POLITECNICO DI TORINO

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• POLITECNICO DI TORINO
• Marco Gilli
• Marco.gilli_at_polito.it

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POLITECNICO DI TORINO
It is a centre of teaching and research, and one
of the most important universities in Europe for
engineering and architecture studies, strongly
committed to collaboration with industry
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Historical background
1859
Technical School for Engineers
Italian Industry Museum
1862
Royal Politecnico di Torino
1906
Historical seat The Valentino Castle
1958
Opening of the current Campus in Corso Duca
degli Abruzzi
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The Cittadella Politecnica
Through the Project Cittadella Politecnica,
the Politecnico area will be increased by an
additional 170.000 m2 in the area close to the
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi building complex.
The Cittadella Politecnica (170.000 m2)
The main seat Corso Duca degli Abruzzi (122.000
m2)
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The Cittadella Politecnica

• the new campus aims
• to draw the city and its citizens to the core of
  university life, - to make integration with the
  economic, cultural and social actors
• to work in team of urban regeneration and new
  development.

Classrooms and Laboratories, RESEARCH CENTRES,
Canteens and Study Rooms, University Sporting
Centre, Cafeteria


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Our Mission
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
From the past to the future
TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER
SERVICES
FINANCE
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Budget forecast for 2008
INCOME
365,7 MLN EUROS
The MINISTRY FOR UNIVERSITIES EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTES AROUND 131 MLN EUROS
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Research activities
Industrial Engineering
Information Technologies
Civil/Building Engineering
Environment Engineering
Management Engineering
18 departments for research activities
Architecture
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Research activities
800 agreements each year
Alenia, Avio, ENI Corporate, Ferrari, FIAT,
General Motors Powertrain Europe, HP, IBM,
Indesit, Italdesign Giugiaro, Michelin, Microsoft
Italia, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Piaggio,
Pininfarina, Pirelli, Siemens, STMicroelectronics,
Telecom Italia, Banca Intesa/SanPaolo, Unicredit
...
Institutional partners and businesses
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Technological transfer
The Politecnico di Torino is interested in
developing permanent relations in research and
education with industries that want to take
advantage of university collaboration for
innovation, and development. The Politecnico
Business Research Centre, within the Cittadella,
is the place dedicated to cooperation in research
and education between the Politecnico and
industries. Spaces for offices, laboratories and
industry facilities are available for this aim.
(www.research.business.polito.it)
66 patents 19 are co-owned by the Politecnico
12 spin-offs the Politecnico is a shareholder
6 academic spin-offs the Politecnico is not a
shareholder, but participates with personnel,
offices, etc
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Technology Transfer Incubator I3P
Self-contained offices available for
new-enterpreneurs inside the Cittadella
Politecnica
since 2000
FinPiemonte, Province of Turin, Ciy of Turin,
Chamber of Commerce
partners
Co-financed by the Fondazione CRT
100 new businesses
I3P is the winner of the 3rd edition of the Best
Science-Based Incubator Award, participated by
more than 50 Incubators
In 2004
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Technology Transfer partnerships
MOTOROLA
GM Research Center
MICROSOFT ITALIA
JAC automotive
VISHAY
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GM Research Center
In September 2008
General Motors Powertrain has established the
main research centre for the development of
Diesel engines and electronic control systems
The agreement entails
a series of collaborations and exchanges in
research and education, including PhDs, masters,
degree dissertations, apprenticeship and
organization of joint seminars
20,000 sqm equipped with laboratories 16 test
cells and management offices About 500 highly
qualified professionals
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Services to the Territory

• Research and consulting activity on commission or
  in partnership with businneses and public
  institutions

• Analyses, tests and calibrations

• On-going education on commission or in
  partnership
• with businesses and public institutions

• Partnership with other universities on specific
  research/teaching projects

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Hub venture capital
Main advantages Stronger visibility towards
the entrepreneurs community about venture capital
presence and approachability. Reliability
assurance towards entrepreneurs community the VC
Hub members subscribe a code-of-conduct. Easy
access for the venture capitalists to the
competences of the new Cittadella Politecnica
campus nearby Turin Polytechnic University

• The VC Hub draw inspiration from some
  American experiences
• The Italian VC Hub groups the main private
  investors focused on hi-tech, hi-growth start-ups
  and SMEs.
• The Hub is
• a physical place where main actors of the
  Venture Capital can coexist.
• A place where different players can compare
  their investment strategies to activate common
  programs and to co-invest at national level.

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Hub venture capital

14 FUNDS that cover all the Venture Capital value
chain segments from angel investing to the early
stage, up to the late stage.
The funds convey financial resources for more
than 1 BILLION EUROS
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Torino Wireless Foundation
It promotes the growth of the ICT District in
Piemonte, in synergy with the other local
players. It is the first technology district in
Italy to provide central coordination in order to
dialogue constantly and coherently with other
districts in the world. It works out the
strategic guidelines of the District
Its goals
to bring about levels of excellence in RD and in
technological entrepreneurship comparable to the
top class industrial clusters in the world.
by 2012 the Cluster expect
to triple the number of researchers engaged in
ICT, from 2,000 and to create at least 50 new ICT
enterprises to attract Italian and international
innovative enterprises into the Piedmont area to
insert numerous SMEs enter a strong acceleration
phase to increase the impact of ICT on the
Piedmont economy, from the current level of 5
to 10 to become self-supporting
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ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 1

• ALPIP PROYECT
• supported and promoted by 8 non academic partners
  
• Main goals reinforce the level of presence of
  Piemonte in Latin America through the exchange of
  students and the collaboration between
  universities, associations and industrial
  institutions
• launched in a.y 2001/2002
• 118 scholarship awarded to students from Brazil

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ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 2

• PROYECTJOVENS MINEIROS CIDADAOS DO MUNDO
• Pilot proyect sponsored by Piemonte Region and
  Government of Minas Gerais
• 20 UEMG students attended a 6 weeks course in
  Industrial Design on January 2008

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ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 3

• COLLABORATION WITH FIAT BRASIL
• Agreement on
• Scientific and research collaboration
• Joint education initiatives
• Promotion of students and researchers mobility
• Support to Brasilian students selected to attend
  Bachelor of Science in Automotive Engineering in
  a.y 2008/09