The organization of research

IMT Institute for Advanced Studies is characterized by three unique yet interrelated identities; it can be simultaneously defined as a Graduate School, an Institute for Advanced Studies and an Institute of Technology.

Within the IMT Graduate School, the integration between research and education is designed around two broad multidisciplinary research areas. Research Units are created within and across the two main Research Areas to meet the evolution of frontiers of scientific research, combining scientific rigor and relevance in research activites in high relevance for applications and policy. The Research Areas / Units sustain four Ph.D programs: Computer Science and Engineering; Economics, Markets and Institutions; Institutions, Politics and Policies and Management and Development of Cultural Heritage.

IMT is characterized by its mission to reach the international research frontier and to contribute to push it ahead, concentrating its activities within a limited number of key areas. Moreover, the Institute recruits its faculty on a competitive international scale, evaluating, among other elements, their capacity to publish work in top level international peer-reviewed and high-impact journals.

IMT's identity as an Institute of Technology is defined by the aim of integrating relevance and excellence in research. Against this background, IMT has decided to adopt an innovative organizational model for its activities, which will evolve around a platform called the IMTLAB. The LAB is essential to the support of thematic Research Units.