The PLACES where people work and study at UNITO play a fundamental role and must be adequately improved. The University of Turin intends to embark on transforming its spaces to enhance the services and quality of community life, working on sustainable building projects in synergy with local stakeholders. With a view to adapting its facilities to the new requirements of learning, work and public use, the University will also pay particular attention to the development of digital spaces, identifying original technological solutions to achieve new goals in teaching innovation, broadening research horizons, sharing ideas and results, and improving decision support tools. In addition to being an essential focus for the city and for Piedmont, in the coming years UniTo intends to strengthen its role internationally, which starts with coordinating the UNITA Universitas Montium project, to make Europe the natural home to the quality and effectiveness of teaching and research.

In recent years, the evolution of information technology has facilitated knowledge, communication and work, but change has been so fast that some of the best technological opportunities have been missed, and this has sometimes generated an increase in complexity. For this reason, it is essential that the University of Turin knows how to manage the digital transformation, directing it towards original technological solutions for teaching, where it is necessary to promote digital education for students and experiment with innovative learning methods. The same is true for research, where digital means and advanced technical equipment favour interdisciplinarity and greater sharing of ideas and results within the scientific community. On the administration side, the aim is to design user-friendly digital services for better internal communication and more efficient administrative procedures, together with decision support tools. The first step in ensuring the continuous updating and renewal of services and support technologies is to adapt the University’s ICT infrastructure by strengthening the level of IT security. The opportunity offered by the establishment of the UNITA - Universitas Montium consortium and, in particular, the possibility of starting up virtual forms of international mobility, has allowed the University to strengthen and develop e-learning technologies and integrate them with teaching and research. We share a common commitment to joint and flexible pathways, using inter and multidisciplinary approaches centred on innovative pedagogical activities with the latest digital technologies. The prerequisites for an international virtual campus are digital environments where students, teaching staff, researchers and technical-administrative staff can work together. The Governing body can also benefit from careful management of the University’s information tools: the improvement of the internal IT system, maintaining data quality and system integration are essential for the Governing body strategic planning and institutional communication.