Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies is a public university institute - with special autonomy - working in the field of applied sciences: Economics and Management, Law, Political Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, Medicine, and Industrial and Information Engineering.
The School promotes the internationalization of didactics and research with innovative paths in the fields of university education, scientific research and advanced training.
The School’s mission is that of serving as a benchmark and quality public institution, attracting talents which are nurtured and educated, in order to take care of the world and to responsibly contribute to its cultural growth and sustainability. We are conscious that merit based on quality skills and commitment represents the true driver of development, the principal mechanism of social mobility, and the resource that we must implement in order to address the challenges of sustainability and justice that the world is currently facing.
The student residences are a distinctive feature of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna experience. Organised according to the university campus model, they provide students enrolled in the ordinary programmes (Honor Students) with free accommodation and an environment designed to foster community life, study and social interaction.
Scientific research is one of the main institutional missions of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and is closely integrated with education, promoting internationalisation, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration with the cultural, social and economic sectors. The School supports high-quality research in accordance with ethical principles and enhances research outcomes through innovation, technology transfer, and the creation of new enterprises. At the end of 2025, almost 600 research projects were active.
The number of publications indexed in Scopus has exceeded 16,000 documents. On average, the School’s faculty and researchers publish almost six publications per person each year. Between 2020 and 2025, the School accumulated 101,967 citations, with an average of 15.8 citations per publication and a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of 2.09. In the Web of Science (WoS) database, the School also has a portfolio of more than 13,700 scientific publications, with an H-index of 204 and an average of 24.57 citations per publication.