Research

Research departments

In Université Grenoble Alpes, 6 research departments support and develop excellence in research within all disciplinary fields – both in basic and applied research – and foster pluridisciplinary and collaboration between the teams of the various departments.
The Faculty of Science is involved in 4 of these 6 research departments:
  • Chemistry, Biology, Health (CBS)
    Bio-motivated chemical systems / Integrative structural and cellular biology / Cancer and chronic diseases / Translational neurosciences / Technology and health. 
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  • Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences (MSTIC)
    MathAlp: from basic research to applications / Cyberphysical systems / Data science / Perception, interactions, uses. 
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  • Particles Physics, Astrophysics, Geosciences, Environment and Ecology (PAGE)
    The universe: origin, composition, evolution / Earth and anthropization: climate, ecosystems, risks and resources. 
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  • Physics, Engineering, Material Science (PEM)
    Materials, structures and systems / Condensed and complex matter / Mechanics, processes and transfers / Micro-electronics, micro-systems, electrical engineering / Nanosciences, nanotechnologies. 
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European Schools

The Faculty of Sciences hosts 3 European schools in its fields of expertise:

HERCULES

HERCULES is a five weeks course aimed at training for students, postdoctoral and senior scientists from European and non-European universities and laboratories, in the field of Neutrons, X-ray Synchrotron Radiation, and Free Electron Laser for condensed matter studies (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Geosciences, Industrial applications).

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ESONN

ESONN’ is a two-week course aimed at providing training for graduate students, postdoctoral and junior scientists coming from universities and laboratories all around the world and working in the fields of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies.
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ERCA

ERCA is a course for PhD students, early career scientists and engineers from universities, public research institutes and private research or industrial organizations. ERCA is a high level international multidisciplinary course rooted in atmosperic and climate sciences, and extending beyond this scope to the social aspects of global change, to hydrology and oceanography, and environmental chemistry.
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