International Graduate Programs in Tuscany, Italy

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.

Ph.D. Program in Computer Science and Engineering / CSE:
The doctoral program in Computer Science and Engineering at IMT provides researchers and professionals with a wide base of knowledge concerning the foundations of informatics and its application to a variety of systems and disciplines, focusing on aspects of particular importance in the present context. The new version of informatics is changing the perspective of other disciplines and several aspects of everyday life, and is the target of very active research in the international scene.

Ph.D. Program in Economics, Markets, Institutions / EMI:
The Ph.D. program in Economics, Markets and Institutions is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of issues in political economy, applied public economics, the functioning of industries and markets, the impact of macroeconomics on productivity and growth, the empirical analysis of complex economic phenomena.

Ph.D. Program in Management and Development of Cultural Heritage / MDCH:
Using a multidisciplinary approach, the doctoral program in Management and Development of Cultural Heritage at IMT formalizes the specific know-how needed by researchers and professionals operating at the highest levels of management of culture. The Ph.D. program focuses on the following disciplines: History and Art History; Economics and Management of Immaterial Goods; Legislation of Cultural Heritage; and Technology. Doctoral students will also be taught elements of physics and chemistry, strictly related to the field of conservation and analysis of materials. The Ph.D. program integrates theoretical, technical and practical approaches in order to educate both highly qualified professionals operating in the concrete field of cultural policy and researchers who will be active in the field of cultural heritage.

Ph.D. Program in Political Systems and Institutional Change / PSIC:
The doctoral program in Political Systems and Institutional Change at IMT is a multidisciplinary course that uses a comparative perspective to analyze the historical, political, sociological, legal and economic features of institutions. Special attention is devoted to processes of institutional change. The Ph.D. program aims at forming political analysts able to: plan and manage collaborative and integrated processes at the international level; analyze and assess policies and institutional settings at supranational, national and regional levels; and to confront the specific problems of countries in transition towards democracy and a market economy.

PhD in Biorobotics Science and Engineering:
The Ph.D. Program in Biorobotics Science and Engineering aims at training highly competent researchers with the potential to lead Biorobotics research worldwide.

PhD in Technology and Management of Cultural Heritage:
At present, a range of professionals - engineers and architects; art historians; experts in new technologies for Cultural Heritage, management and legal affairs; experts of tourism dynamics - are operating in the field of conservation and exploitation of Cultural Heritage, often failing to cooperate and communicate due to a lack of a broader perspective on the Cultural Heritage domain.