Astrophysics and Cosmology: Participation in international space missions (Euclid, LiteBIRD, LSPE) to understand the accelerated expansion of the universe, gravity, dark energy, and dark matter, as well as the development of X-ray and gamma-ray sensors at the LARIX facility.
Applied Physics for Health, Environment, and Energy: Applications of physical technologies in the biomedical field, development of a new generation of ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution X-ray sensors, remote and proximal monitoring using drones, experimental aircraft, and AI-based analysis software, as well as the development of energy-autonomous systems.
Condensed Matter Physics: Design and fabrication of devices based on semiconductor materials for applications in gas sensing and photovoltaic conversion, along with studies on the characterization of nanostructured magnetic systems.
Fundamental Interactions Physics: Study of the fundamental constituents of matter, experiments with particle accelerators (LHCb, BESIII), underground physics experiments for the study of neutrinos (JUNO, DUνE) and dark matter (Xenon), and the development of new particle detectors.
Theoretical Physics: Participation in national and international collaborations in astrophysics, cosmology, medical physics, particle physics, and theoretical astrophysics.
These disciplines are complemented by activities in computational physics and the development of advanced scientific computing technologies, ranging from big data analytics to quantum computing.
The educational offerings and opportunities are enriched by collaborations with prestigious research institutions (INFN, INAF, FBK, IHEP, CERN, FermiLab, JeffersonLab, Juelich, ESO, FAIR, ASI, CNR) and companies (SACMI Imola SC, See Through Srl, GeoExplorer Impresa Sociale Srl, MEEO Srl), which have co-funded numerous PhD scholarships in recent cycles.
For many years, a joint PhD degree agreement in Physics has been in place with the Polish Academy of Science - Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ PAN).