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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

Following last year’s success, the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) will organize also in 2022 a virtual Summer School, with courses offered by many partner Universities. The courses are available for free also to students and professors of Politecnico di Milano.

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 Conference “Heritage: Mobility and migration, past and present” is open to scholars from all career stages who conduct work in Eurasia, the Call for Papers will close on 30th July 2022.

Joint School Official Approval

On 18 April 2022 the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) has officially approved the establishment of the POLIMI-XJTU Joint School of Design and Innovation.

The Joint School will start with the inauguration on September 2022 of two innovative Bachelor of Science Courses

Information for selected students

Have you been selected for a double degree program at XJTU? Congratulations! Do you know which are the next steps to take in order to start your program on the next academic year? Consult this page for detailed information.

UASR Forum 2021

On November 19th took place the Annual UASR Presidents’ Forum, at the end of two weeks of events, 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, starting from September 2022. Deadline: 28 February 2022.

Towards a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Society

The Politecnico di Milano and the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) suggest a critical survey on the theme of sustainability in a post-pandemic society. The different contributions will offer a broad and interdisciplinary reflection on the possible meanings of this concept from an ethical, social, and design point of view. The debate will involve, at different scales, the new social and cultural models induced by the post-pandemic society and the possible forms of living that derive from it.

Joint School project Final Defence

On 22 October 2021 took place the Final Defence for the Joint School Project and two new BSc programs, in “Architecture” and “Engineering-Industrial Design”, before experts of the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Education Department of Shaanxi province (where Xi’an is located).