On May 11, 2023, Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent was visited by Doctor of Biological Science and Academician Ibrahim Abdurakhmanov, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.

During his visit, the Minister got acquainted with the university’s start-up projects, scientific and sports facilities, Technopark and laboratories.

The Rector of the university, DSc Jamshid Inoyatkhodjaev, introducing the activities of the university emphasized the significant work done in the field of the automotive industry and the training of personnel in this direction. He gave a presentation on the university’s current situation and its development strategy, as well as areas of academic study, works on installation of energy-efficient solar panels, operations of spin-off firms and international relations.

In an open discussion with university academics and students the Minister discussed their work and study, problems and solutions.

The minister gave instances from his life to illustrate the importance of students’ observance as well as the need to learn the essential material, manage their time well, and constantly advance.
– It is not enough to have talent to be a scientist or a specialist, it is necessary to be observant and to strive for big goals.

The students also expressed their opinions and gave a number of suggestions. In particular, there were proposals to increase the number of scientific internships abroad for young people, to support scientific grants awarded by the university as projects focused on innovative and creative fields, develop media projects. Also, the initiative to launch the production of microchips in our country by developing the field of photonics was supported.

On May 1 and 2, 2023, a scheduled meeting was held as part of the Erasmus + MUSAE project – Multidisciplinary skills for Artist’ Entrepreneurship

Within the framework of the meetings, which were organized jointly by the three participating universities-partners of the project – Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, the National Institute of Fine Arts and Design named after  Kamoliddin Bekzod and State Conservatory of Uzbekistan discussed the implementation of the project, provided information on new training modules developed within the framework of the project, as well as students work participating in the project.

On May 1, a meeting was organized at National Institute of Fine Arts and Design named after Kamoliddin Bekzod. On behalf of TTPU, the report was made by senior researcher Olga Karpova.

On May 2, at the morning session, which was organized at State Conservatory of Uzbekistan from TTPU, a report was presented on the new training module by the department head Abror Hoshimov and presentations by students Jamshid Dorobov and Guzal Matchonova.

On May 2, 2023, the participants of the meeting visited Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, where on that day an exhibition of works by students of art institutions in Tashkent was organized.

The meeting was also attended by representatives of three European universities – Alfredo Casella Conservatory (Italy), L’Aquila University (Italy), L’Aquila Academy of Arts (Italy), Artesis Plantijn Antwerp University College (Belgium), Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (Finland), and also from Tunisia and Palestine – Birzeit University (Palestine), Palestine Polytechnic University (Palestine), Dar-al-Kalim University College of Culture and Arts (Palestine), University in Sfax (Tunisia), University of Tunisia (Tunisia).

On May 2, TTPU hosted “Youth and fine art” festival, in cooperation with the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Uzbekistan and P.Benkov Specialized Art School.

During the event, an exhibition of art works by talented young people and a contest was held among the participants.

At the end, prizes and diplomas were awarded to participants.

On April 27, 2023, a scientific-practical conference was held dedicated to the 14th anniversary of Turin Polytechnic university in Tashkent, with participation of professors and teachers, researchers and students.

The lectures of the conference were devoted to topics such as mechanical engineering, energy, natural sciences and mathematics, ecology and environmental problems, alternative energy sources and material science.

In particular, topics about the students’ proposals for the production of large quantities of alternative energy sources, the construction of solar and wind power plants in Uzbekistan, dedicated to the applications of chemistry, physics, and modern mathematics. is doing

At the end of the event, the first vice-rector of the university, A. Ashurov, congratulated the participants on the fact that the scientific conference was very useful and uplifting from all sides, and emphasized that it was a real scientific bridge between teachers and students, and it will definitely be continued in the future. All participants were awarded certificates and souvenirs.

On April 27, 2023, the traditional “Talabalar bahori” (Students’ Spring – 2023) festival was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent. The main goal is to spend free time of university students meaningfully, to enrich their spiritual and cultural level and increase their interest in sports, art and literature.
Within the framework of the event, the winners of chess, basketball and table tennis competitions organized at the university were awarded with certificates and souvenirs.
As part of the festive program, information was given about the referendum, an important political event that will take place in our country on April 30 and a quiz was held among the students.

On April 27, on the initiative of the representative office of the German economy in Central Asia, a delegation of German organizations and universities visited Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TPUT). Under the leadership of the Thuringian State Secretary for Economy, Higher education and Digital Affairs, the representatives of the 6 German universities, Thuringian state administration and German Economic Delegation took part in the event.

As part of the visit, members of the delegation, were closely acquainted with technopark, laboratory and startup projects of Turin Polytechnic university in Tashkent.

Both sides discussed the possibility of further cooperation. In particular, as follows:

• Signing Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between TPUT and German universities;
• Organizing Internship programs in Industries of Germany for TPUT Professionalizing degree students;
• Organizing summer schools in both side university;
• Cooperation in Erasmus+ Capacity Building project calls (signing ERASMUS+ Inter Institutional Agreement);
• Exchange library resources and online access to electronic resources to use educational-scientific information databases;
• Cooperation on research projects and new calls on Horizon Europe projects;
• International mobility: exchange of students and doctoral candidates, exchange of researchers and lecturers and exchange of administrative staff funded Erasmus+ programs;
• International cooperation in teaching: mutual recognition of academic achievements (2+2 programs leading to degree programs in Uzbek track students), establishing joint and double degree in BSc, MSc and PhD programmes;

At the end of the meeting, a memorandum of understanding and an agreement on student exchange were signed with Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.
Other universities also expressed great interest in cooperation and agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation in the future.

On April 18 and 20, 2022, an event on the topic “” A new version of Constitution in a new Uzbekistan” was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent. The event was attended by the preventive inspector, lieutenant Ismoilova A.F., lieutenant colonel, senior inspector of the IIB, Almazor District – Yusupov Sh.N. and university staff.
It was noted that the new version of the Constitution serves the development of our country, the development of the well-being of our people, and first of all, it defines the idea of “For human dignity” as a priority.

On April 21, 2023, Gulnora Yahshilikova, TTPU teacher of “Mechanical and aerospace engineering” department successfully defended her PhD dissertation at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, on the topic “Development of Energy Management System for Hybrid Electric Vehicles” under the supervision of  Prof.Andrea Tonoli (Politecnico di Torino) and DSc. Sanjarbek Ruzimov (TTPU).

The commission consisting teaching staff highly evaluated the work done, emphasized its importance and relevance in modern industry and wished the researcher great success in her future scientific activity.

On April 19, 2023 the 3rd round of the Zakovat game was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

The main purpose is to organize students’ free time in a meaningful way, to further strengthen their extracurricular knowledge in a wide range of ways, and to form the skills of being able to express their thoughts deeply on various topics.

The following teams:

1-“SU” team

2- “Posledny Patron” team

3-Millon teams participated.

In the heated debate, the “SU” team got 2 points by answering two questions correctly, the “Posledniy Patron” team got 5 points by answering five questions correctly, and the “Million” team could not answer any question.

At the end of the event, participants from each team shared their thoughts about the event. The best question and the best participant were determined.

On April 18, 2023, a roundtable discussion on the topic “Awareness is the need of time” was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent. The event was held with the participation of university students, on the initiative of Senior preventive inspector of the University, lieutenant colonel Yusupov Sh.N., in cooperation with an employee of the Department of Combating Cyber Crimes in the Field of Information Technologies of Almazor District, Captain Yarmatov Sh.Kh. and preventive inspector, lieutenant Ismoilova A.F.
The participants of the meeting spoke on the following topics:
1) “CYBER SECURITY” and those who are still falling for it, how to get rid of this and the need to build immunity against it.
2) Fight against oppression and violence.
3) Prevention of cases of corruption and fight against it.
4) Fight against crime and drug addiction.
Students received detailed answers to their questions during the interesting roundtable discussion.

One of the big advantages for students of the Civil Engineering and Architecture Department is the opportunity to have both lectures, as well as practical lessons on construction sites.

Third-year bachelor students of the department conducted their practical part of the Geodesy course at the LOT6 construction site in Tashkent city. In practice students under the supervision of Prof. Saidislomkhon Usmanov participated in the quality assurance process using geodetic instruments together with specialists from PE BOMI Construction Engineering Co., LTD. This helps students strengthen their theoretical knowledge and gain ‘hands-on’ experience.

National costumes embody the history, ancient customs and traditions and aesthetic views of our people, and now it is very important to widely promote the beauty of national costumes among young people.

To preserve the national values ​​and spiritual heritage of the Uzbek people, to inspire the pride of national costumes in the hearts of our girls, respect and loyalty to our national values, customs and traditions, to widely promote the beauty and charm of national costumes among the youth, on April 12, 2023, an event named “Milliy libos-millat qiyofasi!” was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

The first vice-rector of the university A. Ashurov opened the event and wished all the participants good luck.

At this event, together with the students of the university, the students of the “Art of historical and theater costumes” department of the art school named after Pavel Benkov held a fashion show of bright and attractive national costumes from different regions of our country.

The performances by “Alladin unique” kindergarten children, added a special atmosphere to the event.

The performances of the university girls were duly evaluated by the members of the jury, which consisted of teachers of the art school named after Pavel Benkov. All participants were awarded diplomas and souvenirs.

On April 5, a cultural event “Sahibqiran Renaissance in World Civilization” was organized among university and academic lyceum students dedicated to the 687th anniversary of Amir Temur’s birth.

Guest of the event were – people’s Artist of Uzbekistan Tesha Muminov, director of the Republican House of Actors Munira Rakhimova and academic lyceum history teacher Khakimova Sayyora.

The event was opened by the first vice-rector of the university, A. Ashurov, and in his speech, he noted that, on april 9 we celebrate 687th anniversary of the great statesman and entrepreneur Amir Temur, as well as the material and spiritual heritage of Temur and the Timurid dynasty.

Academic lyceum history teacher Khakimova Sayyora gave information about Amir Temur – a great statesman of the Middle Ages, a great general, the founder of a strong, centralized state and patron of science and culture. First of all, he carried out military and most important economic reforms to increase and strengthen the power of his country. Also, Amir Temur paid special attention to the creation of a single state for development, mutual harmony, favorable property and legal conditions for businessmen, especially to the development of trade, and also made great changes in the field of creativity and reached our contemporaries.

The guest of the event, the People’s Artist of Uzbekistan Tesha Muminov, at the beginning of his speech about our great grandfathers, noted that most of the historical cities and beautiful places were created during the period of Amir Temur and the Timurids. Due to national independence, there was an opportunity to deeply understand, study and glorify our perfect ancestors who have their place in the field of world spirituality and enlightenment and the rich spiritual and educational heritage they left behind.

The guest spoke about the work “Temur Tuzuklari” that Amir Temur left as a legacy to us, Amir Temur’s respect and attention to women, glorified them, and read a poem on this topic.

At the end of his speech, T. Mominov addressed the young people and said that they should study the teachings of such great people, analyze them and use them for the benefit of the country in the future.

M. Saparboev, head of the university’s music club, concluded the event with a musical performance about “Motherland”.

The event was very meaningful and interesting.

The “Rector’s Cup” in chess was held at the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

TTPU hosted the “Rector’s Cup” in chess, where about 60 students from the university and academic lyceum took part.

Tournament results:

1st place — Raupov Nasrullo

2nd place – Jahongirov Samandar;

3rd place – Abdukayumov Akbar.

Congratulations to the winners!

We want to remind that the awards ceremony will take place on April 27

Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TTPU) has partnered with several other universities in Europe and Uzbekistan for a new international educational project called “I2-PLEDGE: Innovative and Interdisciplinary Programmes in Bio-medical Engineering to Leverage and Exploit the Digital Growth Programme for Students’ Employability in Uzbekistan”. The project is being conducted within the framework of the Erasmus+ “Capacity building in higher education” program.

The kick-off meeting for the project was held on March 29-30, 2023, at Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov. The meeting was attended by representatives from the European Union, the Erasmus+ National Office, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, as well as partner universities in Europe and Uzbekistan.

The “I2-PLEDGE” project aims to provide students with innovative and interdisciplinary programmes in biomedical engineering to leverage and exploit the digital growth programme for their employability in Uzbekistan. The partner universities involved in the project are University of L’Aquila and University of Western Macedonia from Europe, and Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent State Technical University, Andijan Machine Building Institute, Adijan State Medical Institute, Urganch branch of Tashkent University of Information Technologies, Urganch branch of Tashkent Medical Academy, and Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent from Uzbekistan.

During the kick-off meeting, the project coordinator provided important project management information, recommendations for successful project implementation, and the latest news from EACEA representatives. The meeting also covered financial issues, the role of each higher education institution in the project, work packages, the plan of future activities, and the importance of achieving results.

On the second day of the meeting, the participants visited the brand new campus of Tashkent Medical Academy, which is one of the project partners and a leading institution in the field. The academy introduced the participants to their state-of-the-art lab rooms, which will play an important role in the project.

The team of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent also made presentations on their tasks in the project. This project represents an exciting opportunity for TTPU to expand its international reach, collaborate with other institutions, and create new opportunities for its students and faculty. Overall, the “I2-PLEDGE” project is an important initiative that will help enhance the quality of education in Uzbekistan and improve students’ employability by providing them with innovative programs in biomedical engineering.

On March 30, 2023, Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent hosted an event dedicated to the essence and significance of the referendum on the Constitutional Law draft of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan” .
The first vice-rector of the university, A. Ashurov, opened the event and spoke about the upcoming referendum and noted that special attention was paid to young people, as well as education and science in the updated Constitution.

Professor of Tashkent State Law University, doctor of legal sciences, Feruza Abdurashidovna Muhitdinova also took part in the event and gave a comprehensive understanding (understanding or explanation) of referendum concept, its legal basis, amendments and additions to our Constitution. She noted that more than 220,000 suggestions were received from citizens through the “Meningkonstitutsiyam.uz” electronic platform and social networks, where citizens’ opinions and suggestions regarding the constitution draft were organized, and one out of every four of them was included in the draft.

H. Sadikov – judge of the Almazor district court for criminal cases, highlighted that the new version of the Constitution is an important factor in creating social, democratic-legal foundations, increasing the well-being of the population, further enhancing human rights and interests, and dignity.

It was also noted that for the first time in the history of the country, the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was adopted through a referendum, that the referendum was direct expression of people’s will, and that the decisions made in the referendum would have supreme legal force.

On March 31, 2023, a literary contest “Books and reading – a mirror of human spirituality” was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent within the framework of book lovers’ club meetings. In the contest, the teams formed from book-loving members, competed in four conditions. The contest was very interesting and in high spirits.

According to the results of the contest conditions, the 1st place was won by “Flight of Thought”, 2nd place by “Javahir” and 3rd place by “Koinot”. All participants were awarded with diplomas and a set of books as souvenirs.

On March 29, 2023, a university psychologist held a seminar training on “Emotional burnout” for university employees.
The purpose of the training was to provide information about emotional burnout and to practice team building skills with employees.
The topic of the seminar was emotional burnout, its symptoms, professional burnout, ways of self-management.

Within the framework of the “5 important initiatives” put forward by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev, in order to increase the interest of young people in music, literature, painting, theater and other types of art, and to reveal their talent, on March 29, 2023, “Fine art” art competition was organized among university students and academic lyceum students. They demonstrated their talents in a free style on various topics.

On March 28, 2023 the 2nd stage of Zakovat club was held at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

The main goal is to organize students’ free time meaningfully, and further strengthen their extracurricular knowledge in a wide range of ways, and to form the skills of being able to express their thoughts deeply on various topics.

Following teams participated in the game:

1. “The best”

2. “Turin Lyceum”

3. “Managers TOP”

4. “Evreka”

Moderators of the club, tutors of academic groups Jamshid Makhkamov and Mirshod Eshonkulov started the game.

At the end of the event, participants from each team shared their opinions about the game.