Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (IUSS)

Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS di Pavia is a public centre of academic excellence, unique in Lombardy. Founded in 1997 as a consortium and recognised as a special-order autonomous public institution by MIUR decree on 8 July 2005, IUSS offers fully funded advanced undergraduate ordinary courses, inter-university master's degrees and doctoral programmes. It operates in close collaboration with the University of Pavia and the Università Statale di Milano, and with the merit colleges (Collegi di Merito) of Pavia. Since 2018 it has been federated with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, and since 2022 with IMT Lucca, SISSA Trieste and Gran Sasso Science Institute. Research and teaching cover cognitive neuroscience, neurolinguistics, philosophy of mind, risk assessment and reduction, climate change and sustainability, space research and big data management.