Department of Physics and Technology

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Technology (IFT)!
Our research activities span a broad spectrum of topics within physics and technology, including microelectronics, optics, space science, reservoir physics, nanoscience and process technology.

In addition to a bachelor's program and a doctoral education, IFT offers master's degrees in Reservoir and Geoenergy, Physics and Energy- and Process Technology.

If you have questions about your studies or exams, please contact our student advisors.

Global partnerships

Guest visitors from Ecuador and Colombia

Through the NORHED II-project CO2-EOR for CCUS in Colombia and Ecuador: Norwegian energy initiative, the Department of Physics and Technology will be receiving guest visitors from Ecuador and Colombia onward.

HySchool

HySchool has started and Ph.D.-students from all over Norway are attending

HySchool, a Norwegian research school with focus on hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels, had its kick-off meeting at Solstrand outside Bergen this week and we are off to a good start.

News

Groundbreaking research by IFT researchers ends up in Nature

The ASIM instrument aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – built by a team of, among others, several members of the Birkeland Center for Space Research (BCSS) / IFT – was the only instrument out of seven that detected the giant flare and recorded the main eruption phase of a magnetar without...

Nyhet

Creating a smarter ocean

The ocean industries have the potential to double their economic growth in the next ten years. Meanwhile, the health of the oceans is at stake. SFI Smart Ocean plan to create an ocean observation system which will sustainably ensure economic growth.

Science

A world of porous materials

Researchers demonstrate how we can make use of pores to solve some of the greatest challenges before us – such as the global climate crisis.

Research centres at IFT

Department of Physics and Technology has an extensive international collaboration including CERN and the European Space Agency (ESA). The department is also hosting a Centre of Excellence (SFF), is actively involved in two Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI), and is contributing to two Research centres for Environmental friendly Energy (FME).