The Institute of Physics and Astronomy is located near the city center in the Science University area. The Institute provide excellent modern study facilities with participation in international networks of excellence as well as in research and education projects, welcoming students and scholars from all over the world. In the area you will find opportunity for recreation too in the trattorias, wine bars, sport centres and other student facilities. The Institute of Physics and Astronomy hosts a section of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and a unit of the Italian Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter (CNISM) and, in collaboration with the Paduan Astronomical Observatory of the Italian Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), the Department runs the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, where a variety of instruments are available for research and student training.