Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological university that trains engineers, architects, and industrial designers. The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and the productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer. Research has always been linked to didactics and is a priority commitment which has allowed Politecnico di Milano to achieve high quality results at an international level as well as to connect the university to the business world. Research activity, moreover, constitutes a parallel path to that formed by cooperation and alliances with the industrial system. Training students to know the world in which they are going to work is a vital requirement for training. By referring back to the needs of the productive, industrial world and public administration, research is facilitated in following new paths and dealing with the need for constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, in many cases favored by Fondazione Politecnico and by consortiums to which Politecnico belongs, allows the university to follow the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to be a stimulus for their development. The challenge which is being met today projects this tradition, which is strongly rooted in the territory beyond the borders of the country, in a relationship which is developing first of all at the European level with the objective of contributing to the creation of a single professional training market. Politecnico takes part in several research and training projects, collaborating with the most qualified European universities. The scope of Politecnico’s contribution is increasingly being extended to other countries, from North America to Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe. Today, the drive to internationalization sees Politecnico di Milano take part in the European and world network of leading technical universities and offers several exchange and double-degree programmes, besides many others which are entirely taught in English.