Dipartimento di Fisica (DiFi), Universita' di Genova
Until the late '40s, at the University of Genoa, there was only the Institute of Experimental Physics; Since 1950, the Institute of Theoretical Physics joined it. After various vicissitudes, in 1971 the Institute of Physical Sciences was established, uniting the hitherto established professorships at several institutions.
The Department of Physics (DiFi) was created in 1984 as a natural sequence of the Institute of Physical Sciences, in conjunction with the move to new premises in Via Dodecanese 33.
The Department of Physics of the University of Genoa is comopsed of a 9 floors building with a total floor area of approximately 14000 m2 (including research laboratories, workshops and basic technical services, classrooms, library).