Universities with PHD programs in Quantum Information Theory

[Qubix]

I will finish my Master studies in theoretical physics next year, and I want to do a PHD in Quantum Information (my main interest). I want to apply to universities in the UK and Germany (right now I restrict myself to these two countries). What are the universities you know of, that have Quantum Information projects for graduate students?

I'll use this thread as a complementary source of info to my own internet search. :)

 

[TeacupPig]

If you consider Germany, then you should definitely include Austria and Switzerland as well. There's no big difference between these countries.
And they all go by the same system: As a PhD student, you're working for a specific professor and you'll have to apply directly to him, and not to the university itself. It's like a normal job.
There are dozens of possibilities, most universities have someone working on QI. So the best way to find a professor would probably be to look at research papers and find out who's working on things you're interested in.

As a starting point I think that at places like
TU Munich, FU Berlin, Uni of Vienna, IQOQI Innsbruck, University of Geneva etc.
there are some people who are quite well-known in this field. But you should also look into 'smaller' places, like TU Braunschweig and so on.

 

[Qubix]

Thank you, I'll clearly go for all three of these countries. :)

 

[JesseC]

Any of these of interest? I am sure there are many more. Make sure you also search for 'quantum computation' groups.

http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/QuantumComputing/
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/quantumopticslaserscience/research/controlledquantumdynamics/
http://www.qi.leeds.ac.uk/

 

[Kholdstare]

I've never heard of "quantum information". I'm familiar with quantum computing, though.