The Politecnico di Torino has worked to create close integration between strategic planning and quality assurance activities. The University Strategic Plan (in Italian Piano Strategico di Ateneo, PSA) forms the basis for all planning and subsequent monitoring activities. The integrated planning and monitoring process is implemented through the “Strategic Planning and Review Model - University and Departments” (in italian “Modello di pianificazione strategica e Riesame – Ateneo e Dipartimenti), a document drafted with the contribution of the PQA and approved by the Governing Bodies at their meetings in October 2024.
- Strategic Plan (in italian Piano Strategico di Ateneo - PSA): The Plan has been drawn up on the basis of the three major transitions affecting our society - digital, ecological and socio-cultural - and in which Politecnico intends to play a leading role. These are the transitions that permeate all the activities of a University that will focus on three major objectives in the coming years:
- to position itself firmly among the best European and international technological universities;
- to strengthen its role as a driver of competitiveness within the local ecosystem;
- to become attractive, recognisable and recognised by enhancing the value of its distinctive features.
- Action Plan of PSA: document for planning, monitoring, and evaluating strategic objectives, drawn up on a three-year basis, with annual updates.
- Action Plan monitoring: monitoring the implementation of milestones for each area of intervention included in the Action Plan and the degree to which performance objectives have been achieved with a view to integration into the Integrated Activity and Organization Plan (PIAO).
- Departmental Strategic Plans (in italian Piani Strategici Dipartimentali - PSD): documents containing the vision and mission of each Department, as well as strategic guidelines and related objectives. The PSD are developed over a time frame coinciding with the PSA, with the possibility of updates at the beginning of the new term of office of the Department Director.
- Departmental projects: projects linked, in whole or in part, to the PSD, which form the basis for the allocation of a portion of resources. These departmental projects include appropriate indicators, defined in agreement with the University, to be used to assess the achievement of project objectives.
- PSD monitoring: The implementation of the PSD is monitored annually, including through the use of indicators provided by the University, for the purposes of self-assessment of departmental actions and to support the review of strategic objectives.
- Integrated Activity and Organization Plan (in italian Piano Integrato di Attività e Organizzazione - PIAO): the tool for “ensuring the quality and transparency of administrative activities and improving the quality of services to citizens and businesses, as well as proceeding with the constant and progressive simplification and reengineering of processes, including those relating to the right of access.” The PIAO contextualises, accommodates and helps to harmonise numerous thematic plans with different levels of integration depending on their nature and life cycle.
- Mid Term Assessment of PSA: document analyzing the evolution of strategic planning following the assessment of the degree to which the PSA objectives were achieved, conducted halfway through the rector's term of office.
The governing bodies and actors involved in strategic planning processes, both at the university and departmental levels (PSA and PSD), have access to dedicated dashboards for monitoring purposes. The dashboards are organized into an integrated system called “The Value Metro,” a graphic representation that interprets the intersections between the various monitoring dashboards of the main areas related to the University's three Missions through the lines of Teaching, Research, and Knowledge Enhancement (Third Mission/Social Impact). The “metro” represents the entry point to the dashboard system, which can be accessed with different levels of profiling. The dashboards are developed by the PoliTO Strategies Study Center (formerly CentroStudi4IMPACT@POLITO) and the STARQ Area (formerly PROSIQ Division) to support the definition, implementation, and monitoring of strategic planning activities.
The strategic planning and monitoring activities from previous years are available below:
