Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE Center)

The EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE Center) operates as a hub to establish and promote programs for cross-disciplinary research, education and innovation in the fields of quantum science and engineering at EPFL.

What is quantum?

Discover how the phenomena predicted by the laws of quantum mechanics can be harnessed to bring radical changes in many areas of technology and society

Research at QSE

Explore our research pillars in the areas of quantum hardware and software

Education at QSE

Learn more about QSE’s commitment to education and the interdisciplinary Master’s in Quantum Science and Engineering, which will help train the future leaders in quantum science and technology.

Three outstanding female students chosen for QSE INSPIRE awards

13.05.25Education

The INSPIRE Quantum Master's awards aim to attract and empower excellent female students who will conduct their master’s project in the research areas represented at the QSE Center.

A sketch of the frequency-estimation protocol © 2025 EPFL Hybrid Quantum Circuits Laboratory

A new level of precision in quantum sensing

28.04.25Research

A team of researchers at EPFL has achieved a breakthrough by showing how quantum phase transitions, sudden changes in the state of a quantum systems, can be used to dramatically enhance sensing precision. Their findings could pave the way for a new class of ultra-sensitive quantum sensors.

Chip with the couple cavity arrays (CCAs) wire bonded to a printed circuit board on top of a copper holder. 2025 EPFL/HQC - CC-BY-SA 4.0

Smaller, smarter building blocks for future quantum technology

17.04.25Research

Scientists at EPFL have made a breakthrough in designing arrays of resonators, the basic components that power quantum technologies. This innovation could create smaller, more precise quantum devices.

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QSE Quantum Seminar – Cristina Cirstoiu & Shabir Barzanjeh

23-05-202523-05-2025

With: Cristina Cirstoiu & Shabir Barzanjeh
Place and room: CM 1 120
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Simulating Many-Body Quantum Physics (Sim-MBQP)

02-06-202506-06-2025

Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Quantum computing through the lens of control: Introduction and robustness properties

13-06-202513-06-2025

With: Julian Berberich is a Lecturer (Akademischer Rat) at the Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Place and room: ME C2 405
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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