The Laboratory
The Centre de Physique Théorique is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 7332) under multiple institutions: CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, and the University of Toulon.

Contact Information
- Director: Alain Barrat
- Deputy Director: Laurent Raymond
- Administrative and Financial Manager: Catherine Levet
- Communication Officer: Thierry Masson
- Safety Officer: Catherine Levet
Address
Centre de Physique Théorique
Campus de Luminy, Case 907
163 Avenue de Luminy
13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
Contacts
Tel: +33.4.91.26.95.00
Fax: +33.4.91.26.98.66
Email: secretariat ’@’ cpt.univ-mrs.fr
Laboratory Overview
RESEARCH
8 research teams organized into 3 thematic areas:
- Fundamental Interactions
- Statistical Physics and Condensed Matter
- Classical and Quantum Dynamical Systems
More than 110 publications per year
About 8 workshops and/or conferences organized each year
EDUCATION & SUPERVISION
Teaching at Bachelor and Master levels
More than 10 Master internships per year
Doctoral schools:
- Physics and Sciences of Matter – ED 352
- Sea and Marine Sciences – ED 548
- Mathematics and Computer Science – ED 184
About 10 PhD theses defended per year
STAFF
50 CNRS / AMU / UTLN researchers and faculty members
5 technical and administrative staff
More than 25 PhD students
More than 15 postdoctoral researchers
More than 20 visiting researchers
COLLABORATIONS & NETWORKS
AMIDEX Foundation
FRUMAM – Federation of Mathematics Research Units of Marseille
AMUtech Institute
CENTURI Convergence Institute
ISFIN Institute
Origines Institute
QuantA Institute
LABORATORY
2640 m² on 3 floors
210 offices
2 lecture halls with 50 seats
6 meeting rooms
1 videoconference room
COMPUTING FACILITIES
15 physical servers
More than 50 virtual servers
Cluster of 8 servers dedicated to computing
Connection to the RENATER network