Overview

The Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering programme from Politecnico di Milano aims at providing effective and first-class skills in the fields covered by critical areas such as fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, hydrogeology and water resources, environmental technologies for water, soil and atmosphere, transportation technologies and risk management and mitigation, geodesy and geomatics, surveying, data analysis, archiving and representation.

Career

A PhD in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering provides highly qualified and skilled personnel for key positions and roles in research agencies, Public Bodies and Authorities involved in environmental policies, engineering companies, and industry related engineering applications.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Modelling Extremes and Dependence in Multivariate Problems

Statistical and numerical methods

Fluid mechanics

Groundwater- Modeling under uncertainty

Probabilistic modeling of sustainable urban drainage systems

Sustainable Water and Food Security

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

78

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Environmental Engineering Environmental Sciences View 11 other PhDs in Environmental Engineering in Italy

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

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.

Tuition Fee

Regional fee, stamp duties and insurance costs will be withheld each year from the first monthly grant. Actually this amount is equal to Euro 167,04.

Living costs for Milano

850 - 1450 EUR /month

Living costs

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