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2025 Engineering Industrial Design Study Tour

The second edition of the study tour for students in the Engineering-Industrial Design program at the XJTU-POLIMI Joint School took place from July 14th to 24th.

2025 Architecture Study Tour

The second edition of the study tour for Joint School Architecture students was inspired by the Grand Tour, a crucial formative experience for art and architecture students in the eighteenth century. In a “contemporary Grand Tour,” students visited some of Italy’s most emblematic cities for art and architecture: Milan, Rome, Venice, and Mantua. In keeping […]

Dezeen features students project from XJTU-POLIMI Joint School

Several projects developed by students from i XJTU-POLIMI Joint School have been published on Dezeen, the international design blog

From academic studies in Milan to professional career in China

Zhou Ruizhe and Yang Junbo, founders of Modum Atelier, visited XJTU-POLIMI Joint School

Second Field Visit of the Joint Lab to Baishe Village

On Saturday, June 7, representatives of the Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory carried out a second field visit to Baishe Village

First International Conference on Historic Heritage

From 12 to 14 June 2025, the symposium will offer researchers, scholars, heritage site managers, and specialists in historic built environments the opportunity to present their work and research through oral presentations

Transnational Urban Regeneration in Heritage Cities

Dr. Zachary Mark Jones explores how cultural events and iconic projects contribute to the regeneration and enhancement of historic cities on a transnational scale

2025 Polimirun and the collaboration with XJTU

The tenth edition of the Polimirun celebrates the collaboration with XJTU

First visit of the Joint Lab to Baishe Village

A case study for the sustainable regeneration of cultural heritage

International Conference on Green Building 2025, Xi’an

Italian and Chinese scholars shape a new vision for the development of green buildings

First Field Visit of the Joint Lab to Baishe Village

On Monday, April 21, 2025, representatives of the Joint Lab carried out the first field mission in Baishe Village

YES Program closing ceremony

Closing ceremony of the YES Program at the auditorium of the Milan Building, XJTU-POLIMI Joint School

Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory for Urban and Rural Heritage

A new joint laboratory at the XJTU-POLIMI Joint School: the "Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Urban and Rural Heritage Conservation and Regeneration"

Design Evolution and Cultural Exchange: the “Design Evolution/Space Design/Postcards from China” Exhibition

November 15 marked the opening of a exhibition at the Milan Building in iHarbour, titled "Design Evolution/Space Design/Postcards from China"

Polimi at the Italy-China Rectors’ Forum

On November 9, the Italy-China Rectors’ Forum was held at Peking University

International Design Education Forum, Chongqing

On 9 November 2024, professors Annalisa Dominoni, Flora Gaetani and Nicola Crea, from Politecnico’s Department of Design, partecipated to the second edition of the “International Design Education Forum” in Chongqing

Polimi in Xi’an: A Visit to the Rural Cultural Heritage of Yuan Jia Cun

On November 2nd, professors from Politecnico di Milano, teaching at the Joint School in Xi’an, had the opportunity to visit the regenerated Chinese village of Yuan Jia Cun (袁家村)

Xi’an Summer Camp 2024

From August 26 to September 1, 40 Polimi students participated in a Summer Camp organized by Xi’an Jiaotong University

Visit of Polimi’s Rector to Xi’an Jiaotong University

Polimi’s Rector, Donatella Sciuto, visited Xi’an Jiaotong University on 30th and 31st  August 2024

2024 Engineering-Industrial Design Study Tour

From July 15 to 25, 2024, 20 students of the Engineering-Industrial Design program of the XJTU-POLIMI Joint School took part in a study tour organized by Politecnico di Milano in Italy

2024 Architecture Study Tour

On July 9th, 2024, a group of 19 students from the XJTU-POLIMI Joint School Architecture program arrived in Milan to begin their 2024 study tour, visiting Milan, Como, Mantua, Verona, Vicenza, and Sabbioneta

The third Joint Management Committee Meeting of XJTU-POLIMI Joint School

On 20th June 2024, took place in the Aula Magna of Politecnico di Milano the third meeting of the Joint Management Committee of the XJTU-POLIMI Joint School

A Morphological Interpretation of a Northern Chinese Traditional Village

On 5th June 2024, Prof. Li Kun presented his book "A morphological interpretation of a northern Chinese traditional village- case study of Zhangdaicun village" at Milan Building

Augmented reality-based solutions for surgical navigation support

On 8th March 2024, Pietro Piazzolla, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, presented a seminar in the Milan Building in the context on the series of lectures "Design-Future"

A network of slow routes “in between” Italian UNESCO sites

On March 7, 2024, il prof. Scandiffio held the seminar: "A network of slow routes 'in between' Italian UNESCO sites”

Innovative teaching at the Milan building

The XJTU-POLIMI Joint School building, designed by Polimi's architects and now renamed the Milan building, hosted some innovative teaching activities during the first semester of the academic year 2023/2024

Start of the Joint School’s first Academic Year

The first Bachelor programs of the Joint School of Design and Innovation officially started on 5th September 2022

2022 HANSR Roundtable

The fifht edition of the Roundtable organized by the Heritage Alliance of the New Silk Road (HANSR) is a hybrid event hosted on-site and online by the School of Sciences and Humanities of Nazarbayev University, Kazaksthan

UASR Summer School 2022

The University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) will organize a virtual Summer School 2022

HANSR Workshop 2022

The fifth workshop of the Heritage Alliance of the New Silk Road (HANSR), will take place on 4th-6th November 2022, hosted by Nazarbayev University’s School of Sciences and Humanities. The Call for Papers will close on 30th July 2022

XJTU-Polimi Joint School Official Approval

On 18 April 2022 the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) has officially approved the establishment of the XJTU- Polimi Joint School

Information for selected students

Have you been selected for a double degree program at XJTU?

Xinglong Wu e Xiaokang Liu

Electrical Engineering Students at XJTU, researchers at Polimi

UASR Forum 2021

On November 19th took place the Annual UASR Presidents’ Forum organized by Polimi and XJTU

Scholarships for MSc and Phd students

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) offers 2 scholarships for Polimi students interested in attending a Master of Science or PhD

Towards a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Society

The debate between Politecnico di Milano and the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) will involve the new social and cultural models induced by the post-pandemic society and the possible forms of living that derive from it

XJTU-Polimi Joint School project Final Defence

On 22 October 2021 took place the Final Defence for the XJTU-Polimi Joint School Project and two new BSc programs, in “Architecture” and “Engineering-Industrial Design”

2021 HANSR Roundtable

The 2021 edition of the Roundtable, organized by the Heritage Alliance and the Politecnico di Milano, reflects on heritage restoration and accessibility

2021 Richard B. Schultz Best Transaction Paper Award

Liu Xiaokang, researcher at Polimi has won the Richard B. Schultz Best Transaction Paper Award assigned by the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society for the year 2020

International Video competition for Students and PhD candidates

The 2021 edition of the Roundtable, organized by the Heritage Alliance and the Politecnico di Milano, reflects on heritage restoration and accessibility

Summer School “Design and Innovation: the Italian Way”

The online courses “Innovation and Design: The Italian Way” discuss the peculiarities of the Italian approach in developing design-driven innovations in industries

Call for Papers

The Roundtable "Heritage Management: Musealization or Use?" will take place on 8-11 November