ITCT "Fossati Da Passano" is based in La Spezia in the south of Liguria, on the border with Tuscany, in the north west of Italy. La Spezia economy has been based on the building of the Military Arsenal in the second half of the 1800. The Naval Base has transformed the town from a fishing village into a real town, seat of important industries in several sectors. ITCT "Fossati Da Passano" is well connected to the social cultural setting of the town and its province thanks to a long process of cooperation in many  different sectors such as tourism, economics, informatics, design. There are 130 teachers and almost 1000 students belonging to middle/ working class coming from the town centre and the surroundings. Recently we have had an increase in the number of students coming from different cultural and linguistic areas, such as East Europe, South America and North Africa. Our School has always had  special attention to  minorities, disables and students with special needs encouraging their participation to various activities and projects at local ,national and international level. All our courses last 5 years and they deal with tourism,  economy, languages, informatics and graphics. The teaching mission is to develop good competences in our students through the use of modern methodologies and very updated labs. Courses for foreigners and disabled, CLIL, ECDL, language certifications, cultural exchanges and Erasmus projects, cooperation with enterprises and  work experience in Italy and abroad are just examples of the activities performed.