Quantum technology workshop at the ACP auditorium in 2021.

Partners

To promote strategic partnerships, the ACP research community sustains a dense network of partner universities, non-university research institutes, and industry partners.
Quantum technology workshop at the ACP auditorium in 2021.
Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

Premium Partners in Research and Education

ACP strongly supports the transfer of fundamental research results to industrial applications. To promote strategic partnerships, the ACP research community sustains a dense network of  industry partners, partner universities, and non-university research institutes.

Key data of the Jena photonics cluster in 2022, comprising academia and industry.

Graphic: OptoNet e.V. and Christian Helgert.

Academic Network in Germany 

Information

Since 2018, ACP is co-coordinating one of the three prestigious Max Planck Schools, which were implemented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as national networks of excellence with a sum of EUR 25 million and by the Fraunhofer-Society with an additional support of EUR 4 million. The Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP)External link focuses the key strengths of the German photonics community and supports highly skilled young researchers on a world class level.

placeholder image — PhD work in the MPSP labs in Jena.

Image: Max Planck School of Photonics