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Postdoc in Experimental cold atomic physics

NQCP is looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral researcher to join the Neutral Atoms group. The group currently consist of a team of 7 people led by Ass. Prof. Stefan Alaric Schäffer. We use two-electron systems such…

Administrativ koordinator til NQCP

Om os Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) er et forskningssamarbejde mellem Novo Nordisk Fonden og Københavns Universitet. Programmets mission er at udvikle og bygge kvantehardware og algoritmer…

Sarah Pearson modtager Mindelegat

Sarah Pearson modtager Kirstine Meyers Mindelegat fra Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse (SNU).

Special Advisor, Strategy & Partnerships

About The Special Advisor, Strategy & Partnerships, provides strategic guidance, policy insight and narrative framing, and social media content to support NQCP’s mission to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing and…

NQCP Photonics Postdoc

Role description The NQCP Photonics team specializes in the research and development of quantum photonic components for future fault tolerant quantum computing processors. As part of the NQCP Photonics team, you will…

New ERC Synergy Project to Pave the Way for Future Photonic Quantum Technology

Researchers from three European universities join forces to develop scalable quantum hardware based on quantum dots.

Business Collaboration: NQCP and the POEM Technology Center

A collaboration between the Niels Bohr Institute and the French RIBER gives Denmark a place in the supply chain when it comes to the microchips of the future.

CLUVEX course announcement

Call for Participation: 4th Virtual Exchange (VE) Week - February 23-27, 2026

NQCP and Japan’s Q-STAR advance industry collaboration

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP), based at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Quantum STrategic industry…

Alejandro Vigna-Gomez receives a Reintegration Fellowship awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation

Alejandro Vigna-Gomez received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2019 from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham in England. He then joined the Niels Bohr Institute to pursue…

It stays in the family – Villum grant for Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen

Siblings and professors Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen receive Villum Synergy grant to investigate the critical tipping point of AMOC – Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation.

Athene Elizabeth Stuart Demuth

Title: Modeling the evolution of crystal orientation fabrics in an Antarctic ice shelf Supervisors: Nicholas Rathmann and Aslak Grinsted

Simulating Nature: A New Quantum Leap in Thermal Physics

Better batteries, cleaner energy and smarter medicine design: This could be the result of a new quantum algorithm that helps computers simulate how materials behave at low temperatures.

The anomalous metal – new light on the strange behavior of quantum fluctuations between competing states of matter

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, steered very thin conductors from superconductivity to insulation – creating an “impossible”, strange state between the two mutually exclusive states.

Kig op i oktober: Dæmonstjernen pulserer i de mørke nætter

Mørke og ikke for kolde nætter giver optimale forhold for stjernekiggere i en oktober, som byder på lidt af hvert.

NQCP Retreat 2025

On the 25th and 26th of September, we had our yearly NQCP Retreat at Helsingør. The NQCP team, including Quantum Foundry, gathered once again at Marienlyst Strandhotel for a two day agenda focusing on covering our…

NQCP celebrates major grant wins driving quantum innovation

r We are excited to share that several researchers at NQCP have recently secured prestigious grants, propelling quantum technology research across multiple…

Quantum Materials Characterisation by Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy

Masters Project Description In this project, you will use advanced microscopy techniques to study prospective materials for quantum computing chips at the atomic scale. Working with researchers as part of NQCP, the goa…

UHV laboratory inauguration

r At NQCP, we’re always seeking opportunities to strengthen the entire programme—bridging scientific research and…

Colossal Collisions in Space send Shockwaves through the Universe: Gravitational waves break records with new observations

Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure these events and use them to understand the cosmos.

Colossal collisions in space send shockwaves through the universe: Gravitational waves break records with new observations

Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure these events and use them to understand the cosmos. Now University of Copenhagen researchers and their international…

Novel Architectures Based on Superconducting Quantum Circuits and Hybrid Quantum Systems

Master’s Project Description Superconducting quantum computing is among the most advanced quantum platforms. Despite rapid progress driven by major academic and industrial efforts, it remains unclear how current…

World-Renowned Climate Scientist Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen honoured by Royal Society of Canada

September 4, 2025 — World leading polar researcher Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen is among the newest International Fellows elected by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), one of only four annually. The RSC is the nation’s highes…

Call for Participation: 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week - October 6-10, 2025

We are pleased to invite BSc, MSc, PhD students and Postdocs, to take part in the 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week, organized by the EU ERASMUS+ project Climate University for Virtual Exchanges (CLUVEX), taking place…