Quantum Physics Day at LMU Munich


On 8 November 2025, the Faculty of Physics at LMU, together with the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), hosted a “Quantum Physics Day” with a colorful program for all interested parties. Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) welcomed visitors to its booth who were particularly interested in quantum computing.

Shortly after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, visitors began streaming into the main building of LMU on Geschwister-Scholl-Platz. Although LMU's “Quantum Physics Day” did not officially start until 11 a.m., those who arrived early had a better chance of securing a seat in the Audimax for Prof. Harald Lesch's lecture on quantum physics in the universe. The 800 seats were not enough to accommodate the rush, so a few more interested listeners crowded around the edges. Between the lectures, which took place throughout the day, the LMU's atrium was packed with people, where the MQV presented itself alongside many other hands-on and experimental stations. At the MQV booth, the exhibits of components from real quantum computers were met with particular interest. But the booth was also a popular place to ask questions about individual lectures – “Prof. Zeiher said you could cool atoms with lasers...?” – and to refresh physics lessons – what was polarization again and how do polarizing filters work? At the end of the day, visitors once again headed to the Audimax in large groups for Prof. Immanuel Bloch's lecture “The Coldest Computers in the World: From Feynman's Dream to Quantum Simulation and Quantum Computers.”