- Switzerland
- Higher or secondary education
- Geneve, Switzerland
- EU projects: communication 9, computing and simulation 2 (some areas are keyword suggestions pending review)
Fact sheet
- Type
- Education, Funder ROR, retrieved 21 October 2026
- Country and city
- Switzerland CORDIS (portal record), retrieved 18 October 2026Geneva Wikidata, retrieved 21 October 2026
- Founded
- 1559 Wikidata, retrieved 21 October 2026
- Employees
- 4,645 (as of 2024) Wikidata, retrieved 22 October 2026
- Identifiers
- ROR 01swzsf04 ROR, retrieved 21 October 2026Wikidata Q503473 Wikidata, retrieved 21 October 2026
- EU and national projects
- 15 projects in this catalogue CORDIS, Funding & Tenders Portal, national funders
- Not yet known from our sources
- Revenue and capital, Patents
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Identity
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EU projects and funding
14 EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS name this organisation as a participant (start years 2016 to 2026).
Net EU contribution to this organisation: EUR 6,656,524. The sum of its own net EU contribution in each of these projects, as CORDIS records it per participant.
Projects by technology pillar
- Quantum communication: 8
- Quantum computing and simulation: 3
- quantum-safe-security: 1
Follow the money: all awards by programme and country
Source: CORDIS (European Commission), snapshot retrieved 2026-10-16, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents; stored 2 November 2026.
Publications and preprints
Preprint radar
1 quantum preprint on arXiv in the last 30 days names this organisation among its institutions.
Source: arXiv quant-ph listings with OpenAlex institutions (metadata CC0), stored 2 November 2026.
Technology families and SRIA goals
- Superconducting qubits
- Quantum key distribution (QKD)
- Quantum random number generation
- Quantum networks and repeaters
- Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)
Source: the shared quantum technology taxonomy of the portal, assignments confirmed by an editor; profile stored 2 November 2026.
Related goals of the draft SRIA 2026
16 goals of the draft SRIA 2026 concern these technologies; the first 6 are listed.
- Milestone by 2030: 100 logical qubits with logical error rates around 10^-6 by 2030, matching the Commission objective of about 100 logical qubits by 2030.
- Goal by 2035: 1000 logical qubits with logical error rates around 10^-6 by 2035; the draft calls this the lower edge of broad utility rather than an end point.
- Goal in 2035: Superconducting: run fully error-corrected algorithms on hundreds of qubits without unwieldy overhead, by making the best qubits first and then scaling; analogue and annealing processors show certified utility within HPC workflows.
- Goal by 2035: Europe operates the world’s most advanced quantum communication infrastructure: long-distance links between dense multi-user metropolitan networks, several validated commercial use cases and open access facilities.
- Milestone Phase 1 (now to 2028): QKD networks in routine use, national and cross-border, terrestrial and space, including real enterprise environments; at least one EU institution or Member State administration buys a QKD-secured service for its own traffic.
- Milestone Phase 2 (2028–2030): First-generation general-purpose pilot networks in a metropolitan environment; procurement of QKD-secured services in at least three Member States; a European QKD core connecting the EU institutions with the first national QCIs.
Source: draft Strategic Research and Industry Agenda 2026 (Quantum Flagship, draft for consultation, 2026-09-19), checked 2026-10-24. Related by technology family only, not by anything this organisation said.
People in quantum at this organisation
Researchers whose latest quantum works name this organisation (OpenAlex). Professional information only. About this directory
- Thierry Giamarchi (39 quantum works since 2022)
- Pavel Sekatski (35 quantum works since 2022)
- Nicolas Brunner (22 quantum works since 2022)
- Hugo Zbinden (19 quantum works since 2022)
- Oriel Kiss (17 quantum works since 2022)
- Mikael Afzelius (16 quantum works since 2022)
- Wolfgang Tittel (16 quantum works since 2022)
- Jef Pauwels (15 quantum works since 2022)
- Rob Thew (15 quantum works since 2022)
- Antoine Georges (14 quantum works since 2022)
Capabilities on public record
From the supplier directory: each capability with its strongest evidence. A contract, a documented product, a product line or software shows supply; an EU-funded project or a confirmed technology area shows research activity. Not an endorsement or a qualification.
- Quantum key distribution systems EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum random number generators (Quantum key distribution systems) EU-funded project naming the capability
- Room-temperature control electronics (Superconducting circuits) EU-funded project naming the capability
- Superconducting circuits EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum key distribution (QKD) Technology area confirmed by an editor
- Quantum networks and repeaters Technology area confirmed by an editor
Universite de Geneve is listed in 14 project(s) in this CORDIS quantum-related snapshot, coordinating 2. Recorded net EU contribution across these projects: EUR 6,656,524. Coverage is limited to the imported dataset; participation is not a verified quantum technology capability.
Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (CORDIS). Retrieved 2026-10-16. Licence: European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). Selected administrative metadata, adapted presentation. No endorsement by the source is implied. Organisation-level data only. Licence: European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).
Source: cordis.europa.eu · checked 16 Oct 2026