page_title: Polytechnic University of Milan
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Polytechnic University of Milan / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Giulio Natta (26 February 1903 - 2 May 1979)
context_page_description: The Polytechnic University of Milan is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students.
  The university offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design.
  Founded in 1863, it is the oldest university in Milan.
  The Polytechnic University of Milan has two main campuses in the city of Milan, Italy, where the majority of the research and teaching activities are located, as well as other satellite campuses in five other cities across the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions.
  The central offices and headquarters are located in the historical campus of Città Studi in Milan, which is also the largest, active since 1927.
  According to the QS World University Rankings for subject area 'Engineering & Technology', it ranked in 2020 as the 20th best in the world. It ranked 6th worldwide for Design, 9th for Civil and Structural Engineering, 9th for Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering and 11th for Architecture. Its notable alumni or professors include Nobel laureate Giulio Natta, novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda and architects Renzo Piano and Aldo Rossi.
context_section_description: Gae Aulenti (architect, 1927–2012)
  Anna Castelli Ferrieri (architect and designer, 1918–2006)
  Achille Castiglioni (industrial designer and architect, 1918–2002)
  Enrico Castiglioni (engineer and architect, 1914–2000)
  Claudio Ciborra (organizational theorist, 1951–2005)
  Gian Paolo Dallara (engineer and entrepreneur, b. 1936)
  Elio (musician, b. 1961)
  Gianfranco Ferré (fashion designer, 1944–2007)
  Enrico Forlanini (engineer and inventor, 1848–1930)
  Stelio Frati (aeronautical engineer, 1919–2010)
  Carlo Emilio Gadda (engineer and writer, 1893–1973)
  Francesco Giavazzi (economist, b. 1949)
  Giulio Natta (chemist and Nobel Laureate, 1903–1979)
  Adriano Olivetti (chemical engineer and entrepreneur, 1901–1960)
  Giovanni Pellegrini (architect, 1908–1995)
  Stefano Pessina (billionaire businessman, b. 1941)
  Nicola Pezzetta (architect and artist, b. 1963)
  Renzo Piano (architect, b. 1937)
  Giovanni Battista Pirelli (entrepreneur, 1848–1932)
  Gio Ponti (architect, 1891–1979)
  Ernesto Nathan Rogers (architect, 1909–1969)
  Aldo Rossi (architect, 1931–1997)
  Francesco Starace (business executive, b. 1955)
  Saul Steinberg (cartoonist and illustrator, 1914–1999)
  Giuseppe Terragni (architect, 1904–1943)
  Marco Zanuso (architect and designer, 1916–2001)
caption: Giulio Natta
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