IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

What kind of institution is it?

IMT is not a traditional university; it grants no bachelor’s, offering only interdisciplinary programmes at doctoral (PhD) level. The campus life and the research communities are intense.

With its international community of around 300, IMT holds a singular profile joining economics-data-informatics to cultural heritage and decision sciences.

The city of Lucca and student life

In Tuscany, Lucca is a calm, livable city known for its well-preserved walled historic centre. Its closeness to Florence and Pisa is an advantage; the campus is set in a historic monastery.

Programmes and levels

The programmes are interdisciplinary and doctorate-focused:

• Economics, networks and complex systems
• Management and decision sciences
• Computer science and systems
• Cultural heritage management and analysis
• Doctoral (PhD) level only

Admission and selection

Admission rests on the academic record, the research interest and a selective international assessment; applications are in English.

Fees, housing and scholarship

Doctoral students are provided a scholarship (allowance), on-campus housing and canteen provision; no tuition fee applies. IMT thus offers a fully funded doctoral experience.

Language of instruction

The teaching and research are entirely in English. English proficiency is expected for the application; Italian is not compulsory.

Application for Turkish students

Applying from Turkey, the Universitaly pre-enrolment and a CIMEA report or a Dichiarazione di Valore are needed for the degree recognition and the official procedures in Italy. For your academic application file, a sworn translation of the diploma, transcript and the required documents must stand ready.

Which documents should you have sworn-translated for IMT School Lucca?

Applying to IMT School Lucca (or to a programme in the same city), most documents issued in Turkey need a sworn Italian translation. The most-translated documents in master’s, doctoral and bachelor’s applications:

• The diploma (bachelor’s/master’s) and, where applicable, the provisional graduation certificate,
• The transcript and the diploma supplement,
• The course contents (where a recognition/compatibility assessment is needed),
• The income and financial documents (for the DSU grant and the ISEE Parificato),
• The statement of intent, CV and references (in Italian or English, by the programme’s language).

The order generally runs: the document is apostilled first, then sworn-translated into Italian from the apostilled version, and where needed the degree recognition (a CIMEA report or the consulate Dichiarazione di Valore) is obtained. For detail see our apostille guide, CIMEA recognition, Dichiarazione di Valore and Universitaly application pages. For document-level detail, the diploma-transcript translation and university application translation pages help.

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