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Welcome to Politecnico!
Milano, XX mese 20XX
How to best enjoy the choice you have made
Matteo Cesana,
Coordinator of the study programme in Telecommunications Engineering

September 2019
POLIMI organization
 The Politecnico di Milano

Over 1.300 lecturers 4 Schools

and 1.200 members of Industrial
the administrative Engineering,
technical staff Civil Engineering,
Architecture, Design

The logo originates from the

design by Raphael “The
School of Athens” kept in the
Ambrosiana Art Gallery, Milan Over 42.000 12
students Departments

Ranked no.1 in Italy,

no. 6 in Europe, no. 16 in the world in the
category «Engineering & Technology»
QS World University Ranking 2018
Politecnico di Milano
Campuses

• Milano Leonardo
• Milano Bovisa
• Como
• Cremona
• Lecco
• Mantova
• Piacenza
Schools and Study Programs

Study Programs (Bachelor and Master) are associated to Schools:

• Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering,
• Design,
• Civil, Environmental and Land Management Engineering,
• Industrial and Information Engineering.

The Dean is the head of the School and through specific groups (Board and
Council) guides the teaching activities of all study programs.
The Professor-Student Joint Committee monitors the performance indicators
of the study programs and makes proposals for their improvement.
Each study program is led by a Coordinator, a reference point for all
students.
 Professor-Student Joint Committee

It is made up of 5 professors and 5

Students Representatives:
students.
The Committee has the task of:
Beatrice Bartolozzi
• Monitoring the educational offer, the
quality of teaching and services to the
students Giacomo Buratti
• Identifying indicators for the
evaluation of the educational offer Antonella Polimeno Camastra
• Making proposals for the
improvement of the study programs to Laurens Lanzillo
be addressed to the Dean and the
Evaluation Unit. Pietro Rossetti
Reference persons for your Study Program

You are enrolled in the Study Program of Telecommunications Engineering which is part of the
School of industrial and Information Engineering

The Dean of the School is prof. Antonio Capone, antonio.capone@polimi.it

The Coordinator of your study program is prof. Matteo Cesana, matteo.cesana@polimi.it

Student Representative in your Study Program is Ramkumar Ramadoss,

ramkumar.ramadoss@mail.polimi.it
The Student Ombuds Office

Students who wish to complain about behavior that violates the university
regulations and the rights and duties of students of POLIMI may contact the
Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman acts after a non-anonymous complaint is made, carries out an
adequate investigation into the matter and tries to solve it, protects the student
against any reprisals, informs the complainant and the student representatives of
the outcome of the inquiry.
The Ombudsman is Prof. Gerardus Janszen.
Contact:
- Email: difensoredeglistudenti@polimi.it
- Tel: 02.2399.8366
The student role
The role of Students and their Representatives

Students have the right to participate in the life and governance

of the University through their Representatives. They are asked
to express their opinion on the University management bodies.

Student Representatives are elected directly by you.

The elections are held every 2 years and are an important

opportunity to make students voices heard

Student Representatives are the simplest and most effective

way of conveying students' proposals and requests on basic
subjects, such as teaching and services for students, to the
appropriate management bodies.
The role of Students and their Representatives

The commitment of the Student Representatives has allowed POLIMI to achieve several positive results
such as:
- The reorganization of educational activities
- Benefits of the «Right to Education» (including scholarships for low income students)
- Exemptions to tuition fees for top students

You do have the opportunity to influence with your ideas the University decision processes:
• Get in contact with Student Representatives and tell them your suggestions
• Consider candidate yourself to become a Representative
Students’ opinion on teaching (1/2)

The survey of student’s opinions is one of the main tools for monitoring the quality of teaching:

Filling in an ANONYMOUS online questionnaire for each course is MANDATORY for enrollment in
exams

By completing the questionnaire, students actively participate in the process of quality improvement.

The questions concern: Since your opinions are highly considered, you are invited to:
- teaching − Pay particular attention to the questionnaire
- teachers compilation,
- teaching assistant activities − Give informed and consistent answers to the questions,
- infrastructures − Provide proactive and constructive comments.
Students’ opinion on teaching (2/2)

STUDENTS’ OPINION
QUESTIONNAIRE

Data processing per

Fill in online questionnaire Data gathering Data validation course/teacher

UINERSITY BODIES: JOINT PROFESSOR/STUDENT STUDY PROGRAM BOARD: Results published on polimi
Data analysis COMMITTEE : Data analysis web pages per course/teacher
Data analysis
Services and Opportunities
Student support services: who to contact for …

Questions related to courses:

1. Course teacher(s)
2. Study Program Coordinator
3. Student Representatives
4. Joint Professor-Student Committee
5. Dean of the School
6. Ombudsman
Administrative matters:
• Student Office (desks, online chat, chatbot, email
https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/contacts/ )
Organizational questions and study plans:
• Reference persons of the study program
• Dean’s offices (desks, chat, email
https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/contacts/ )
• Department student office
Reference Rules

• Educational rules of the study program

(https://www.polimi.it/en/programmes/)
• Charter of the rights and duties of students
http://www.normativa.polimi.it/?id_sottoc=66
• School Rules
http://www.ingindinf.polimi.it/en/school/school-rules/
• Academic calendar and deadlines
https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/calendar-and-
deadlines/deadlines/
Information pages and tools

• POLIMI web pages www.polimi.it and, in particular, the section dedicated to students
(https://www.polimi.it/en/current-students/) for all information on university.
• School web pages http://www.ingindinf.polimi.it for more specific information on your school, study program,
teaching activities, graduation, special initiatives, etc.
• Online POLIMI services www.polimi.it/servizionline your portal to all POLIMI administrative online tools
Information pages and tools

• APP DISCOVER POLIMI: the mobile app for freshmen

that makes you discover all POLIMI services for students
• APP POLIMI: the mobile app for all students devoted to
access to lecture timetables, manage study plan, request
support to student office, etc.

• The biweekly newsletter Politamtam

http://www.politamtam.polimi.it/ for information on events,
activities of student organizations, opportunities for
students, and more
• Institutional social channels: www.facebook.com/polimi
www.youtube.com/polimi www.instagram.com/polimi
www.twitter.com/polimi www.linkedin.com/school/polimi
www.polimi.it/itunes
BEEP

Beep
https://beep.metid.polimi.it/ the application tool for teaching support

Beep channels for courses

Teaching material and notes,
student-teacher
communications

Beep channel of the Study Program

Communications between study
program students, Student
Representatives, and Coordinator
Services and opportunities

Libraries
In POLIMI campuses there are several libraries: 4 in Milan campuses plus 5 in the
other campuses
Career Service
http://www.careerservice.polimi.it/ is the service for connecting the job market and
students and for supporting students in searching for the first job
POLIHUB
www.polihub.it is the startup District & Incubator that gives you opportunities for
turning your ideas into a startup company
POK (POLIMI Open Knowledge)
www.pok.polimi.it is the POLIMI portal of free online courses (MOOCS)
International mobility
https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/ exchange
projects, short mobility, double degrees

For more information: https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/

Tutoring
Tutoring services offered by your School

The tutoring services of the School supports student during their

studies with student-tutors and reference-teachers.
Tutors have the task of:
- Be a reference point for problems related to teaching activities
- Helping students that have issues with specific courses with
clarifications on unclear concepts and excercises

The School offers different tutoring opportunities to its students. The approach includes
some peer tutoring services, provided on-demand, and more traditional tutoring services,
provided on established schedule.

http://www.ingindinf.polimi.it/en/students/tutoring/
Tutoring for Master students

Equalization tutoring peer-to-peer: the service is dedicated principally to international students.

More experienced student-tutors provide help, individually or in small groups of 3-4 people, on the
basic courses of the MSc programmes. It is possible to request tutoring both during the semester of
course delivery, and at other times of the year by emailing tutorato-ingegneria@polimi.it.

Specific tutoring: tutorials held by PhD students and expert teachers on some courses selected
from the different programmes (information provided by the course lecturer)
International exchange programs
Experience abroad

POLIMI offers to students

many opportunities for gaining
experience abroad :
• Study mobility (get credits
attending courses and
activities in partner
universities)
• Double degrees (get two
degrees, one in POLIMI
and one in the partner
university)

https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/
Exchange opportunities for your Study Program

• The Reference Persons for student exchange of your Study Program of

Telecommunications Engineering are:
• Prof. Massimo Tornatore
• Prof. Guido Maier
• On the Educational Rules of your Study Program you can find the list of partner
universities with which POLIMI have exchange programs available for you
• Every year POLIMI issues a call for international student mobility to which you
have to apply for accessing mobility opportunities
 The Study Program in
Telecommunications Engineering
Who is the Telecommunications Engineer?
Telecommunications Trending News/Topics

Trending Technologies in Telecommunications, McKinsey, 2019

The Telecommunications Engineer Profile

Solid methodological and multidisciplinary background

skilled to handle the modern Information and
Communications Technologies
5G/6G Photonics
Internet mmWave
Design
IoT Comm
Design
Comm
Massive MIMO
Network
SDN s
Devices

Analyze
Develop
Services
data and
signals
Image/Audio
Cybersecurity Machine learning
Blockchain Virtual reality
Telecommunications Unexpected
Molecular Communications
Remote Sensing

IoT Optical Sensors

…and many more!

The Study Programme – Main Features

• Vast and rich offer

– Communication Methodologies (60 CFU)
– Communication Technologies (210 CFU)
– Computer Science and Engineering (90 CFU)
– Maths (40 CFU)
– Electronics and Physics (80 CFU)

• Degrees of freedom to build up hybrid study plans

• Pre-approved tracks to guide students

Core Communications Methodologies

DIGITAL
COMMUNICATIONS

OPTICAL
TRAFFIC THEORY
COMMUNICATIONS

ADVANCED DIGITAL
NETWORK DESIGN
SIGNAL PROCESSING

RF DESIGN
Core Communications Technologies
SIGNALS AND DATA ANALYSIS DATA COMMUNICATIONS

• AUDIO AND VIDEO SIGNALS • DIGITAL COMMUNICATION I

• AUDIO SIGNALS • DIGITAL COMMUNICATION II
• VIDEO SIGNALS • WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
• GEOPHYSICAL AND RADAR IMAGING • INFORMATION THEORY
• GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING • RADIO AND OPTICAL WAVE PROPAGATION
• RADAR IMAGING • WIRELESS AND MOBILE PROPAGATION
• LOCALIZATION,NAVIGATION AND SMART MOBILITY • QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS
• SISTEMI RADIO SATELLITARI E TERRESTRI
NETWORKING
COMMUNICATION DEVICES
• COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESIGN
• SWITCHING AND ROUTING • ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
• INTERNET OF THINGS • ANTENNAS
• MOBILE RADIO NETWORKS • MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
• MULTIMEDIA INTERNET • PHOTONIC DEVICES
• NETWORK SECURITY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY • OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS
• WIRELESS INTERNET • ELETTROMAGNETISMO E CAMPI
• WIRELESS NETWORKS • OTTICA E IMMAGINI
• SOFWARE DEFINED NETWORKS • DISPOSITIVI E TECNOLOGIE PER L'INFORMAZIONE
• SICUREZZA DELLE RETIOPTICAL AND TRANSPORT
NETWORKS
Multidisciplinary Course Offer
MATHS

• DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
• FOUNDATIONS OF OPERATIONS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
RESEARCH
• GAME THEORY • ADVANCED USER INTERFACES
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS • DATA BASES 2
• NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION • DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS
• ECONOMICS AND COMPUTATION • DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
• GRAPH OPTIMIZATION • EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 1
• LOGICA E ALGEBRA • MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
• RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 2
ELECTRONICS AND PHYSICS
• ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES
• BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1
• ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• GEOPHYSICAL DATA PROCESSING 1
• COMPUTER SECURITY
• OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS
• DATA MINING AND TEXT MINING (UIC 583)
• PLASMAS IN SURFACE ENGINEERING
• HIGH PERFORMANCE PROCESSORS AND SYSTEMS (UIC 569)
• ELECTRONICS
• BASI DI DATI 1
• SOLID STATE PHYSICS
• RETI LOGICHE
• OPTOELETTRONICA
• FONDAMENTI DI ROBOTICA
• MICROCONTROLLORI
• FONDAMENTI DELLA MISURAZIONE
• MISURE
• SENSOR SYSTEMS
• FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO
Study Plan –Year 1
Study Plan – Year 2
Tracks

Data Communications Master of

Science
Communication Networks 2 years
and Internet
Signals and Data Analysis
Most of the courses are
Microwaves and Photonics Taught in English
International environment
with approx 45% of foreign
Internet Engineering students
A Different Way of Learning – Learn By Doing

• Push for Lab experience since day 1

(not to talk about thesis)
– Policom – Optical communications
– ANT Lab – Advanced Network Technologies
– BONSAI – Broadband Optical Networks,
Security and Advanced Internet
– ISP Lab – Image and Sound Processing
– Acustica Musicale
– Dispositivi Fotonici
– GEOSAR – Geofisica e Telerilevamento
– WISYLAB – Wireless Systems
– WaveLab – Wavefield characterization,
measurements and processing
– CESARE – Electromagnetic Compatibility
A Different Way of Learning – Learn By Doing

• Innovative/practical teaching approach

~ 25 CFU of Flipped/blended learning and

competitions

~ 75% of TLC courses with project development,

laboratory activity, computer-aided sessions

Laboratory session organized by partner

companies
Industrial Partnership

Industrial Advisoy Board

Crosta Paolo ITALTEL
Dell'anna Luca PRISMA
Forzieri Antonio SYMANTEC
Lombardi Renato
Malanchini Ilaria
HUAWEI
NOKIA BELL LABS
~60% Master theses carried out
Mauri Giulia
Parladori Giorgio
SIA
SM OPTICS
within industrial partnership
Sambi Chiara VODAFONE
Santaroli Francesco TELECOM
Soatti Gloria FASTWEB
Speziali Mattia
Trecordi Vittorio
SCHLUMBERGER
ICTC ~1 M€/year from industrial
Umberto Poschi GOOGLE
Verri Valentina HUAWEI contracts
Vezzosi Paolo SAMSUNG
Zangani Marco VODAFONE
Burminova Daria FCA
GavioliGiancarlo NOKIA
Job Market
http://www.careerservice.polimi.it
Contacts

• Web Site
http://commtech.deib.polimi.it

• Facebook
«Commtech @ Polimi»
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commtechpolimi/
Good-to-Know Stuff
Coordinator
Prof. Matteo Cesana
matteo.cesana@polimi.it
Contact point for:
• general orientation
Deputy Coordinator • administrative problems

Prof. Pierpaolo Boffi

pierpaolo.boffi@polimi.it
 Individual study plans committee

prof. Andrea Melloni (microwaves and photonics)

andrea.melloni@polimi.it
prof. Stefano Bregni (networks)
stefano.bregni@polimi.it Contacts point for:
prof. Marco Marcon (signals) • compiling/approving «ad
marco.marcon@polimi.it
hoc» study plans
prof. Arnaldo Spalvieri (communications)
arnaldo.spalvieri@polimi.it
• orientation on the study
plans
 International Exchange Committee

prof. Massimo Tornatore

massimo.tornatore@polimi.it Contacts point for:
prof. Guido Maier (deputy) • study experiences abroad
guido.maier@polimi.it (e.g. Erasmus)
 Admission/Transfer committee

Contacts point for:

prof. Paolo Martelli
• admission procedures to
paolo.martelli@polimi.it
Telecommunications
prof. Matteo Cesana Engineering
matteo.cesana@polimi.it • Transfer procedures from
other universities/study
programmes
 Stage Team

prof. Stefano Bregni

stefano.bregni@polimi.it Contacts points for:
Sig.ra Luisa Ciesco • stage administrative procedures
matteo.cesana@polimi.it
 COMMTECH Talks

What:
Invited Talks/Seminars/Events from leading industrial
experts for Telecommunications students
When:
every two/three weeks, Thursdays 5-6pm (check web site
for the schedule) contact points:
Why:
prof. Guido Maier
• introduce relevant/timely topic in the prof. Ilario Filippini
Telecommunications fields
• create a bridge between students and industries