Being an essential component of the School of Management, the MIP Politecnico di Milano is a partnership between the Politecnico and numerous industrial and institutional partners. Thanks to this structure, MIP is able to implement a specialized know-how, typical of its academic component. MIP offers 13, long-training programs (over 300 classroom hours), 8 of which are master programs. As a whole, about 500 students participate in these courses every year. MIP Politecnico di Milano is an institutional member of the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd).

The School is also involved in executive training: ad hoc-designed interventions are tailored around the specific needs of the client and a catalogue of short term managerial training courses is offered on various topics. MIP Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with various departments of the Politecnico, promotes applied research activities. This set of activities takes into account all the developmental needs of different markets (large companies, small to medium businesses, public administration) in the fields of management and corporate strategy, manufacturing logistics and information technology.