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Challenge@PoliTo – academic year 2025-2026
Applications are now open for the new Challenge@PoliTo – academic year 2025-2026: each Challenge involves up to 30 Master's degree students from all areas of the Politecnico (Engineering, Architecture, Design and territorial Planning) divided into multidisciplinary teams to solve a challenge proposed by a company (_By Firms format) or chosen by the Politecnico (_By Students format).
The teams must work independently to find and design a solution to the challenge, with the support of specialized mentors and under the supervision of a professor.
First teaching period: September 2025 – January 2026
Challenge _By Firms
· “Next-Gen Space Solutions for Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems”_By Politecnico di Torino
Second didactic period: February – June 2026
Challenge_By Firms
Through the new teaching portal, in the “Opportunities” section of your personal page there is a tab called “Challenge@Polito”.
You may apply for more than one Challenge, but you cannot give an order of preference.
If you are selected, you will only be able to participate in one Challenge.
For _By Students only: If you already have a team with a project related to the Challenges _By Students’ topic, you can apply with your team: a team member must send an email to clik@polito.it with name, surname, ID student and Master's degree path of each team member. Multidisciplinarity is essential for the successful implementation of a project; the multidisciplinarity of existing teams will be assessed during the team training activity.
Deadline for application
The application period closes on Wednesday 10th September at 2 p.m. (CEST).
You will receive the outcome of your application by 17th September.
Beginning of the activity
The Challenges of the first didactic period will start on the first week of lesson – September 2025 (exact dates to be defined), the Challenges of the second didactic period will start on the first week of lesson of the second didactic period – February 2026 (exact dates to be defined).
Important
Each Challenge is worth 8 curricular CFUs and has different characteristics. Check your course of study: if you find the Challenge's teaching schedule, it will recognize the credits as curricular.
This activity does not give you a final mark, it will be evaluated as passed/not passed.
Read the course syllabus, you will find all the information on how a Challenge is run, its duration and commitment.
Challenge on your study load
At the end of the selection process, if you have been selected to take part in a Challenge, the Office of Student Services will include the Challenge in your APSP.
Overcoming the Challenge allows the release of the Open Badge.
Sign up now, places are limited.
For information: clik@polito.it
The teams must work independently to find and design a solution to the challenge, with the support of specialized mentors and under the supervision of a professor.
First teaching period: September 2025 – January 2026
Challenge _By Firms
- “Smart Poles in digital access Networks”_By FiberCop
- “Engineer a Kinetic installation for an Airport”_By Leva
- "AI for Business: Innovating for Tomorrow”_By Reply
- “Data Science For Car Anomalies Detection And Root Cause Analysis”_By Stellantis
· “Next-Gen Space Solutions for Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems”_By Politecnico di Torino
Second didactic period: February – June 2026
Challenge_By Firms
- “From Legacy to Value: Sustainable Solutions for Copper Cable Recovery”_By FiberCop
- “Generative AI for smart synchronization in hybrid railway software systems”_By Hitachi Rail
- “Bringing the Past to Life: An Immersive Journey Beyond the Museum”_By Fondazione Marazzato
- “Inclusion by Technology”_By Politecnico di Torino and Hackability
Through the new teaching portal, in the “Opportunities” section of your personal page there is a tab called “Challenge@Polito”.
You may apply for more than one Challenge, but you cannot give an order of preference.
If you are selected, you will only be able to participate in one Challenge.
For _By Students only: If you already have a team with a project related to the Challenges _By Students’ topic, you can apply with your team: a team member must send an email to clik@polito.it with name, surname, ID student and Master's degree path of each team member. Multidisciplinarity is essential for the successful implementation of a project; the multidisciplinarity of existing teams will be assessed during the team training activity.
Deadline for application
The application period closes on Wednesday 10th September at 2 p.m. (CEST).
You will receive the outcome of your application by 17th September.
Beginning of the activity
The Challenges of the first didactic period will start on the first week of lesson – September 2025 (exact dates to be defined), the Challenges of the second didactic period will start on the first week of lesson of the second didactic period – February 2026 (exact dates to be defined).
Important
Each Challenge is worth 8 curricular CFUs and has different characteristics. Check your course of study: if you find the Challenge's teaching schedule, it will recognize the credits as curricular.
This activity does not give you a final mark, it will be evaluated as passed/not passed.
Read the course syllabus, you will find all the information on how a Challenge is run, its duration and commitment.
Challenge on your study load
At the end of the selection process, if you have been selected to take part in a Challenge, the Office of Student Services will include the Challenge in your APSP.
Overcoming the Challenge allows the release of the Open Badge.
Sign up now, places are limited.
For information: clik@polito.it