The centrality of technologies applied, at various levels, to the world of sport is the pivot around which the Politecnico di Torino is developing new excellence and strategies at an international level. The Rector of the Politecnico Stefano Corgnati has signed a collaboration agreement with the Uzbek State University of Physical Education and Sport: the starting point for a new synergy, part of the project to develop an inter-departmental and international university centre on ‘Engineering and Architecture for Sport’. ‘Technological interaction with sports disciplines is one of the cornerstones of the Politecnico's new strategic plan,’ comments Corgnati from Tashkent. ’With this in mind, a few days ago we signed an agreement with the University of Foro Italico and today we are here to define an important collaboration with the Uzbek University, which not only trains their Olympic athletes, but is also a point of reference for the training of sportsmen and women from all over Central Asia. “A project that confirms and strengthens the international and university vocation of our city,” adds the mayor of Turin Stefano Lo Russo, who is in Tashkent with the rector on a visit to the TTPU - Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, which collaborates with the university in Turin, ’and will help to make it increasingly attractive to young people from all over the world. The Politecnico's desire is to develop projects at the forefront of the European university scene, with the Politecnico at the forefront in providing knowledge and innovative technologies complementary to the medical-sports ones: from materials science to bioengineering to data analytics to measure and support athletes' performance, up to interventions in large infrastructures dedicated to sports, such as arenas and stadiums. All the activities of the Politecnico's researchers, in the Italian and international branches, will thus be brought together to create cutting-edge skills and technological solutions, and in this direction the university's training courses are being launched, with new multidisciplinary courses planned ad hoc.