Department of Physics

Patient data, financial transactions and highly sensitive political information should be as secure as possible against espionage and attacks. A piece of research infrastructure has now gone into operation on the Ulm University campus in the form of the new quantum key distribution link, which researchers at the university and the German Aerospace Center intend to use to test and further develop the transmission of information using quantum keys. This marks the beginning of a new era of quantum communication for the city of science and the region!

Ulm University has achieved top marks in the latest ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) for its master's programmes in computer science, mathematics and physics. In particular, students gave the organisation of the courses high marks, with 4.6 and 4.7 out of 5 stars respectively. The CHE ranking combines student assessments with facts about research and teaching, thus providing an overview of the conditions for master's programmes at German universities and colleges.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in the survey. 

Congratulations to all graduates! Good job.

This event celebrated the end of the academic year 2023/2024 and was also the start of the Schwörwochenende festivities in Ulm city centre.

BMBF funds Ulm researchers with 4.2 million euros

08.12.2022: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding a highly innovative project to revolutionize the imaging of tumors using quantum technology with 15.8 million euros. Within the funded consortium of three university hospitals, two universities and industrial partners, 4.2 million euros in funding will go to the University Hospital and the University of Ulm. ...more

15.11.2022: Among the most influential researchers in the world, the "Highly Cited Researchers", are wo scientists from the Physics Department of the University of Ulm. In the analysis of the citation database "Web of Science Core Collection" now published, these researchers have been cited particularly often in specialist publications by their colleagues and belong to the top one percent (top 1 %) in the respective year. This demonstrates the importance of their research. ...more

31.05.2022: The Centre for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology IQ^ST in Ulm and Stuttgart combines excellent basic research with the development of applications with a quantum edge. With immediate effect, Professor Stefanie Barz from the University of Stuttgart and Professor Fedor Jelezko from the University of Ulm will lead the centre for four years ...more

03.29.2022: On Monday Feb. 28, the first cross-regional center for quantum photonics was opened at the sites of the universities of Ulm, Stuttgart and Jena. Funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation with 12 million euros, the center will provide a cross-disciplinary and multi-site platform for research and exchange for about 50 scientists ...more

11.02.2022: On February 11,  the University of Ulm celebrated its Dies academicus. The highlight of the ceremony was the award of an honorary doctorate to  Professor Hansjörg Dittus, until recently a Member of the Executive Board of the Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). During the ceremony for the honorary doctorate, Professor Joachim Ankerhold, Vice President for Research at the University of Ulm, gave a keynote speech on quantum technology: from 1:28 min

30.06.2021: The reading out of genetic information is one of the most important processes in body cells. If errors occur during the so-called gene transcription and the resulting protein production, cancer diseases as well as metabolic and developmental disorders can arise. In order to develop new drugs or therapies for such diseases, it is therefore important to have a precise knowledge of the molecular processes inside the cell ...more

03.02.2021: Success in the Cluster for Future initiative for researchers at Ulm University, the University of Stuttgart and their partners from the industry! Joint project QSens has been selected as one of seven innovation networks nationwide in the highly competitive Clusters4Future competition sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). In collaboration with specialized companies, researchers from Stuttgart and Ulm intend to develop the quantum sensors of the future up to market readiness. ...more

16.12.2020: Despite plenty of room at the bottom, there is a limit to the miniaturization of every process. Finding these limits has been a priority goal for a long time. An international collaboration of scientists between the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Ulm University and the Autonomous University of Madrid has now found a minimal configuration for producing an electronic current.  ...more