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The physcis section
The Physics Section at the University of Geneva provides a lively environment where students, lecturers and researchers meet on a daily basis and work closely together.
The level of research and teaching in the Physics Section is excellent, and is highly competitive in Switzerland, Europe and across the world. UNIGE is currently in 49th position worldwide (out of 20,000) in the University of Shanghai’s classification (2024), and the physics Section as a standalone is ranked in 15th place. Thanks to the outstanding quality of research at world level, the university offers a highly international and open environment, where the atmosphere is conducive to discussion and debate and generating innovative ideas. Our research priorities are centred around four main directions: theoretical physics, particle physics, quantum materials and quantum applications.
As a leading university, the UNIGE and the Section are naturally very committed to their teaching mission. We are constantly adjusting and improving our methods and teaching to meet today's most demanding and innovative standards. The Section remains on a human scale with a particularly favourable student body ratio and a very available teaching staff. The Physics Students' Association is also very active and provides a dynamic environment for exchanges.
In today's society, which is becoming increasingly technological, it is essential that science be shared, especially in a country like Switzerland where the voice of every citizen counts in the political decisions and major orientations of the country. In 2007, the Physics Section therefore created a laboratory-theatre of scientific discovery, the Physiscope. The Athena programme, which allows post-compulsory secondary school students to discover student life by attending university courses and getting a head start on their studies, was also recently set up.
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Agenda of the Physics section
- Conférence
A short history of the Universe
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) offers a remarkable window onto the early Universe, preserving the imprints of processes that took place just moments after the Big Bang. By studying subtle features in the CMB, we can search for signatures of…
Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stückelberg
- Forum
DQMP Forum - Domitille Remini Baux - Célia Lucas Esparseil
Investigating strain effects on the far-infrared response of SrTiO3 membranes Domitille Remini Baux (group of Dr. Kuzmenko) Phonon polaritons (PhPs), hybrid light–lattice excitations, provide strong field confinement within Reststrahlen Bands (RBs),…
Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stückelberg
- Séminaire
Cosmology Journal Club on Friday 12th
Dear all, we warmly invite you to join us on Friday, December 12th, at the usual Journal Club time (10:15 a.m.) in EP234 for a talk by Dr. Fumio Uchida (IBS, Daejeon, South Korea). TITLE Primordial magnetic fields during the electroweak crossover…
Ecole de Physique / 234
- Séminaire
Reviving PBHs: primordial black holes from supercooled phase transitions revisited
Primordial black holes, hypothetical objects that may have formed in the early Universe through the interplay between high-energy physics and gravity, are very appealing candidates for dark matter. In this seminar, I will discuss their formation as a…
Ecole de Physique / EP234
- Conférence - débat
Flat Club - Benjamin Sacepe (Grenoble)
Abstract will follow soon
Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stueckelberg Pizza: 12:30, Start discussion: 13:00
- Conférence
La quantique au coin de la rue
Derrière le titre loufoque, se cache une conférence de Noël, dans le pur style originel, c'est-à-dire une conférence scientifique, démonstrative et grand public. La quantique est partout, parfois on la voit et parfois on ne la voit pas. À quel moment…
Sciences II / A300
- Séminaire
TBA
Ecole de Physique / EP234
- Séminaire
Mysterious properties of holographic entanglement
Ecole de Physique / EP234
- Séminaire
TBA
Ecole de Physique / EP234
- Séminaire
TBA
Ecole de Physique / EP234
ConférenceA short history of the Universe
More information09.12.2025 09:00 – 11:00 / Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stückelberg
ForumDQMP Forum - Domitille Remini Baux - Célia Lucas Esparseil
More information09.12.2025 13:00 – 14:00 / Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stückelberg
SéminaireCosmology Journal Club on Friday 12th
More information12.12.2025 10:15 – 11:00 / Ecole de Physique / 234
SéminaireReviving PBHs: primordial black holes from supercooled phase transitions revisited
More information12.12.2025 11:50 – 12:50 / Ecole de Physique / EP234
Conférence - débatFlat Club - Benjamin Sacepe (Grenoble)
More information16.12.2025 12:30 – 14:00 / Ecole de Physique / Auditoire Stueckelberg Pizza: 12:30, Start discussion: 13:00
ConférenceLa quantique au coin de la rue
More information18.12.2025 18:00 – 20:00 / Sciences II / A300
SéminaireTBA
More information19.12.2025 11:50 – 12:50 / Ecole de Physique / EP234
SéminaireMysterious properties of holographic entanglement
More information22.01.2026 14:00 – 15:00 / Ecole de Physique / EP234
SéminaireTBA
More information23.01.2026 11:50 – 12:50 / Ecole de Physique / EP234
SéminaireTBA
More information30.01.2026 11:50 – 12:50 / Ecole de Physique / EP234