The Research Center is an integrated environment for scientific investigation activities that includes one or more Laboratories and/or Nuclei and/or Groups and involves researchers and students in developing large-scale projects or in cooperation with other governmental agencies, public and private companies, and scientific and technological research institutes.
The Research Center has a thematic guideline and assumes the role of positioning the University as a leader in the related area. Its activities are preferentially interdisciplinary, involving researchers from different University Units to qualify projects with complementarity among knowledge areas.