IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca:
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, located in Lucca (39 miles/63 km from Florence) in the Tuscany region of central Italy, is an international Graduate School and Institute of Technology offering PhD programs in disciplines characterized by their applicative potential in areas like social sciences, economics, management, informatics and cultural heritage. IMT aims to push the frontiers of knowledge and to contribute to the formation of international professional elites for business and institutions. Ph.D. programs are taught exclusively in English.
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies is located in Lucca (39 miles/63 km from Florence) in the Tuscany region of Italy. Lucca and its surroundings are rich in history and, at the same time, open to the future. Lucca has good connections to other large towns, to cities and other university centers of the region, and it is close to both Pisa and Florence international airports.
From Pisa Airport to Lucca:
The easiest way to get to the School is to take a taxi just outside the airport for a cost of approximately 50 €. As an alternative, immediately next to the airport you will notice a little train station: every twenty minutes a train leaves in order to connect Pisa Airport to Pisa Central Station where you will find train coincidences to Lucca Station. Another way to get to Lucca is to take an interurban bus of the "Autolinee Lazzi" leaving from the airport. The journey will take approximately one hour and you can check the schedule visiting the page: Pisa airport - Lucca by bus.
From Florence Airport to Lucca:
Once again the easiest way to get to the School is to take a taxi just outside the airport for an approximate cost of no less than 80 €. The first alternative is to take a city line bus to the Train Station of Santa Maria Novella, in order to take a train coincidence to Lucca. There is a bus leaving every 30 minutes from the airport. The whole journey (bus+train) will take approximately two hours.
From the Bus Station to IMT
Lucca bus station is located in Piazzale Verdi and the School is only fifteen minutes walking: take Via S. Paolino, just opposite the tourist information office, and go straight on until Piazza S. Michele, easily recognizable for the marvellous white marble church. Cross the square and go on through Via Roma, Piazza Bernardini and Via S.Croce (the same straight path, just changing names). Pass the SS. Gervasio e Protasio door to get into Via Elisa: go straight on to Piazza San Ponziano and turn into the courtyard on your left to get to IMT main building.