IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca
TypePublic
Established2005
DirectorRocco De Nicola
Address
Piazza San Ponziano, 6
,
Lucca
CampusUrban
Working languageEnglish
Websitewww.imtlucca.it
IMT School Campus with a view over the San Francesco Church
IMT School San Francesco Campus Courtyard
IMT School San Francesco Dormitories
IMT School Library View
IMT School San Francesco Passageway

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italian: Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca) is a public research institution and a graduate school located in Lucca, Italy. It was founded in 2005 under the name of IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, where the acronym IMT stands for "Institutions, Markets, Technologies". The school is part of the Italian superior graduate school system and its main Campus is located in the San Francesco Complex within the historic city walls of Lucca.

As an institution for advanced studies, IMT Lucca hosts researchers who carry out methodological research, held to high scientific standards, leading to the development of new knowledge.

Its international advisory board includes a number of prominent scientists, including Giulio Tononi, Alfio Quarteroni and Adina L. Roskies.