The Department trains pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical personnel in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs. Students and postgraduates of the department have the opportunity to study in five directions: "Nanotechnology", "Spectroscopy", "Physics", "Physics-Informatics"and "Mathematics". The training program includes such relevant disciplines as" Technique of translation of physical terms"," Methods of teaching physics"," School Experiment Technique"," Nuclear and elementary-particle physics"," School physics workshop" and "Nanoplasmonics". The department offers training in trilingual groups.

Graduates of the department will be able to teach in secondary schools, colleges, work as engineers in laboratories and research institutes.

The department's research interests are related to the study of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. The department conducts fundamental and applied research on the development of innovative materials and technologies. The department has the Institute of Molecular Nanophotonics and the Institute of Environmental Problems and Technical Physics. Employees of the institutes implement fundamental, applied, contractual projects with the participation of doctoral students and external partners.