SISSA

International School for Advanced Studies

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
Motto	...ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza (...to follow virtue and knowledge)
Type	State-supported Graduate Institute
Established	1978
Director	Prof. Stefano Ruffo
Administrative staff	88
Location	Trieste, Italy
Website	www.sissa.it/

Coordinates: 45°40′46″N 13°46′30″E / 45.679538°N 13.774999°E / 45.679538; 13.774999 The International School for Advanced Studies (Italian: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, SISSA) is an international, state supported, post graduate teaching and research institute with a special statute, located in Trieste, Italy.

Instituted in 1978, SISSA's aim is to promote science and knowledge, particularly in the areas of Mathematics, Physics and Neuroscience. Each year about 70 Ph.D. students are admitted to SISSA based on their scientific qualifications. SISSA also runs, in collaboration with the University of Trieste, a master programme (Laurea magistrale) in mathematics.

SISSA has the following research areas:

In addition, there is the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Natural and Humanistic Sciences (now LISNU - Laboratorio Interdisciplinare Scienze Naturali e Umanistiche)

SISSA enjoys special teaching and scientific links with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the Elettra (Synchrotron Light Laboratory). SISSA is an essential component of the Trieste System, the grouping of national and international scientific institutes that make Trieste the "City of Science."