Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Founded in 1859, Politecnico di Torino is the oldest scientific and technical university in Italy. 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks the university among the top 75 engineering universities in the world and the first in Italy. Politecnico di Torino is ranked fifth in the European Polytechnic University. Here there are also Fiat and Ferrari car design, manufacturing plant; here there is also the United States General Motors diesel engine research and development center. Polytechnic University of Turin in the Italian science and technology culture in the absolute advantage, is 150 years of Italian industrial renewal, science and technology and social development of the promoter.