Location
SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, main campus, Trieste, Italy
Main Campus, Building A
Room 128-129, first floor
Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
About SISSA
SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies, was founded in 1978 and is a scientific center of excellence within the national and international academic scene. Located in Italy, in the city of Trieste, it features 90 professors, about 150 post-docs, 330 PhD students and 115 technical administrative staff. Situated on the scenic Karst upland, the School is surrounded by a 25 acre park, and offers a stunning view of the Gulf of Trieste.
The three main research areas of SISSA are Physics, Neuroscience and Mathematics.
All the scientific work carried out by SISSA researchers is published regularly in leading international journals with a high impact factor, and frequently in the most prestigious scientific journals such as Nature and Science. The School has also drawn up over 150 collaboration agreements with the world's leading schools and research institutes.
The quality level of the research is further confirmed by the fact that within the competitive field of European funding schemes SISSA holds the top position among Italian scientific institutes in terms of research grants obtained in relation to the number of researchers and professors. Such leadership should also be seen in terms of SISSA is ability to obtain funding, both from the private and public sectors, such as FIR and PRIN.
As for the National assessment of research quality involving all Universities and scientific institutes, SISSA got top marks in mathematics and neuroscience, and came first among medium-sized departments in the field of physical science.
See also the official SISSA website www.sissa.it for additional information.
