Website Aalto University
Aalto University hosts a Finnish deep-tech hub and provides many interesting thesis and internship opportunities for university students (BSc, MSc, PhD).
Research and other activities at the university cover many quantum-relevant domains, such as:
- superconducting technologies
- quantum materials
- integrated quantum photonics
- sensing applications
- quantum computers
- algorithms and software
- quantum communications engineering
- quantum foundations
- market emergence
Students may pursue thesis work and internships, for example, in these areas.
See the full list of quantum-related research groups at Aalto University below.
Please do not hesitate to contact the contact persons of the groups if you are interested in available opportunities.
If you wish help in finding a quantum-related thesis topic, please get in touch with the EduQ contacts at Aalto University.
Field of operations: Software stacks for hybrid classical–quantum computing systems, real-time QEC decoding, scheduling across HPC + QPU
Specific topics of interest: Software stacks for hybrid classical–quantum computing systems, real-time QEC decoding, scheduling across HPC + QPU
Group leader: Bo Zhao
- Aalto University
quantum information theory, quantum private information retrieval, post-quantum cryptography, quantum matroid theory
Group leader: Camilla Hollanti
- Aalto University, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
2D materials, heterostructures, topological materials
Group leader: Peter Liljeroth
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
quantum computing from labs to markets
Group leader: Nina Granqvist
- Aalto University, Department of Management Studies
quantum error correction and fault tolerant computation, QKD
Group leader: Olav Tirkkonen
- Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking
quantum microwave communications and quantum covert communications
Group leader: Riku Jäntti
- Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking
theory of quantum materials, entangled quantum matter
Group leader: Jose Lado
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
spatial data science, urban analytics and modelling, transport simulation/optimization, predictive analytics, spatial decision support systems
Group leader: Henrikki Tenkanen
- Aalto University, Department of Built Environment
Mathematical Structures in the Quantum Era
Group leader: Patric Östergård
- Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking
quantum optomechanics with excitons, optical trapping in vacuum and quantum control of motion, light-matter BEC, optical computing
Group leader: Anton V. Zasedatelev
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
post-quantum cryptography, quantum algorithms
Group leader: Ilkka Tittonen
- Aalto University, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Field of operations: quantum computing, algorithms and software
Specific topics of interest: Quantum computing for energy system operation for low cost (economy) and emission (sustainablity)
Group leader: Zhengmao Li
- Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering
information theory, open quantum systems
Group leader: Tapio Ala-Nissilä
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
quantum magnetism, spintronics, magnon-phonon coupling, magnon-photon coupling
Group leader: Sebastiaan van Dijken
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
nanomaterials and devices for quantum technologies
Group leader: Harri Lipsanen
- Aalto University, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
quantum sensing (magnetometry) for neuroimaging instrumentation
Group leader: Lauri Parkkonen
- Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
fault-tolerant quantum computing, compilers, and decoders
Group leader: Alexandru Paler
- Aalto University, Department of Computer Science
interface of quantum physics, and neuroscience
Group leader: Petri Ala-Laurila
- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences AND Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
quantum sensing, quantum materials, hybrid devices, entanglement in superconducting systems, NEMS
Group leader: Pertti Hakonen
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
superconducting circuits, qubits, open quantum systems, bolometers
Group leader: Mikko Möttönen
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
many-body quantum physics, superconductivity, nanophotonics, Bose-Einstein condensation, ultracold gases
Group leader: Päivi Törmä
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
artificial intelligence and machine learning, quantum machine learning
Group leader: Vikas Garg
- Aalto University, Department of Computer Science
mechanical quantum devices, cavity optomechanics, qubit-acoustic hybrids
Group leader: Mika Sillanpää
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
quantum thermodynamics, quantum devices, mesoscopic physics
Group leader: Jukka Pekola
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
theoretical condensed matter physics, quantum transport, statistical physics, quantum information processing
Group leader: Christian Flindt
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
experimental and theoretical condensed-matter and quantum information utilising superconducting circuit QED platforms
Group leader: Sorin Paraoanu
- Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics
Field of operations: Surfaces and Interfaces at the Nanoscale
Specific topics of interest: Quantum materials, molecular spintronics, quantum simulation methods, machine learning
Group leader: Adam Foster
- Aalto University
systems, software, data and services engineering and analytics
Group leader: Hong-Linh Truong
- Aalto University, Department of Computer Science
