[Italian] Politecnico di Milano
*The name is the same in English 

Exchange Agreement signed in 2002. 

The Politecnico di Milano, POLIMI, is an engineering university with over 150 years of history, founded in 1863 at the strong request of local companies. There are faculties of mechanical, electronic, chemical, and civil engineering, as well as architecture and design and the campuses, are in several places such as Milano, Cremona, Lecco, etc. In the last five years, 13 students have gone for the exchange to the university, mainly in Bovisa campus, where we have the exchange agreement. 

Classes are available in English, but we have made it a requirement that the students must have taken and passed the Italian language examination. This is in the hope that the students will deepen their experience abroad by learning the language of the place they are visiting. However, we do not specify a specific grade for the Italian language examinations. You will be able to pass the examination for the grades required for communication in everyday life within a short period of study. When you have decided to take the exam, that’s the start of studying abroad at POLIMI. 

Please click here for more information about the exchange programs (In Japanese only).

Name of University and Department	Politecnico di Milano
Department Available for Student Exchange	School of Design
Application Information	Students Exchange Program-Faculty Level (Updated in June 2024)
Application Procedure	Apply via email to Asst. Prof. Hayama (Cc: Prof. Takenouchi) hayama@design. Cc: ktake@design. *Please add “kyushu-u.ac.jp” after “@design.”
Language Proficiency (English)	Required to have an Italian language certificate at the time of application at home university. Any level is acceptable. (Based on the agreement with Politecnico di Milano)
Remarks	There are two main types of Italian language examinations. – Practical Italian Language Proficiency Test (recommended as it is available in Fukuoka) – Italian Language Proficiency Test PLIDA (only available in Tokyo)
Annual Intake Capacity	5 (one-semester exchange counts as 0.5 ) *Annual refers to the academic year of the host university.
Department and Professors in Charge (Professors with “(*)” is primary in charge)	<Department of Strategic Design> – (*)Assistant Professor HAYAMA Yasuyuki <Department of Media Design> – Professor TAKENOUCHI Kazuki
E-mail of Professors	-Assistant Prof. HAYAMA: hayama@design. – Prof. TAKENOUCHI: ktake@design. *Please add “kyushu-u.ac.jp” after “@design.”

[Bovisa campus] 

(Updated on April 11, 2025)