The Department ranked first in Italy for its research quality, has been selected by MIUR as one of the "Departments of Excellence"

The Department of Physics and Earth Science of the Ferrara University has been selected by the Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR) as one of the "Department of Excellence" and will receive financial support as foreseen by the Budget Law 2017.
The Department ranked first in Italy for its research quality, has been selected by MIUR as one of the "Departments of Excellence"

The relevance of the research activity of the Department is testified by the survey Censis-La Repubblica (2015 edition), that places the Department at the first rank among the Italian universities (first among 41 for the Physics area and first among 31 for the Earth Science area).

 

In the Assessment of Research Quality (VQR 2011-2014) done by ANVUR (Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) the Department was ranked 14th among 82 (Physics area) and 6th among 51 (Earth Science area).

 

The Department of Physics and Earth Science of the Ferrara University has been selected by the Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in January 2018 as one of the Department of Excellence that will receive financial support according to the Budget Law 2017.