Quantum Science and Technology University of Nottingham

Overview

Over the last century, quantum mechanics has brought unprecedented progress in understanding the laws of nature at the microscopic level, from the early discoveries of energy quantisation and photoelectric effect, to the development of the standard model of elementary particles. This has culminated with theories such as superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect, and experimental breakthroughs such as the discovery of the Higgs boson and the realisation of Bose-Einstein condensates.

Quantum technology has taken up the challenge to put these ideas into practice to build the:

• first quantum computers

• quantum enhanced sensors

• quantum communication networks

• gravitational wave detectors

The Quantum Science and Technology programme from University of Nottingham incorporates an exciting range of academic and industrial expert speakers, who will talk about current progress in the area, as well as career workshops with industry representatives. As a postgraduate student, you will be part of the Nottingham quantum community and be able to attend seminars and other research activities organised in the two schools.

Careers

The course will provide you with training in advanced methods in mathematics, theoretical and experimental physics, as well as communication and teamwork skills. These techniques have applications in a wide variety of scientific careers at the international level. 

These include working in government labs such as NPL and DSTL in UK, Quantum Technology startups such as Quantinuum, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Orca Computing, PhaseCraft, Q-CTRL, MSquared, tech giants such as Amazon, IBM, and Google, as well as companies in finance, healthcare & pharma, transportation, renewable energy, looking to expand into quantum technology.