The Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), a joint research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV), welcomed participants of the 2026 National Meeting of Physics Students (ENEF 2026) on Tuesday, 28 July. This year's event, jointly hosted by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the University of Valencia (UV), took place from 27 to 31 July.

Organised by the Student Group (GdeE) of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics (RSEF), the event brought together 180 undergraduate, master's and doctoral students from across Spain with the aim of promoting learning, professional development and networking. The meeting received institutional, financial and academic support from the School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT) at UPV and the Faculty of Physics at UV, as well as sponsorship from companies in the sector such as Multiverse Computing and Valencian research centres including IFIC.

The programme began on Monday, 27 July, with the opening lecture delivered by Jairo Sinova, a theoretical physicist specialising in spintronics, at the University of Valencia Botanical Garden. The following day, Carmen García, CSIC Research Professor at IFIC and recipient of the 2024 Blas Cabrera National Research Award in the Physical Sciences category, opened a session dedicated to local research, showcasing the work carried out by faculty members from the physics departments of both universities.

Among the programme's highlights was a public science communication event held on Wednesday, 29 July, featuring renowned science communicators Andrea Henderson, Alberto Aparici (a former IFIC member), Paula Desiré and Miguel Camarasa (Mates Mike). They also served as the jury for the conference's poster competition.

Throughout the week, participants visited several of Valencia's leading research institutes, including the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMOL), the Institute for Instrumentation in Molecular Imaging (I3M) and the University Institute of Materials Science (ICMUV). IFIC hosted its visit on Tuesday, 28 July, when participants toured several laboratories, learned first-hand about the institute's research activities and their applications, and attended a talk by IFIC Director Sergio Pastor.

The conference concluded with a closing lecture by Beatriz Roldán, Director of the Department of Interface Science at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany, followed by the General Assembly of the Student Group.

The five-day event came to a close after offering future physicists an extensive programme of talks and activities covering research, industry and science communication.