TU Eindhoven launches Casimir Institute

Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) has officially opened the Casimir Institute, a new university-wide center combining the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute, the High Tech Systems Center and the Future Chips Flagship into a single entity. The institute will unite more than 700 researchers working across semiconductors, quantum technology, photonics, advanced materials and high-tech systems.

With the merger, TUE aims to sharpen its position as “Europe’s leading chip university” and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty in the semiconductor domain. As part of the national Beethoven program, the university will receive 91 million euros by 2030 to expand talent, infrastructure and research activities.

“Our goal is clear,” says Bart Smolders, scientific director of the Casimir Institute. “We want to be the place where the future of chips and high-tech systems is shaped for the Netherlands, for Europe and even the world.”