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The new generation of AI professionals is born in Cremona

The MIA master's course of the Cattolica University and Milan Polytechnic kicks off. There are 22 partner companies, students from all over Italia.

by School Editorial

6 March 2026

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Key points

Two excellences together for the territory
An investment in Cremona
Scientific Direction
The programme
Partner companies

3' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

Artificial intelligence enters the classroom to become a concrete competence, immediately spendable in enterprises. The Cremona Campus has kicked off the 1st level university Master's degree course in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Enterprises (MIA), jointly promoted by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - through ALTIS Graduate School of Sustainable Management - and the Politecnico di Milano: a strategic partnership launched between the two universities to meet the growing demand for highly qualified figures in the new scenarios of digital transformation.

Two excellences together for the territory

The project was born from the encounter between the technical-engineering skills of the Politecnico di Milano and the solid managerial and humanistic tradition of the Università Cattolica. A structured integration that represents a virtuous model of inter-university and public-private collaboration.

Since the planning stage, the Master's Course has been developed in close dialogue with the production world. Twenty-two partner companies supported the launch of the initiative - many of which are deeply rooted in the Cremona area - and will actively collaborate in the training activities through workshops, company visits, testimonials and internship courses.

An involvement that confirms the existence of a concrete and transversal professional need in many sectors: companies recognise the Master's course as a strategic channel for training and attracting young people with AI and Data Science skills, profiles that are today among the most in demand and at the same time the most difficult to find on the labour market.

An investment in Cremona

The launch of the Master also represents a concrete sign of investment in the territory. Indeed, the initiative contributes to strengthening Cremona's position as an emerging centre of technological and managerial innovation, capable of attracting young talent from all over Italia.

The classroom of the first edition is characterised by significant territorial heterogeneity: alongside students from Lombardy (56%), there are participants from Lazio, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Piedmont and Apulia. A fact that confirms the project's attractiveness and its impact on the Cremona area.

Scientific Management

The Master is directed, for the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, by Prof. Luca Bagnato, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Sciences (DISES), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, supported in the scientific coordination by Prof. Sergio Venturini of the same department and, for the Politecnico di Milano, by Prof. Luciano Baresi, Full Professor of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB), recently appointed Pro-rector of the Cremona Territorial Pole of the Politecnico di Milano.

"Artificial Intelligence and Data Science are profoundly reshaping the way companies operate, compete and innovate. With the MIA Master we want to train professionals capable of combining advanced technological skills and managerial vision, transforming data into valuable decisions for organisations,' Luca Bagnato emphasises. "This project represents a concrete investment in Cremona and its production system.

"With the MIA Master's Course we want to offer young people a solid and immediately spendable training, capable of connecting advanced technical skills and understanding of business processes. The aim is to accompany students towards a rapid and qualified entry into the world of work, responding concretely to the needs of companies,' says Luciano Baresi. "It is also a virtuous example of inter-university collaboration and structured dialogue between universities and companies, which generates value for the territory and for current and future generations.

The programme

The course combines basic and advanced teaching in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning and applications of artificial intelligence to the business context. Alongside the technological dimension, the programme integrates a solid managerial perspective, to enable students to understand how data can be interpreted, exploited and translated into strategic decisions.

Classroom activities are flanked by application workshops, seminars with professionals and discussions with companies, up to the final internship, a key step to consolidate the skills acquired and to measure oneself against real projects.

Partner companies

The companies supporting the Master as Main Partners are: ACS srl, Credito Emiliano, Execurity srl, Microdata Group, Next Generation 3C Foundation, Wonder.

The partner companies are: Accenture, BearingPoint, CRIT - Cremona Information Technology, Dedagroup, Devnut, EosMedTech, Gi Group, Growens, Incode, ITALTHERM, MyLime, Quick Algorithm, Soft Lab Zone, STMicroelectronics, UNGUESS.

Sponsorship is offered by: Polimi Data Scientists - Official Association of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science of the Politecnico di Milano.

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