Overview

The Science, Technology, and Policy for Sustainable Change programme from Politecnico di Milano aims to train the next generation of scientific experts to design feasible and effective pathways that can assure the planet’s prosperity and preservation through stateof-the-art and novel scientific methods. At the end of the programme, PhD candidates are expected to possess the competencies and capacities required to support and inform the process of policy and strategy design for innovation-driven responses towards sustainable development.

Career

Graduates are equipped with unique skills and advanced trans-disciplinary knowledge that open up career possibilities as analysts, researchers, or planners at universities, international research centres, public and international institutions, R&D departments, regulatory authorities, policy institutions, and other public bodies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Perspectives In Science, Technology, And Policy Of Sustainable Change

Social Data Analytics Forbehavioural Modelling

Social And Political Challenges Of Sustainability

Earth Observations For Global Change

Multi‐agent Learning: From Theory To Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-24 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

78

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Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Milano, Italy

Disciplines

Sustainable Development General Engineering & Technology View 3 other PhDs in Sustainable Development in Italy

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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78

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Other requirements

General requirements

In order to access the Politecnico di Milano PhD programmes it is necessary to have one of these qualifications:

a university degree obtained under the educational system in force prior to M.D. n. 509 dated 3.11.1999
a Laurea Specialistica (equivalent to a Master of Science) obtained in accordance with M.D. n. 509 dated 3.11.1999
a Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to a Master of Science) obtained in accordance with M.D. n. 270 dated 22.10.2004
or similar academic qualifications obtained abroad that are equivalent in terms of duration and contents to the Italian qualifications and previously recognised by the Judging Panels.
Where there are foreign qualifications, applicants must submit all documents required to enable the Selection Committee to establish the eligibility of the qualifications obtained abroad.

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Tuition Fees

Additional Details

For the first enrollment and for enrollment in the following years the PhD student without scholarships are required to pay an amount of Euro 167,04.

Living costs

Milano

Italy

850 - 1450 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.