The existing available infrastructure of the MSc includes a classroom properly equipped with modern teaching means, a special room (computer lab) with modern computer equipment (computers equipped with special software, printers, internet connection, projector , etc). Experimental training of students takes place in research laboratories so that students gain experience in current cutting-edge research activities.
Table 1: Teaching facilities currently available for the MSc Course “Advanced Functional Materials”
| Needs | Infrastructure |
| Teaching Room | Room for 25 people on the second floor of the new building of the Faculty of Sciences. (Computer, Projector, BlackBoard). |
| PC Lab | Computer room (15 stations) on the 4th floor of the new building of the School of Sciences to meet teaching needs and for students’ study. |
| Computing Infrastructure | Access and exploitation of the Institutional Supercomputing Array “Aristotelis”. |
| Electronic Databases | Access to databases of crystallographic, physical & chemical properties of materials. |
| Print and electronic Library | There is a rich and up-to-date printed library in the Department of Physics, and there is a large catalogue of electronic resources available through Heal-Link. |
The currently available infrastructure of the MSc ensures the uninterrupted work of the instructors and is considered adequate for the future.
The laboratory infrastructure includes a set of materials’ development, process, and characterization devices.
A significant part of the equipment was acquired with funding from the EPEAEK of the Ministry of Education and in recent years from research programs carried out by instructors of the MSc in Materials Science and Technology.
The operation of the MSc is based on the fact that the faculty members of the School of Physics who support it have been active for decades in the research field of Materials Physics & Technology. Research areas cover characterization, processing and development of bulk, thin film materials and nanomaterials covering a wide range of techniques.
The research work produced is of international level, as evidenced by the large number of original publications in international journals and conferences. Strong links have also been developed with research centers and universities abroad as well as with industrial bodies on a local and national scale. This know-how, as well as the long experience of the Physics School in postgraduate studies, are made available to postgraduate students in order to provide them with the best possible education.
Indicatively, students have access to the equipment of the Institutional research laboratories of the table below, where they conduct experiments and calculations in the context of laboratory courses but also work on diploma theses.
Table 2: Research Laboratories that support the operation of the MSc “Advanced Functional Materials”
| Research infrastructure | Webpage |
| Electron Microscopy Laboratory (1997) | Link |
| Theoretical and Computational Solid State Physics (2020) | Link |
| Magnetic Nanostructure CharacterizationTechnology & Applications (2018) | Link |
| Optics and Spectroscopy Laboratory (2016) | Link |
| Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices (2019) | Link |
