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Having celebrated the International Year of Quantum last year, here we speak to people across the Department of Physics to find out how they found their way into quantum, what their days look like now, and how they see the field changing.

The Quantum Advantage in Quantitative Quantum Simulation programme, led by the University of Oxford, is advancing analogue quantum simulation to ensure quantum systems can deliver a practical advantage to science or industry.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

The University of Oxford's brand new MSc in Quantum Technologies had its official launch last week.

Professor Alexander Lvovsky has been named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow for pioneering contributions to the technology of preparation, manipulation, characterisation, and storage of quantum states of light.

Researchers at the Department of Physics are simulating the strange, probabilistic world of quantum mechanics, opening the door to new innovations for superconductors, materials science, and quantum technologies.

Events and activities across the Department of Physics are ensuring that people of all ages get to know about how quantum will potentially impact their lives.

Professor Ian Walmsley CBE FRS, recently appointed Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute (OQI), has also been named a member of the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board.

Professor Ian Walmsley CBE FRS has been appointed Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute at Oxford University.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Dr Jacob Blackmore from the Department of Physics is one of 11 recipients of an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship, awarded to the most promising early career researchers in the UK.