Master in Engineering Physics at Polytechnic University of Milan

About the programme

Engineering Physics is a two-year master's degree (laurea magistrale) in class LM-44, mathematical modelling for engineering, worth 120 ECTS. The School of Industrial and Information Engineering runs it in English at the Milano Leonardo campus in Milan.

The degree applies physics to technology: light and lasers, quantum devices, semiconductors and nanostructured materials, together with the numerical and data skills used to model them. It suits graduates in engineering physics, physics or a closely related engineering field who are comfortable with advanced mathematics.

What you will study

Students choose one of four tracks: Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Quantum Materials and Nanophysics, Micro- and Nano-systems, and Mathematics and Physics for Quantum Engineering. First-year units shared across tracks include Solid State Physics, Photonics and Radiometry, Semiconductor Photonics, Electronics and Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Examples of track units in the 2026/27 course list:

• Quantum Optics and Information and Atom Optics and Quantum Technologies (Photonic and Quantum Technologies)
• Biophotonics and Optical Microscopy
• Semiconductor Qubits and Quantum Devices and Nanoelectronics (Quantum Materials and Nanophysics)
• Magnetism, Superconductivity and Spintronics
• Advanced Micro and Nanofabrication Technologies (Micro- and Nano-systems)
• Production Planning and Control for Micro and Nano Manufacturing Systems
• Quantum Computing and Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics (Mathematics and Physics for Quantum Engineering)
• Group Theory and Operator Theory

How the programme is taught

The first year builds a common base in physics, photonics, electronics and data analysis, and the second year is given to track units, electives and thesis work. The Micro- and Nano-systems track includes a Multi-Disciplinary Design Laboratory. In the 2026/27 course list for three tracks, one first-year unit (Meccanica Analitica) is taught in Italian; the other units listed are in English.

Career paths

The tracks point to technical and research roles where physics meets engineering, for example in:

• Photonics, lasers and optical systems
• Quantum technologies, from quantum devices to quantum computing
• Semiconductors, nanoelectronics and spintronics
• Micro and nano fabrication and manufacturing
• Biomedical optics and imaging
• Modelling and data analysis in industry and research

Fees and scholarships

Engineering Physics has no fee band of its own. Politecnico di Milano's yearly fee rules apply, with the 2026/27 version on the tuition fees page. The university manages the DSU right-to-study scholarship directly; students who meet its merit and financial-need conditions can apply, and the university decides the awards.

How to apply from outside the EU

The first year assumes strong physics and mathematics, so your bachelor's should be closely related to engineering physics; the Politecnico checks this for every foreign degree.

You apply through the international admissions route for foreign graduates. The foreign-qualification requirements ask for a degree giving access to EQF level 7, a grade average above your country's minimum and English proof. Admitted students complete the Universitaly pre-enrolment, apply for a type D visa and provide a Diploma Supplement, declaration of value or CIMEA statement before enrolment.

How ApplyAZ helps

If this programme fits your goals, ApplyAZ can include it in a shortlist of 20 to 30 English-taught programmes at Italian public universities. We write your CV and a tailored statement of purpose, submit your applications and Universitaly pre-enrolment, file your DSU scholarship application and prepare your visa file, with a named person on each stage. The university decides admission, the region decides the scholarship and the consulate decides the visa. See how ApplyAZ works or check your eligibility.