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Our university values the uniqueness of every individual and encourages gender equality measures, ensuring a welcoming environment to accompany the Politecnico community on its academic and professional journey, as well as promoting STEM subjects among female students.

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  • Promoting STEM subjects among female high-school students (, , , , 51 delle donne)
  • Girls@Polimi scholarships for female students who choose to enrol in engineering courses with a lower uptake among female students
  • Tax exemption for students with dependent children under 6 years old
  • Financial support worth EUR 15,000 for women associate professors and researchers who resume research work after maternity leave (Family services)
  • Free crèches for female students, PhD students and research fellows, thanks to the Equal Opportunities Policies (POP) Strategic Plan

Education

  • Inclusive Knowledge: the teaching and technical-administrative staff receive annual training on diversity and inclusion, also with reference to multiculturalism
  • Empowering Women@Polimi and Empowering PhDs@Polimi: empowerment and self-awareness pathways for female students and PhD candidates, in collaboration with e . For the participants a personalised counselling service is available, parallel to the attendance of seminars
  • Mentoring with companies: Women Mentoring for PhD Candidates is dedicated to female students enrolled in the PhD programmes of the 51. Some female professionals working in different companies or universities will guide small groups of PhD students in a training course that will cover important aspects such as women’s leadership, negotiation, team working, skills needed for the world of careers

  • C’È ANCORA DOMANI - Proiezione del film di Paola Cortellesi (11/03/2024)
  • “ESISTERE COME DONNA” - Lica Covo Steiner e Anna Castelli Ferrieri nell’architettura e nel design (25/03/2024)
  • (17/5/2022) - Evento organizzato in occasione del Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile e in collaborazione con Global Thinking Foundation
  • (22/5/2023)
  • Giornata internazionale della donna 2023:
  • Giornata internazionale delle donne e delle ragazze nella scienza:
  • : una serie di video-ritratti che presenta le storie professionali e personali di professoresse, studentesse e personale tecnico amministrativo: le donne che fanno il Politecnico
  • : una mostra dedicata alle donne protagoniste del mondo dell’ingegneria, dell’architettura e del design dai primi anni del ’900 a oggi: laureate, docenti, ricercatrici e professioniste vengono raccontate in un percorso fatto di fotografie, documenti e testimonianze
  • : un’iniziativa nata in occasione della Giornata internazionale delle donne e delle ragazze nella scienza, proclamata dalle Nazioni Unite per l’11 febbraio e patrocinata dall’Unesco. Il progetto vuole avvicinare le ragazze all’ingegneria, e in particolare ai percorsi di studio del 51 che ancora oggi vedono una presenza femminile molto bassa: Ingegneria Aerospaziale, dell’Automazione, Elettrica, Elettronica, Informatica e Meccanica
  • Community PoliTECHniche: community POLIMI dedicata a studentesse, dottorande, giovani ricercatrici. Una serie di eventi con protagoniste donne che raccontano la loro vita e carriera - Debora Villa e Giulia Ghiretti 

Partnerships

The Politecnico partners and engages on a national and international level with companies, public bodies, universities and institutions who are active in the fight for equal opportunities and anti-discrimination, including gender discrimination:

Contacts

Equal Opportunities Services:
equalopportunities@polimi.it