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A roundtable discussion “Awareness is the need of time”

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.




The only source of knowledge is experience.

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 dress as a mirror of culture

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.




Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent hosted a cultural event dedicated to the 687th anniversary of Amir Temur’s birth.

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 TTPU

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 Participates in New International Educational Project “I2-PLEDGE”

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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An event dedicated to the referendum on the Constitutional Law draft

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.




“Books and reading – a mirror of human spirituality”

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.




Seminar training was organized for university employees

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.




“Fine art” contest was held at the university

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.




Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent held the 2nd stage of “Zakovat” game

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.




Admission Test (Phase-1) Results are announced!

Dear Applicants,

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESSFUL PASSING OF ADMISSION TEST

for the Academic Year 2023-2024!

Please pay particular attention to this official announcement!

Based on the results of the Entrance Exams that was held on March 17th, 2023, the results are divided into five categories:

FIRST CATEGORY:

The following applicants will be directly enrolled to the First Level (Second Course) and will be given the FULL SCHOLARSHIP from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the following faculty. If the applicants DO NOT have IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) they are required to provide an IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5) by the end of December, 2023*. No tuition fee for this category.

Surname Name Faculty
1 Zulunova Nasiba Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
2 Hikmatullayev Shamshod Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
3 Mirsaidov Rashid Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
4 Ishanxanov Ayyubxon Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
5 Xaitov Javohir Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
6 Isroilov Abdulahad Information technology and Automation systems in industry (ICT)
7 Sherikbayev Ibroxim Mechanical and Energy engineering
8 Xojimurodov Og`abek Industrial and Civil engineering and architecture
9 Sodikova Samirabonu Industrial and Civil engineering and architecture

SECOND CATEGORY:

Those who scored greater or equal than 50.00 points will be directly enrolled to the First Level (Second Course) and will be considered for the FULL SCHOLARSHIP, pending on the results of the second and third phase admission tests that will be held in May and July, respectively. If the applicants DO NOT have IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) they are required to provide an IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) by the end of December, 2023*. Tuition fee for one academic year is 28 500 000 (twenty-eight million five hundred thousand) UZS.

THIRD CATEGORY:

Those who scored greater or equal than 20.00 but less than 50.00 points will be given a chance to be enrolled to the First Level (Second Course) 2023-2024 A.Y. If they successfully finish paid intensive courses of the Preparatory year that start in April and finish in July. If the applicants DO NOT have IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) they are required to provide an IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) by the end of December, 2023*.

*In case that the Applicant does not provide in time IELTS certificate, he/she automatically switches to the Preparatory year.

FOURTH CATEGORY:

Those who scored greater or equal than 10.00 but less than 20.00 points are accepted to the Preparatory year (= First Course) for 2023-2024 A.Y., regardless of the availability of an IELTS certificate. Tuition fee for one academic year is 28 500 000 (twenty-eight million five hundred thousand) UZS. The deadline for providing the IELTS certificate (minimum 5.5 points) for this category is until the end of the academic year.

FIFTH CATEGORY:

Those who scored below 10.00 points has not passed the admission threshold, therefore are not accepted to the university.

Issuance of contracts will be carried out in the building of the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent from March 27, 2023 from 9 a.m.

The rules for the May admission exam (Phase-2) will be announced soon.

Responsible people for the work of the Admissions Committee:

Rector – Inoyatkhodjaev Jamshid Shukhratullaevich

Vice-Rector – Fulvio Rinaudo

Dean – Abdullayev Farhod Bahramovich

The administration of the Turin Polytechnic University is not responsible for the activities of people outside this list.

List of required documents:
Original Version of Applicant’s PASSPORT;
Passport Copy of Applicant’s parents.

For any questions, you can call the numbers:

(71) 246-80-51/52

(71)  246 63 48

E–mail: admission@polito.uz

Adress: st. Kichik Khalka Yuli, 17, Almazar district, Tashkent 100095, Uzbekistan




Literary evening was held among members of  TTPU book lovers club

On March 24, a social evening was held as part of the next spiritual and educational meeting of the book lovers’ club, in the summer library of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

On this evening, participants of the event talked about the importance of books in person’s life.

The members of the club expressed their opinions in this regard and recited samples from poems such as Zulfiyaxonim, Erkin Voxidov, Abdulla Oripov, Muxammad Yusuf, Halima Xudoyberdiyeva, Xurshid Davron of other Uzbek poets who made a great contribution to the development of Uzbek poetry.

At the end of the event, the students who actively participated in the festival were awarded with books.




Admission exam (phase 1) was held at TTPU

On march17, the admission exam (phase 1) for 2023/2024 academic year was held at the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

The applicants have taken an exam for the following tracks “Mechanical engineering”, “Automotive engineering”, “Сivil engineering”, “Computer engineering”. Professors from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) participated in the exam to control the transparent examination process.

Applicants were evaluated by a set of online tests with multiple-choice questions, which consisted of the following questions:

Mathematics: 18 questions
Comprehension: 6 questions
Logic: 6 questions
Physics: 12 questions




An intellectual game “Zakovat” was held among the network young employees.

On march 14, 2023, the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent hosted an intellectual game “Zakovat”, for the young workers of the network by the Tashkent regional of the labour union’s division council of metallurgical and mechanical engineering industry employees of Uzbekistan located in Tashkent city and Tashkent region. “Turin bilimdonlari” and “Orzu” team of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, “Elektroapparat” of “Uzelektroapparat” JSC, “Uzinzi” of JV “Ozavtoinzi”, “Bilimdon” of Chilonzor professional School №1 and “Metallurgs” team of “Uzmetkombinat” JSC took part in the game.

In this game, which consisted of logical and interesting questions, the teams demonstrated their intellectual potential. At the end of the game, according to the result of the highest points collected from the 20th question, the “Metallurgs” team of “Uzmetkombinat” JSC won the proud 1st place among Tashkent region, “Turin Bilmdonlari” of the Turin Polytechnic University, won the proud 1st place among Tashkent city, and will participate in the final Republic stage. The event was attended by the deputy chairman of the Republican Council of the labour union “Uzmetmashsanoat” Sh. Israilov, the rector of the Turin Polytechnic University J. Inoyathojayev and the head of the department of the Tashkent City Council of the Federation of Labour Unions of Uzbekistan D. Meliyev.

At the end of the event, the winners were awarded with diplomas and souvenirs.




On the defense of the dissertation work of Philosophy Doctor (PhD) in technical sciences Alishev Sherkuzi Abdumannonovich

 On the topic “Algorithms for adaptive control of multistage objects with variable parameters”

The defense will take place on 16th of March 2023 at 14:00 at the session of scientific council PhD.22/01.02.2022. T.144.01 at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

Address: 100095, Tashkent, Kichik Halka yuli 17, second floor of main building in session hall at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent;

tel. /fax: (998-71) -246-50-92, e-mail: info@polito.uz.




Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the TurinPolytechnic University inTashkent and Indonesian Association of Science and Technology Muhammadiyah Aisyiyah Higher Education

On march 13, 2023 delegation from the Indonesian Embassy in Tashkent and Association of Science and Technology Muhammadiyah Aisyiyah Higher Education visited the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.

In the framework of the visit, memorandum of understanding was signed between the Turin Polytechnic university in Tashkent and Faculties of Engineering of Muhammadiyah University of Magelang, Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Muhammadiyah University of Prof. Dr. HAMKA, Muhammadiyah University of Aceh, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology of Ahmad Dahlan University. Also MoU was signed between Mechanical Engineering, Civil engineering and Computer engineering faculties of TTPU with faculties of Engineering of the Association universities.
The scope of cooperation under the MoU includes  academic collaboration, students, faculty members exchange, development of joint research projects and others.   

 DSc. Jamshid Inoyatkhojaev, rector of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent: “We do hope that the MoU has become the first step in building a long-term and fruitful cooperation between the institutions aimed to strengthen the international cooperation and explore further research opportunities”.

“As from the embassy, we would like to welcome the initiation of cooperation between the universities and  do believe that collaboration with Science and Technology Association of Muhammadyah in future will make a great benefit to the university and Uzbek community as well” сommented Ms. Sintia C. Saeh, First Secretary/Head of Information, Social and Culture of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.

“The goal of our visit is to conduct good collaboration not only in education, but also in research and industry with the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent” noted Ph.D Yun Arifatul Fatimah, Faculty of Engineering- Muhammadiyah University of Magelang.

During the visit, the delegation members also got acquainted with TTPU’s information resourse center, technology park and mechatronics centres.




The prospects for the implementation of the Uzbek-Chinese joint project were discussed

On March 10, 2023, an online meeting was held on the Uzbek-Chinese joint project “Modification of heterojunction photocatalysts for highly efficient and selective CO2 conversion into C2 + products”. The event was attended by representatives of the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, the National University, the Institute of Materials Science of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the University of Science and Technology of China.

The meeting was opened by the Director of the Agency for Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan Olimjon Tuychiev. During the meeting, Ph.D., the project leader Sh.Mamatkulov informed the participants about the ongoing work within the framework of this project. In turn, prof. Jingxiang Low, the project manager from the Chinese side, informed the participants about the plans and stages of the above project. The parties also discussed the prospects for the implementation of a joint project, which has its relevance today, since it is aimed at preventing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.




A seminar with the participation of Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – took place at TTPU

On March 10, 2023, the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent organized the “Tashkent – A Sustainable City” Seminar.

During the event, TTPU students learned about the Italian experience in the field of Urban development and finding solutions for mobility, following the scenario of a sustainable city, in the context of the current process of dynamic urbanization.

The seminar program included a presentation by Carlo Ratti, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the Carlo Ratti Associati. This is not his first meeting with our university, and he has previously participated in similar events online. 

According to DSc. Jamshid Inoyatkhojaev, rector of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, such meetings provide an opportunity to be equipped with the necessary tools to solve problems related to the rapid growth of the capital and megacities in general.

Representatives of Politecnico di Torino and the Tashkent Architecture and Construction Institute also took part in the seminar.

“The development of Tashkent attracts the attention and interest of many international specialists, which is great. Many interesting ideas were expressed during the seminar. Examples of various projects with different approaches and design methods were presented. Students’ particular interest in discussing international experiences is extremely important nowadays in the education of the younger generation.” commented Prof. Michele Bonino, Rector’s Delegate for International Relations with China and Asian Countries (Politecnico di Torino).

During the event, DSc Jamshid Inoyatkhojaev, Rector of the Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, solemnly handed over to Prof. Carlo Ratti the mantle of honorary professor and a certificate of the corresponding title.

For information:

An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and is a founding partner of the international design office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, and later earned his MPhil and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, UK

Ratti has co-authored over 500 publications and holds several patents. His work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Design Museum in Barcelona, the Science Museum in London, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. TIME Magazine has included two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – in the list of the ‘Best Inventions of the Year’.

Carlo Ratti has been featured in Esquire Magazine’s “Best and Brightest” list and in Wired Magazine’s “Smart List.” Blueprint Magazine included him among the “25 People who will Change the World of Design,” and Fast Company named him as one of the “50 Most Influential Designers in America.”




Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent announces a competition to determine the design firm for the design of the new Technopark project.

“Implementation of the design project for the facility of the “New Building of the IT Technopark of the Turin Polytechnic University in the city of Tashkent” (the amount of work performed will be discussed with the company that makes the working project).