Industry 4.0, considered as the fourth industrial revolution, is a term to describe a world in which machines interact and respond intelligently to the physical environment. It is the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector and will have a deep impact on four main clusters of technologies:

• data, computational power, and connectivity (big data, the Internet of Things IoT, and cloud technology);
• analytics and intelligence (digitization and automation of knowledge work, advanced analytics);
• human-machine interaction (touch interfaces, virtual and augmented reality);
• digital-to-physical conversion (additive manufacturing i.e. 3D printing, advanced robotics e.g.human-robot collaboration, energy storage and harvesting, Machine-to-Machine)

The partner’s companies, deeply involved in the Italian Industry 4.0, require young, highly motivated recent graduates in engineering that, through this 2^nd level Specializing Master’s programme, will become highly skilled engineers in the techniques of manufacturing engineering and its related technologies.

A project proposal for this 2^nd level Specializing Master’s programme will be submitted for funding to Regione Piemonte in the framework of a specific regional call for proposals (Aggiornamento dell’Avviso Pubblico approvato con Determinazione n. 537. 03/08/2016, Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 37-3617 del 11/07/2016 e n. 18/6767 del 20/04/2018” di cui alla D.D. n. 1486 del 17/12/2018).

In accordance with the above mentioned call for proposals, selected candidates will be hired by the partner companies and upon completion of the programme they will attain a 2^nd level Specializing Master’s diploma.