Research areas of the Department of Physics of the University of the Beira Interior include, Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Optometry and Optics.

LAG – Astrophysics and Gravitation Laboratory is a research centre founded in 1998.

LIP is a private society without profit, which gathers people from all over the country, in particular from Universidade da Beira Interior, in Covilhã, from Instituto Superior Técnico and Faculdade de Ciências in Lisboa, from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia in Coimbra and from Universidade do Algarve, in Faro. LIP members participate in 20 experiments, of which 9 are performed at CERN.

Centro de Óptica is a research center founded in 1994, which main purpose is research and technological development in Optics and Analysis and Characterization of Materials.

• LIP Outreach
• Particle Physics for everybody
• CERN Summer programs
• Particle Physics Institutes

• UBI - Faculdade de Ciências Exactas
• Departamento de Física da UBI
• Centro de Óptica da UBI