At the Institute of Applied Natural Science, the students registered for any of the technical degrees, will be taught the principles of technical physics and chemistry, and acquire structural skills in working scientifically. In addition to the experimental demonstrations in the lectures, the students will carry out their own experiments in the laboratory, in order to gain a more practical understanding. Apart from the departments of Technical Physics and Chemistry, which share IAN-PC, each department has their own laboratory.

Furthermore the members of the institute are involved in cooperation projects with the industry and in applied research. The most important areas of competence are: EMV - which stands for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and EMVU - which stands for environmental aspects of EMC, the measurement and simulation of electric and magnetic fields, the measurement of temperature radiation and its interpretation, acoustics and environmental measurement.