About the Program

The Institute for Quantum  Computing has recently expanded to the new, state-of-the-art Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC). The building contains a new fabrication and metrology facility, and a suite of laboratories for research in areas including quantum optics, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron spin resonance (ESR), quantum dots, superconducting qubits, coherent spintronics and quantum  cryptography. The  building hosts IQC researchers from all three faculties (Engineering, Mathematics and Science), and has formal and informal meeting spaces designed to facilitate interaction and interdisciplinary research.

Courses

Students in all three faculties will be required to take two core quantum information courses (and must also meet the course requirements of their home program).  These interdisciplinary courses provide a strong foundation in quantum  information  science.

The two required core quantum information courses are:

QIC 710: Quantum Information Processing

QIC 750: Implementation of Quantum Information Processing

PhD students are also required to take two additional courses in quantum information, and fulfill a research  seminar requirement, a comprehensive exam and a thesis in quantum information

In addition to the two core courses, students will be able to take a wide range of advanced courses within quantum information (http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/welcome/graduate/courses), offered by leading researchers in the field.

Eligible supervisors include the  core IQC faculty,and a wide range of Research  Professors, Associate Faculty, and Affiliate Members of IQC: http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/welcome/graduate/supervisors

Contact  Information:

Inquiries can be directed toMichele Mosca, Program  Directoratgrad@iqc.ca.