Department of Physics
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The Department of Physics heads NCCR SPIN for development of silicon-based quantum computer.
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9.1 million euros COFUND grant for 39 EUCOR PhD students in Quantum Physics

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09 Jan 2025 / Events, Organizational Unit, Campus

2025 is The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

29 Nov 2024 / People, Campus

Michael Steinacher awarded with honorary doctorate

25 Nov 2024 / Research

Parisa Fallahi receives POWHER Award 2024

Events

Neuer Hörsaal 1, Foyer EG

Host:
Admir Greljo

Atom interferometers as particle detectors

Speaker: Clara Murgui Galvez, CERN

25 Apr 2025

15:15 - 16:30

Neuer Hörsaal 1, Foyer EG

Host:
Andrea Hofmann

Self-organization and information flow in living systems

Speaker: David Brückner, Institute of Science and Technology Austria / University of Basel

16 May 2025

15:15 - 16:30

Neuer Hörsaal 1, Foyer EG

Host:
Patrick Potts

The quantum limits of precision and timekeeping

Speaker: Marcus Huber, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

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Over 20 research groups with more than 180 teaching staff.

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Department of Physics

The Departement of Physics of the University of Basel is a center for international top-level research in the fields of nano and quantum physics, and cosmology and particle physics. Our students benefit from the excellence in research that offers them an outstanding range of courses supervised by highly talented assistants and renowned professors.

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