America Latina PIemonte Politecnico
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[edit] Program's description
ALPIP (America Latina PIemonte Politecnico) is an ambitious co-operative project between Politecnico di Torino and various universities in Latin America to encourage and reinforce strong academic exchanges for students. It grants scholarship bursaries to top Latin American students which fully pay for their studies and living costs during their time of study. The program is currently in its 5th year.
The ALPIP project is open to students who are citizens of Latin American countries and/or come from Latin American universities. Latin American countries are: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela and other countries of Caribbean Sea.
For its fifth edition, the ALPIP project awards Latin American students scholarships for higher education at the Politecnico di Torino at the following levels:
Laurea Specialistica (Master equivalent degree - UK): ALPIP offers students of Engineering and Architecture the possibility of attaining their degree (Laurea specialistica) in Engineering or in Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino.
Master di II livello: ALPIP offers the possibility of completing a one-year Master course in the ICT and E-Business sector
Dottorato di Ricerca / PhD: ALPIP offers the possibility to complete the entire doctorate course (three years) in various fields of Engineering and Architecture.
[edit] Laurea Specialistica
The ALPIP project offers Latin American students the possibility to hold a scholarship and other facilities to graduate at Politecnico di Torino attending, starting from the second semester of the first year, the Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale in Engineering or Architecture.
Academic offer
For the fifth edition of the ALPIP project, applications for the following Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale courses were admitted for:
- Architettura
- Architettura per il restauro
- Ingegneria chimica
- Ingegneria civile
- Ingegneria dei materiali
- Ingegneria dell'informazione
- Ingegneria delle telecomunicazioni
- Ingegneria elettrica
- Ingegneria elettronica
- Ingegneria energetica e nucleare
- Ingegneria informatica
- Ingegneria meccanica
- Ingegneria meccatronica
The amount of the ALPIP scholarships for Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale is 10.000 Euros gross (*) for the complete period. After subtracting the general tax charges as required by Italian legislation, the overall net amount remaining will range from 8.000 to 8.500 Euro. The exact sum will depend on the individual tax conditions of each student, which can be verified only when the candidate arrives, and also by any particular fiscal policies deriving from conventional treatment, that will take place after the scholarship has been assigned. The time required to graduate is about 3 semester, effective duration will however also depend upon each candidate capacity. The amount of the scholarship will not increase in case students need more time to conclude the course.
[edit] Master di II Livello
The ALPIP Project offers Latin-American students the possibility of profiting from a scholarship and additional benefits associated with enrolment in II level Master courses at the Politecnico di Torino.
Academic Offer
The Master courses of the sixth edition of the Alpip project (all of them in English) are:
- Master in Wireless Systems and Related Technologies
- Master in Optical communications and Photonic Technologies
- Master in E-business and ICT for Management
- Master in Navigation and Related Applications
The amount of the ALPIP scholarships assigned to students enrolled in a II level Master program is 10,000 Euro gross (*) for the entire duration of the course. Then, after subtracting the tax charges as required by Italian legislation, the overall net amount remaining will range from 8.000 to 8.500 Euros. The exact amount depends on the tax conditions of each individual awardees, which can only be ascertained on the candidate's arrival.
The time it takes to obtain the Master degree is about one year, but the actual time duration of the course of studies depends on each student's personal commitment and capabilities. The amount of the scholarship will not be increased if a student takes longer than a year to complete his/her program.
[edit] Politecnico di Torino
In 1859 the Casati Law - a regulation which decrees the importance of a specific education course for engineers - set up in Turin the Regia Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri. The School was located in Valentino Castle, a seventeenth-century stately palace built by Savoia inside the homonymous Park along the river Po. In 1862 the Regio Museo industriale di Torino was founded in order to complement the activities of the Scuola di Applicazione, which were more theoretical. From 1906 both institutions joined up into one University called Regio Politecnico di Torino. From that time, the Politecnico began its long tradition and development and, in 1958, it was again split up into two different faculties: the Architecture Faculty remained in Valentino Castle while the Engineering Faculty was moved to its current home (Corso Duca degli Abruzzi). This decision was taken because of the growing size of both faculties and also because of the increasing importance of each Faculty. This was actually a period of economic boom and the Politecnico became the technical and scientific academic centre where all enterprises could find eligible and competent people to employ. Most recently, the Politecnico has grown thanks to new Centres located in Mondovì, Aosta, Biella, Ivrea, Alessandria and Vercelli. For the near future the Politecnico di Torino has several projects, but the one which is going to require most investments and efforts is called Raddoppio, already started; it consists in building new structures dedicated to research, teaching and special activities organised in co-operation with enterprises. The area involved is the one near the Corso Duca degli Abruzzi Centre, just a few minutes from the present Engineering Faculty.
[edit] Torino
Turin is an ancient town, full of history and culture, smart and energetic, active and fascinating. Living in Turin allows one to benefit from a town built for people without losing all the opportunities that a metropolis offers. In Turin there are more than 50 Museums; among them the following stand out: the Egyptian Museum, that houses the most important collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts outside Cairo; the National Cinema Museum, located inside the Mole Antonelliana, the historic building representing the city of Turin, where the history of cinema - from its origins up to today - is described through a collection of machines, film cameras, prints, posters and more than 5.000 films; the Contemporary Art Museum at Rivoli Castle (one of the recently restored Royal Residences) where it is possible to find modern masterpieces side by side antique furniture.
Turin is a sport-loving city: the XX Olympic Winter Games - Torino 2006 from 10th to 16th February 2006 in Torino and his mountains; the Universiadi in 2007; top-level football matches; in spring the most important marathon world champions are in Turin to run the Turin Marathon.
Music lovers can appreciate: the concert season at Lingotto Auditorium, a concert hall designed by Renzo Piano and opened in the early 90s with the Berliner Philarmoniker, enthusiastic about the acoustics; the fine program of the Unione Musicale and of the Conservatorio; the opera season at the Teatro Regio, one of the most well-known stages in Italy; JVC Newport Jazz Festival, an international festival which takes place in summer in the wonderful Piazza Castello; the Settembre Musica review concerts.
If you are fond of theatre you can choose among the Teatro Stabile prose project, the Colosseo cabaret and the ballet, whose highlight is in summer during the International Ballet Festival "Vignale Danza".
Great international events find in Turin their ideal location: Torino Film Festival, a review dedicated to young directors; the Fiera del Libro where important publishers and writers meet each other; the Salone del Gusto, a week dedicated to "greedies" who can learn how to cook and to appreciate food and wines coming form all over the world.
