Master in Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 at Polytechnic University of Turin

About the programme

Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 is a two-year, 120 ECTS master's degree in class LM-53 (Materials Engineering) at Politecnico di Torino, taught on the main campus in Turin. It has an English edition, Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0, that you can follow with English only, alongside the Italian edition, Ingegneria dei Materiali per l'Industria 4.0. Access is uncapped, subject to an evaluation of your admission requirements.

The degree starts from the fourth industrial revolution. Production methods will have to change radically, and bringing efficient, appealing products made through sustainable processes to market will be an essential step; innovation in materials is one of the key pillars of that change. The programme is inter- and multidisciplinary and suits graduates in any field of engineering who want to work where materials science meets advanced manufacturing.

What you will study

In the English edition of Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 you learn to design advanced materials and to make them with the latest manufacturing techniques. The programme page sets out these aims:

• Designing advanced materials with higher performance
• Making materials cost-competitive
• Making materials and their production sustainable
• Producing and processing materials with recent advanced manufacturing techniques
• Applying materials innovation to the Industry 4.0 model of production

The course units and any specialist tracks were not published on the pages we could read, so check the study plan for your intake before you apply.

How the programme is taught

The degree has its own advisor for internships and an academic advisor for international and Erasmus mobility, so both company internships and study periods abroad are part of the options open to students. Students with a non-Italian qualification enrolled in an English-taught master's must reach Italian at A2 level before they graduate.

Career paths

The programme page does not list job profiles. Its aims point to work on the design, production and processing of advanced materials in industries that are changing how they manufacture: choosing and developing materials that perform better, cost less and are more sustainable, and bringing them into production with advanced manufacturing techniques.

Fees and scholarships

At Politecnico di Torino, the tuition you pay follows your citizenship or residence, and a reduction based on family income can be requested; the yearly fee rules give the exact amounts. EDISU Piemonte, the regional right-to-study body, manages scholarships and university housing and accepts applications from international students. If your family lives abroad, EDISU calculates an ISEE parificato from the foreign income and asset documents you submit.

How to apply from outside the EU

Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 recommends a bachelor's in any field of engineering and does not ask for the syllabus of your courses. You apply on Apply@PoliTO with a €50 non-refundable fee and can list up to two master's programmes in order of preference. As a guide, the 2026/27 calls ran from 19 December 2025 to 13 February 2026 and from 18 March to 20 April 2026; the 2027/28 dates were not out in September 2026.

With an offer, you pre-enrol on Universitaly, which is required for the type D study visa, and you enrol with a declaration of value or a CIMEA statement of comparability.

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