Politecnico di Milano aims to contribute to societal growth in a logic of responsibility and reciprocity through innovative forms of collaboration between the University and the local community, bringing its expertise and innovative content to more vulnerable contexts, activating programmes of co-learning and co-production of knowledge.

Politecnico di Milano recognises the nonprofit sector's fundamental social and economic role and believes that, for the pursuit of its mission of sustainable development and social innovation, it is essential to build and enhance a structured system of collaboration with the most dynamic stakeholders of the nonprofit sector.

Politecnico di Milano aspires to be a leading player in science diplomacy, both in the sense of science for diplomacy - science as a strategic axis in international cooperation - and science in diplomacy - the University as a driver of informed policies for sustainable development with a global impact.