Disciplinary research at Institut Polytechnique de Paris is based on the expertise of its founding schools. Physics is one of ten disciplinary research departments bringing together top researchers and PhD students at state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities on the Institut Polytechnique de Paris campus. The field of Physics aims to understand the world around us. Researchers use the scientific method to observe, reason, experiment and innovate in order to model the laws of nature and their applications for a wide variety of phenomena. Physics also plays a central role in other disciplines since many modern technologies rely on advances stemming from fundamental research in this area. Examples include electronics, telecommunications, geolocation and medical imaging.