The Rector

HAVING REGARD TO Politecnico di Milano’s Articles of Association;

HAVING REGARD TO Ministerial Decree 3.11.1999, no. 509;
HAVING REGARD TO Ministerial Decree 22.10.2004, no. 270;
HAVING REGARD TO the University's Educational Rules - Regulations;
HAVING REGARD TO the Regulation for 1st and 2nd level Specialising Masters, Post Graduate Courses and
Continuing Education of Politecnico di Milano issued with Rector's Decree no. 0227162 of 04.10.2022;
HAVING ACQUIRED the favourable opinion of the Academic Senate during the meeting on 19.02.2023, on
the establishment and activation of proposals for Specialising Masters, including the second level Specialising
Master in “CONTRACT, CLAIM, AND DELAY MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS”

DECREES

that the second level Specialising Master in “CONTRACT, CLAIM, AND DELAY MANAGEMENT IN
CONSTRUCTION WORKS” is established and activated for the years 2024/2025.

ART. 1
Master's features

The second level Specialising Master in “CONTRACT, CLAIM, AND DELAY MANAGEMENT IN
CONSTRUCTION WORKS” has been set up and activated at the Department of Architecture, Built
Environment and Construction Engineering.

The Master is provided by CIS-E Consortium (Consorzio CIS-E). The reference school is the School of
Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering.

The Specialising Master's Director is Professor Gianandrea Ciaramella. The Vice Director is professor Pietro
Giuseppe Crespi.
The Scientific Committee of the Specialising Master’s programme is composed by Professors from Politecnico
di Milano: Gianandrea Ciaramella, Pietro Giuseppe Crespi, Davide Manca, Giancarlo Paganin; by Marco
Padovan from Studio Legale Padovan; by eng. Pierino Guana from ANIMP Servizi; and by eng. Giovanni
Franchi from Consorzio CIS-E

ART. 2
Educational objective and employment opportunities

The need for technicians (engineers and/or architects) who become skilled in managing contracts and claims,
and who can perform a delay analysis in accordance with established international standards is ever more urgent
among the most important general contractors in Italy and abroad. Our globalized world requires that
professionals involved in managing claims, construction contracts and disputes could master complex technical
issues and at the same time be conversant with all the legal aspects involved. It is crucial for the professionals
who have a technical background to become acquainted with the "rules of the game" on the international arena.
Therefore, they should get to know the basic principles of Civil and Common Law as well as of International
Arbitration together with the most common standards for international contracts (FIDIC, JCT, NEC, AAA) and
the many complex technical and legal issues standing behind delay analysis and construction claim management.
They should get to know how to deal effectively with the most important stakeholders in any international
construction project: international owners both private (developers, foundations, real-estate funds, etc.) and
public (governments, public authorities, etc.), engineering firms, general contractors and suppliers, banks,
investment funds and sovereign funds. During this specializing Master our alumni will get to know the basics of
forensic engineering in international projects: from claim to dispute, dispute boards, arbitration, with a specific
focus on the ICC arbitration rules but also on the Milan Arbitration Chamber rules and practices.
At the end of this Master the students will be qualified to work for: Developers, Foundations, Real Estate Funds,
Governments, Public Authorities, Engineering firms, General Contractors and suppliers, Banks, Investment
Funds and Sovereign Funds.

The Master will be delivered in English and students can choose to attend the course online.

ART. 3
Teaching content and organisation

The Specialising Master’s will start in October 2024 and will end in October 2025.

The Master will offer the opportunity of a stage (550 working hours) in some renowned firm: many large general
contractors, engineering firms, and producers have already confirmed to us to be extremely interested in
employing technicians equipped with the set of skills the Master will provide.

The master’s is a 61 ECTS programme and teaching will be organised as follows:

Didactic activity MANDATORY Courses

Course SSD Total Hours ECTS

Introduction to the Project LCA (Life Cycle
ICAR/12 50 2
Analysis): plan, phases, and roles
Introduction to the
IUS/10 50 2
fundamentals of Civil Law
Introduction to the fundamentals of Common Law IUS/10 50 2
Construction Contract Civil Law IUS/10 50 2
Contracts by international standards (FIDIC, JCT, NEC, AAA) ICAR/11 25 1
Types of projects and works ICAR/11 25 1
The main stakeholders: private owners (developers, foundations, real-
estate funds, etc.), public owners (governments, public authorities,
ICAR/12 50 2
etc.), engineering firms, general contractors and suppliers, banks,
investment funds and sovereign funds
Introduction to Contract Management for FIDIC contracts (Red, Pink,
ICAR/12 70 3
Yellow, and Silver)
Introduction to Claim Management for FIDIC contracts (Red, Pink,
ICAR/12 60 2
Yellow, and Silver)
ING-
Introduction to Delay Analysis 60 2
IND/26
Determination of the quantum ICAR/12 25 1
Forensic Engineering: from claim to dispute, dispute boards,
ICAR/22 60 2
arbitration
Arbitration details (administrated / ad hoc, focus on ICC arbitration
ICAR/22 50 2
rules)
Case studies ICAR/12 75 3
Legal BIM ICAR/09 25 1
Other activities MANDATORY Courses

Course SSD Total hours ECTS

Internship n.a. 550 22

Dissertation writing, discussion and final exam n.a. 270 11

ART. 4
Admission requirements

Candidates with a Master of Science in Engineering, Architecture and similar scientific disciplines could be
eligible. Equivalent foreign qualifications in their respective University Systems will be considered valid.
The maximum number of admitted students is 40. The selection process is carried out by the Scientific
Committee.

ART. 5
Formal requirements

The admission application must be submitted to the managing authority starting from the day after the date of
this Decree and by October, 4th 2024.

The admission application must state the following "I authorise this University, under EU Regulation no.
2016/679 on data protection, to process personal data only for purposes related to the Master’s admission,
enrolment and management, and agree to the disclosure of my personal information to third parties, particularly:

‐ public and private entities possibly interested in recruitment;

‐ to academic programme backers; Politecnico Treasurer for services related to tuition fees;
‐ to Managing Authorities managing loans, housing, flexible employment contracts, cultural, recreational
and/or sport activities.
‐ I authorise the use of the data for statistical purposes in respect of the procedures and authorisations
required by the cited regulation.

The extended information on data processing and data subject rights is available on the website
www.polimi.it\privacy

Admission documentation is available electronically at the following link: http://www.masterpesenti.polimi.it

or by contacting the secretary of Scuola F.lli Pesenti: Tel. +39 02.2399.4341/4381, e-mail: franchi@cise-
polimi.it .

The documents required for admission and enrolment, listed below, must be sent to:

CONSORZIO CIS-E POLITECNICO DI MILANO

P.ZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32
20133 MILANO (MI)
Telefono: +39 02.2399.4341/4381
email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

* Italian/foreign citizens who graduated in Italy

 copy of the identity document

 copy of the Diploma Supplement or copy of the degree diploma or self-certification through the
appropriate form provided by the Master’s Managing Authorithy.
* Italian/EU citizens with qualification obtained abroad

 copy of the identity document

 copy of the academic qualification in original language and its translation into Italian/English/French
or Spanish
 copy of transcripts with the list of exams in the original language and their translation into
Italian/English/French or Spanish or Diploma Supplement in English language (when enrolling, the
students have to submit:
o the Declaration of Value issued by the relevant area's Italian Representative abroad or
o the Diploma Supplement with digital signature or electronic time stamp or, in case of
absence of digital signature/electronic time stamp, the Diploma supplement with apostille or
o a certificate issued by the Enic/Naric Centres or
o a certificate issued by the World Education Services - WES).

Under Art. 75 of Italian Presidential Decree 445/2000, if the Administration, after carrying out suitable checks,
finds that the content of the declarations made by the applicant is untrue, the declarant forfeits any benefits
obtained through the untrue declaration.

* Non-EU citizens who graduated abroad

Non-EU foreign citizens must submit the following documents to the Managing Authority:

 copy of the degree in the original language and its translation into Italian/English/French or Spanish;

 copy of the transcripts with the list of exams in the original language and their translation into
Italian/English/French or Spanish (when enrolling, the students have to submit:
o the Declaration of Value issued by the relevant area's Italian Representative abroad or
o the Diploma Supplement with digital signature or electronic time stamp or, in case of
absence of digital signature/electronic time stamp, the Diploma supplement with apostille or
o a certificate issued by the Enic/Naric Centres or
o a certificate issued by the World Education Services - WES).
 copy of a valid passport)

at least 30 days before the closing date of the registration period as indicated in this article.

The Managing Authority shall send the documentation listed above to Politecnico di Milano Masters and
Continuous Educations unit, for the evaluation of qualifications, by the closing date of this call for
applications, in accordance with the MIUR/MAE’s note " Procedures for entry, residency and enrolment of
international students and the respective recognition of qualifications, for higher education courses in Italy for
the academic year 2024/2025"

After the acceptance from the University, and only after confirming to the Managing Authority their
participation to the programme in accordance with its procedures, students will have to register on the
Ministerial portal https://www.universitaly.it . Once the registration has been completed, the student will
have to inform the the Managing Authority, so that the application can be sent to the authorities
responsible for issuing the entry visa.

ENROLMENT PROCESS:

Students admitted to the Master’s Programme must create access credentials to Politecnico di Milano's online
services on the website www.polimi.it. They also must enter their details, attach a valid identity document
(passport for non-EU citizens) in order to create a person code, and send it to the Master’s Managing Authority.
Students already registered have to update their personal details, if they are obsolete.

Portal access credentials must be safely kept since they will be required for the access to all Politecnico di
Milano's services. Lost credentials can be autonomously restored or obtained through an OTRS ticket.
Politecnico creates a temporary student identification number to allow the student to pay the enrolment fee via
online services.

In addition to the above documentation, non-EU citizens must upload a copy of a valid entrance document
as well as the residence permit, on their online services personal data record.

In order to be enrolled at Politecnico di Milano, regardless of the Master’s delivery mode (in person,
online/distance learning), non-EU citizens must upload a copy of a valid passport on their online services
personal data record.

ART. 6
Degree and award recognitions

ISSUED CERTIFICATION
In order to be able to take the final exam, students admitted to the Master's final examination have to pay the
due fee through the online services of Politecnico di Milano.

At the end of the Programme, upon completion of the course and after passing the final test, the student will be
awarded the second level specialising Master “CONTRACT, CLAIM, AND DELAY MANAGEMENT IN
CONSTRUCTION WORKS”, in English language.

STUDENT OBLIGATIONS
Attendance is compulsory for at least 75 per cent of the programme activities.
Withdrawal from the Programme must be communicated in written form. The training period cannot be
suspended for any reasons.

TESTING METHODS
There might be intermediary evaluation tests. The final examination will consist in discussing a master thesis
developed during the internship period.

ART. 7
Tuition fees and contributions

The cost of this Specialising Master programme (for the in-attendance mode) is € 6,500.00 divided as follows:
 Politecnico di Milano enrolment fee is € 500.00 per student.
 Participation fee is € 6,000.00 per student

Enrolment and participation fees (for the in-attendance mode) can be paid by the following dates:
 First instalment: € 3,500.00 by 07/10/2024;
 Second instalment: € 3,000.00 by 31/01/2025.

The cost of this Specialising Master programme (for the online attendance) is € 4,000.00 divided as follows:
 Politecnico di Milano enrolment fee is € 500.00 per student.
 Participation fee is € 3,500.00 per student

Enrolment and participation fees (for the online attendance) can be paid by the following dates:
 First instalment: € 2,500.00 by 04/10/2024;
 Second instalment: € 1,500.00 by 31/01/2025.

Politecnico di Milano enrolment fee will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Enrolment and participation fees can be paid to the bank account IBAN number:
IT89N0306909498100000001001 – Account no. 100000001001 – CAB 09498 – ABI 03069 – CIN EUR 89 –
CIN IT N – account holder Consorzio CIS-E - at Intesa San Paolo, Viale Romagna, 22, 20133 Milano (MI).
Specifying as the reason for the payment: ID 2773 MU2 CONTRACT, CLAIM, AND DELAY
MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS.

ART. 8
Personal data processing

Under EU Regulation no. 2016/679 on data protection, the University processes personal data only for purposes
related to the master’s admission, enrolment and management, and you agree to the disclosure of your personal
information to third parties, particularly:

‐ public and private entities possibly interested in recruitment;

‐ to academic programme backers; Politecnico Treasurer for services related to tuition fees;
‐ to Managing Authorities managing loans, housing, flexible employment contracts, cultural, recreational
and/or sport activities.
‐ I authorise the use of the data for statistical purposes in respect of the procedures and authorisations
required by the cited regulation.

The extended information on data processing and data subject rights is available on the website
www.polimi.it\privacy

ART. 9
Publication

This Decree is made public on Politecnico di Milano’s website at https://www.polimi.it/corsi/master-

universitari-e-corsi-post-laurea/

FOR CLARIFICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Prof.ssa PAOLA RONCA

Consorzio CIS-E Politecnico di Milano
P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
20133 MILANO (MI)
Phone: +39 0223994341/4381
email: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Website: http://www.masterpesenti.polimi.it/

The Rector
(Prof. Donatella Sciuto)
Signed Donatella Sciuto

Digitally signed document, under legislation.