This ITS focuses on higher technical training in photonics, optics, and laser technologies, serving industries that use these advanced technologies, such as manufacturing, biomedical, and cultural heritage conservation in Tuscany.
Address: Via Taddeo Alderotti 56, 50139 Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Optoelectronics & Laser Technologies, Photonics for Manufacturing & Biomedical, Applied Optics & Metrology
Domains taught:
- Bioengineering, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Diploma
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Partnerships with companies in the photonics sector, research centers (e.g., LENS, CNR-INO), and the University of Florence.
Research:
Applied projects on development of laser systems for industrial applications, optical sensors for biomedical diagnostics, and photonic techniques for art conservation.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
20
Current students***:
80
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
100
Pros
Highly specialized training in a cutting-edge technological field, strong links with research and industry in photonics, located in a region with a growing photonics cluster.
Cons
Non-university diploma, very niche and advanced field.
Best For
Highly specialized higher technical training in photonics, optics, and laser technologies.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Also strong in quality, optics and signal processing, Istituto Tecnico Superiore Regionale della Puglia per lo Sviluppo dell'Industria dell'Armamento makes a sensible second look at home; it has almost the same size, at about 80 students, and is also a public institution.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie Innovative per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Archimede offers a comparable education in quality, optics and industrial design: it covers civil engineering and structural engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here.
- Also strong in quality, signal processing and industrial design, Istituto Tecnico Superiore per la Mobilità Sostenibile - Pistoia makes a sensible second look at home; it is larger, enrolling about 120 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a public institution.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per la Manutenzione Industriale - Rosignano offers a comparable education in quality, signal processing and project management: it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and covers fluid dynamics and thermodynamics as well.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie per la Vita - Bergamo sits close to this institution on quality, bioengineering and project management; it is larger, enrolling about 180 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Students considering a move abroad can look at École technique de la Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, where metrology, quality and nanotechnologies also form the core, and it covers structural engineering and thermodynamics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here.
- For a study option in Switzerland with a comparable spread of metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, École Supérieure de Sainte-Croix is the reference point: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.
- The closest overseas parallel on metrology, nanotechnologies and optics is Institut d'Optique Graduate School, located in France; it is also a public institution and also offers master's and doctoral programmes.
- Abroad, Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas (Spain) covers nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing in a comparable way, and it also offers master's and doctoral programmes and covers computer vision as well.
- ISIS (France) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing; it is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a public institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Biomedical Sensors, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Innovation, Laser, Manufacturing, Optics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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