European Center for Quantum Sciences

European Center for Quantum Sciences

Centre Européen de Sciences Quantiques (CESQ)

CESQ is a transnational quantum research and educational hub of the University of Strasbourg and the CNRS. We build upon an exceptional tradition of interdisciplinary research in Strasbourg that covers quantum physics chemistry, materials science, photonics and computing. CESQ provides an open environment for collaborations, training and innovation with state-of-the-art experimental and theory research.

CESQ is part of the interdisciplinary institute of excellence “ISIS – Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires” (UMR 7006).

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News & Highlights

10.07.26

CESQ Colloquium by Nobuhiro Yanai on 18/09

The next Colloquium will be on Friday September 18 at 11AM (note the unusual time!), CESQ Seminar Room. It will be given by Nobuhiro Yanai from University of Tokyo. Title: From Molecular Qubits to Quantum Sensors through Materials Chemistry (download abstract). The Colloquium will be preceded coffee+pastries at 10:30am.  

05.05.26

CESQ connects to atomic clocks via the REFIMEVE network

During two days, the CESQ hall was taken over by ranges of tables of students collaborating together in a relaxed and studious atmosphere. The students worked impassively while the CESQ researchers, impressed by the spectacle, tried not to disrupt the students’ creative flow. The whiteboards separating the tables quickly covered up in green, red and […]

05.05.26

VivaTech and the Région Grand Est visit CESQ

During two days, the CESQ hall was taken over by ranges of tables of students collaborating together in a relaxed and studious atmosphere. The students worked impassively while the CESQ researchers, impressed by the spectacle, tried not to disrupt the students’ creative flow. The whiteboards separating the tables quickly covered up in green, red and […]

04.05.26

CESQ Colloquium by Michael Fleischhauer on 12/05

During two days, the CESQ hall was taken over by ranges of tables of students collaborating together in a relaxed and studious atmosphere. The students worked impassively while the CESQ researchers, impressed by the spectacle, tried not to disrupt the students’ creative flow. The whiteboards separating the tables quickly covered up in green, red and […]

20.04.26

Quantum Ideas Factory Hackathon 2026

During two days, the CESQ hall was taken over by ranges of tables of students collaborating together in a relaxed and studious atmosphere. The students worked impassively while the CESQ researchers, impressed by the spectacle, tried not to disrupt the students’ creative flow. The whiteboards separating the tables quickly covered up in green, red and […]