OpenFieldFounded in 1759 by Elector Max III Joseph in Munich, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften - BAdW) is Germany's largest and one of Europe's most historic scientific academies. Housing the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), the Walther Meissner Institute for Low Temperature Research (WMI), and the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), BAdW conducts world-class research in quantum computing, geodesy, and humanities.
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
Doctoral research position at LRZ Garching working on the Munich Quantum Valley initiative, integrating superconducting quantum processors into hybrid exascale supercomputing pipelines.
Elite two-year joint master's program delivered by TUM and LMU Munich in partnership with BAdW covering quantum information, quantum cryptography, and solid-state quantum devices.
Four-year salaried doctoral research appointment at the Walther Meissner Institute fabricating circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) chips and characterizing decoherence mechanisms.
High-precision geophysical research investigation utilizing ground-penetrating radar and satellite altimetry to quantify volume loss across Bavarian Alpine glaciers (Vernagtferner).
Six-month research internship at the SuperMUC-NG petascale supercomputer facility optimizing parallel astrophysics and climate simulation codes for next-generation GPU accelerators.
Two-year postdoctoral research appointment developing optically active nitrogen-vacancy (NV) and silicon-vacancy colour centres in diamond for nanoscale quantum sensing and magnetic resonance.
Interdisciplinary research fellowship at bidt Munich investigating societal, economic, and legal transformations triggered by generative artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies.
Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at BAdW and LRZ are fully salaried under German public service collective wage agreements (TV-L E13 to TV-L E14). Annual gross salaries range from approximately EUR 52,000 to EUR 65,000 with complete state health and pension benefits. Standard student semester fees at partner universities (LMU/TUM) are approximately EUR 85 to EUR 150.
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities:
Director of Walther Meissner Institute & Professor of Technical Physics · Superconducting Quantum Circuits, Quantum Information Processing, Circuit QED, Low Temperature Physics
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) · High Performance Computing (HPC), Grid and Cloud Computing, Quantum-HPC Integration, Virtual Reality Environments
Director of Geodesy and Glaciology Commission, BAdW · Glacier Mass Balance, Satellite Altimetry, Subglacial Hydrology, Alpine Cryosphere Monitoring
Facts reflect official Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities documentation reviewed 2026-10-15. Degree admissions, scholarship awards, and employment positions are subject to formal university review. OpenField does not charge students application fees.
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