The Politecnico di Milano University is the largest
technical university in
Italy, with about 38,000 students. The incumbent rector of the university is
professor Giulio Ballio. The university is ranked as the 63rd technical university in the world by Times
[1].Please note that, while in the British/American education system "Polytechnics" are technical schools, usually at a lower quality level than universities, in the Italian education system the "Politecnico" are technical universities, which rank, for teaching quality and exams difficulty, at the same level as UK/US universities.
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