The new international doctoral programme in quantum science and technologies “Gen-Q” opens call for 51 doctoral positions at 📍: University of Basel, The University of Freiburg, Université de Haute-Alsace - UHA, University of Strasbourg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Amsterdam and Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Call closes on August 31. 2025.

Apply here. GenQ webpage at EUCOR.

Gen-Q is a doctoral training programme set up by the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Eucor – The European Campus. It provides 51 doctoral positions with an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral focus. Each doctoral project lasts 48 months and culminates in the award of a doctoral degree. The Gen-Q programme has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101217386.

Based on the high quality, complementarity, diversity and experience in teaching, research and innovation of its involved partner institutions and researchers, Gen-Q will provide a crucial step in increasing the availability of leading experts in quantum science and technologies in Europe. Gen-Q establishes a model for sustainable long-term European cooperation in education and research in quantum science and technologies among leading European universities and with the non-academic sector.

Scientific orientation
The scientific orientation of the programme focuses on four grand challenges:

• (1) overcoming noise in quantum devices
• (2) scaling up complexity in so-called qubits and sensors
• (3) developing quantum hardware
• (4) developing quantum software and hybrid computing