OpenFieldUniversità degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica
The Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'Michelangelo Merlin' is a premier joint physics research division operated by Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro and Politecnico di Bari, housing leading laboratories affiliated with INFN, CNR, and CERN in experimental particle physics, quantum optics, and astrophysics.
Academic overview & excellence
The department offers rigorous bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in fundamental and applied physics. It plays major roles in the CMS and ALICE experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and develops cutting-edge single-photon quantum key distribution technologies.
Research admissions & criteria
Admission requires a secondary school diploma (Maturità) for bachelor's degrees or an accredited BSc in Physics/Mathematics with a minimum Italian graduation mark of 85/110 for master's programs. Doctoral candidates compete in national concorso examinations, evaluated on academic transcripts, research proposals, and oral defense.
Verified opportunities & funding programs (7)
INFN & UniBa Michelangelo Merlin PhD Scholarship in Particle Physics
Three-year fully funded doctoral fellowship investigating Higgs boson precision measurements and silicon pixel detector upgrades for the High-Luminosity LHC at CERN.
Laurea Magistrale in Fisica (Curriculum Quantum Technologies - English Taught)
Two-year English-taught Master of Science curriculum covering quantum optics, quantum information theory, quantum computing algorithms, and entangled photon cryptography.
Bari Quantum Optics & Single-Photon Cryptography Fellowship
One-year renewable research fellowship designing continuous-variable quantum key distribution prototypes and single-photon avalanche diode detector arrays.
CERN ALICE Silicon Pixel Tracker Engineering Practicum
Six-month laboratory practicum in the INFN Bari cleanroom assembling and testing micro-channel silicon drift sensors for high-energy heavy ion collisions.
Laurea Triennale in Fisica (Bachelor of Science in Physics)
Three-year Italian first-cycle degree providing rigorous mathematical and experimental foundations in classical mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and special relativity.
ADISU Puglia International Physics Scholars Excellence Grant
Regional welfare scholarship supporting disadvantaged international scholars admitted into physics degree courses in Bari.
Corso di Perfezionamento in Calcolo Parallelo & Machine Learning per la Fisica
Ten-week advanced professional course teaching CUDA parallel programming, MPI cluster distribution, and PyTorch deep neural networks applied to particle physics datasets.
Distinguished faculty & researchers (3)
Prof. Salvatore Nuzzo
Director of Department & Professor of Experimental Physics · Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica
Prof. Salvatore Nuzzo is Director of Department & Professor of Experimental Physics in the Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica at Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, conducting advanced research in High-Energy Particle Physics, CMS Experiment at CERN, Heavy Flavor Physics.
Prof. Milena D'Angelo
Associate Professor of Quantum Optics · Quantum Optics and Information Group
Prof. Milena D'Angelo is Associate Professor of Quantum Optics in the Quantum Optics and Information Group at Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, conducting advanced research in Quantum Imaging, Ghost Imaging, Entangled Photon Spectroscopy.
Prof. Domenico Di Bari
Full Professor of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics · Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics Division
Prof. Domenico Di Bari is Full Professor of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics in the Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics Division at Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, conducting advanced research in ALICE Experiment at CERN, Quark-Gluon Plasma, Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions.
Editorial & verification standards
Institution profile and program records reflect official documentation verified on 2026-10-15. OpenField is an independent student academic resource and is not formally affiliated with Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica.