Born as a joint venture between Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) and Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi), the Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP) is a school for high achieving students, who have a passion for innovation and who wish to develop their potential in a multidisciplinary community. ASP is an additional advanced program for Engineers, Architects and Designers which runs parallel to the Master of Science courses of PoliTo and PoliMi.

The study program of ASP consists of two elements: Courses and Multidisciplinary Projects.

ASP Courses are held in the form of one-week Intensive Schools taught by renowned professors from Italian and international institutions: Winter, Spring and Summer School. Students attend a total of 4 ASP Courses over the two-year program, addressing topics such as the logic of modelling, creativity and sustainability, economics, management and ethical and socio-political aspects of innovation.

ASP Multidisciplinary Projects are focused on real-world problems (e.g. infrastructures for high-speed trains, nanotechnology applications for healthcare, localization and design of congress centers, information systems for tracing hazardous materials, etc.) proposed by PoliMi and PoliTo professors in collaboration with companies, public administrations and research institutions. Project teams are multidisciplinary and are made up of 6-8 students from different degree programmes, under the supervision of tutors selected from among the ASP Faculty and experts of the supporting institutions.

At the end of the programme ASP students are awarded both an ASP Diploma and a Double Degree from PoliMi and PoliTo. The official ASP language is English.

Each year, ASP admits a maximum of 150 students, 90 at PoliMi and 60 at PoliTo.