Doctoral students carry out their research activity in the laboratories of the Department of Physics and/or  in other laboratories of national and international research institutions, which are partners of the Department. In particular:

• Trento Institute of Fundamental Physics and Applications, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (TIFPA-INFN)
• Center for Sensors & Devices, Fondazione "Bruno Kessler" (SD - FBK),
• Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies  (IFN-CNR),
• Pitaevskii Center on Bose-Einstein Condensation (INO-CNR BEC)
• Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism (IMEM-CNR)
• Institute of Biophysics, Trento (IBF-CNR),
• European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*),
• Istituto Provinciale per la Ricerca, l'Aggiornamento e la Sperimentazione Educativi (IPRASE),
• Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN),
• European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy di Firenze (LENS),
• Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia (CNISM)
• International laboratory of large scale facilities (ESRF e ILL a Grenoble, ELETTRA in Trieste, and others).
• Science Museum of Trento (MUSE)