QuSoft Research Project 1

3 EC

Semester 1 & 2, period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

53941QRP6Y

Owner Master Quantum Computer Science
Coordinator dr. John van de Wetering
Part of Master Quantum Computer Science,

Course manual 2025/2026

Course content

Students can approach a potential project supervisor (a senior member of staff, a postdoc, a PhD student, or an academic visitor at QuSoft) and enquire about doing a short research project with them. These projects can be undertaken at any time of the year, and either individually or in a small group. Projects are worth 6 EC, corresponding to one month of full-time work or a full semester of roughly 10 hours of work per week (although 3 EC projects can also be approved in exceptional cases).

Objectives

  • Can conduct independent research under supervision.

Teaching methods

  • Supervision/feedback meeting
  • Self-study
  • Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis

Learning activities

Activity

Hours

Supervision/feedback meetings & Self-study

168

Total

168

(6 EC x 28 hours)

Attendance

Additional requirements for this course:

Attendence will be determined in collaboration with the supervisor.

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

This is a pass/fail course.
The deliverable depends on the chosen research project.

Assignments

The final deliverable of this project will be agreed on by the student and supervisor. 

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

The structure of this project will be agreed on by the student and supervisor. 

Additional information

This course is intended for students who have not conducted a QuSoft research project before within the MSc Quantum Computer Science. If you want to get started on a second project, please enrol in the course 'QuSoft Research Project 2' (53942QRP6Y)

Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. John van de Wetering