediate (B1-B1+)
• Tuition fee: 100 €
• Classes: twice a week (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday) from 6.15 to 8 p.m.
• Duration: 40 hours
• Online level test

A placement test is designed just to set up homogeneous classes. The guidelines on how to carry out the online placement test as well as the instructions for the payment are available on the Online Services > Mobility > Language Courses Catalogue.

Furthermore, Polimi offers to its students this free online seminar: Italian as a second language with E-LOCAL (Electronically Learning Other Cultures and Languages): the course is divided into 2 parts. The main characters of the course are Anna and Alex. They are two Erasmus students who arrive in Bologna. Anna and Alex are welcomed in their university town by Lorenzo and Lucia and are helped in their learning process by Elena and Giovanni. To find out more on the course and how to register visit this page.