Programme description 

The Biomedical Engineering study programme is organised on three levels:

• Laurea in Ingegneria Biomedica, equivalent to the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (B.Sc.), a three years program;
• Laurea Magistrale (LM) in Biomedical Engineering, equivalent to the Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (M.Sc.), a two-year graduate program.
• the Ph.D. programme, a three year program for students graduated with a M.Sc. degree.

The Laurea Magistrale in Biomedical Engineering is a second-level degree and it’s a two year programme. The student has the possibility to deepen the more advanced topics on the Biomedical Engineering. The program offers different types of courses, among these we recall the Laboratory Courses (LAB courses) and the course listed in the Medicine programme offered by the University degli Studi di Milano (MED courses).

This second-level programme foresees a Master Thesis as conclusive work. During this period the student can partecipate to research and project activities led by professors of Politecnico di Milano and/or in collaboration with companies or other Universities or research centres in Italy or in other countries.

The courses are taught in Italian or in English, please visit the full programme description and the description of each single course for further details.

Double degree in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.)

This is an internal double Master degree in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering offered by Politecnico di Milano. Specific information are available at the following  link.

Double degree in Biomedical and Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology (M.Sc.)

This is an internal double Master degree in Biomedical and Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology offered by Politecnico di Milano. Specific information are available at the following  link.

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The training programme is articulated within the MSc degree program, but 130 credits is the minimum number of credits needed to be qualified for the certification (10 additional credits in addition to the standard MSc requirements). As part of the educational training, students must acquire at least 30 credits in courses related to the selected profile, which have to be chosen among those proposed in the degree programme or among additional courses, as detailed in the tables illustrated in the Educational Rule (see the AMBASSADOR section). The certification will be reported in the Student’s Diploma Supplement and in any other certificate issued by Politecnico di Milano.

Students, who will not get the required extra 10 credits and/or the 30 credits in training activities functional to the selected AMBASSADOR profile, can obtain the MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Interdisciplinary Programme in Smart Wearable Technologies

Here is the link to the programme description.

The programme is open to students enrolled in the Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and involves the acquisition of at least 30 ECTS credits in specific training activities. All ECTS credits contribute to the achievement of the 120 ECTS credits required for graduation, and completion of the programme will be indicated in the Diploma Supplement. Students can express their interest in participating in the programme when completing their Study Plan, by including at least 30 ECTS credits in training activities relevant to this interdisciplinary programme. These ECTS credits must be included by choosing 15 ECTS credits from Table 1 and 15 ECTS credits from Table 2 Smart Wearable Technologies in the Teaching Regulations.

Track in Ingegneria clinica – Clinical engineering (limited places available)

See the admissions rule here for the first semester A.Y. 2026/27.

Laboratory Courses (LAB courses)

The program of Laurea Magistrale in Biomedical Engineering offers the possibility to attend laboratory courses. A limited number of students is admitted to these courses, for this reason there is a selection procedure. At the following link you can find the rules for the Lab Courses. The list of the available LAB courses can be found by looking at the Study Plan available at the webpage of the degree Programme.

Here below you can find the upcoming deadlines

Deadlines A.Y 2025-26	What	Who
30/08/2026	You must send the request for one Lab course by email to the coordinator of the procedure (Prof. Emanuela Jacchetti)	Students Incoming only for one semester or for the entire academic year of MSc degree
25/08-31/08	Period for the admission procedure to lab courses for both semesters by online Forms (link available soon)	All regular students enrolled in Master of Science (Exchange or Double Degree students included)
07/09/2026	Lab course admission lists will be published at the news webpage	All students
14/09	First week of lectures: refusal or changing requests should be sent by email both to the student office and to the coordinator of the procedure (Prof. Emanuela Jacchetti)	All students
25/09/26	Deadline for study plan finalization	All regular students enrolled  in Master of Science program
11-17/01/2027	Forms for requests to LAB courses of 2nd semester for incoming students	Second semester Incoming students

TRANSVERSAL LAB and Capstone Projects courses

The TRANSVERSAL LAB courses have been available since the 2021/22 academic year. They are offered as part of two different study programmes (CS). The courses available for the 2026/27 academic year are as follows.
Courses with a limited number of places available:

• MATERIALI E TECNOLOGIE PER IL 3D BIOPRINTING
• PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP SWT
• APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPY IN BIOMEDICINE
• LABORATORY OF RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
• LABORATORY OF WEARABLE BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING
• METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• STATISTICAL LEARNING FOR HEALTHCARE DATA
• TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES
• WEARABLE SYSTEMS LAB

Courses without a limited number of places available:

• HBD – HEALTH BIG DATA
• LABORATORY OF INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS (IOMT)
• LABORATORY OF NEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH DATA SCIENCE
• SMART WEARABLES DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING

The courses are designed to provide supplementary training to students from different academic backgrounds on shared topics and are offered as part of two different degree programmes. The aim is to offer courses taught by lecturers from different yet complementary academic disciplines, in order to address a specific topic using a multidisciplinary approach.

The Capstone Projects courses, launched from the 2021/22 academic year, are two limited-enrolment curriculum courses delivered in the first and second semesters. The Capstone Projects courses are a practical, project-based learning experience carried out in collaboration with companies, aimed at enhancing the training of Master’s students in Biomedical Engineering. The maximum number of students per course will be determined according to the projects available, as proposed by the companies. The presentation meeting held on 1/9/2025 has been recorded and can be accessed via the following link.

The TRANSVERSAL LAB and Capstone Projects courses are optional and are recommended to be taken preferably in the second year of the Master’s degree (LM). They do not replace any of the compulsory LAB courses.

Admission to courses with limited places (TRANSVERSAL LAB and Capstone Projects) is subject to a selection process and the admission rules for the A.Y. 2026/27 can be fund in the following document.

The deadline for the admission to these courses are the following ones

Deadlines A.Y. 2026/27	Cosa
25/8 – 31/08/2026	Fill in the Microsoft Forms questionary by using the personal account of Polimi web services (link not yet available)
07/9/2026	The ranking will be published on the website (https://www.ccsbio.polimi.it/notices/?lang=en )
14/9/2026	Start of the semester: refusal/changing requests should be sent by email to the secretary office/course professor
25/9/2026	Deadline for the completion of study plan

MED Courses

The program of Laurea Magistrale in Biomedical Engineering offers the possibility to attend courses offered by the Master in Medicine at the Università degli Studi di Milano. A limited number of students is admitted to these course, for this reason there is a selection procedure. At the following link you can find the application procedure and the application form (A.Y. 2026-2027). The list of the available MED courses can be found in the description of study plan (educational rules). The semester and the place where the courses will be taught are indicated in the application form. In the following table you can find the next deadlines

Deadlines A.Y. 2026/27	What
25/8 – 31/08/2026	The student should send the form by email to the Student Secretariat (didattica-deib@polimi.it) or in person to the student office.
7/09/2026	Publication of the student ranking on this website in the News section.

International Mobility

Students of the Laurea Magistrale in Biomedical Engineering can submit their application for several international exchange programs offered by Politecnico di Milano, based on agreements with several partner institutions. Please visit the dedicated webpage of this website.

Further Information

Study Programme in Biomedical Engineering
School of Industrial and Information Engineering 
Foreign language (PoliMI official site): starting from the academic year 2006/2007, Politecnico adopts English as the EU language that student must know in addition to Italian. This implies that students must demonstrate their language competencies to access the Laurea Specialistica/Master degree.
Politecnico admission information