As part of TU9, TU Braunschweig is one of the leading institutes of technology in Germany. It is the only university in Germany to combine physics and electrical engineering in one faculty. Metrology is one of the four core research areas at TU Braunschweig. The research centre LENA (Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology) with around 2,500 m² of laboratory and office space forms the heart of this core research area. Since 2019, around 200 scientists have been carrying out interdisciplinary research in the centre, which is run in conjunction with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. They are pursuing research approaches ranging from nanometrology measurement technology to the testing of medical applications.
The strength of TU Braunschweig in alliances like the QuantumFrontiers and PhoenixD clusters of excellence and the QVLS lies primarily in the miniaturisation and scaling of (quantum) technologies. This includes in particular the realisation of laboratory set-ups as robust key technologies on the scale of a chip. With the Nitride Technology Centre (NTC), TU Braunschweig also combines various semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride and silicon on a single chip. The diverse application possibilities of research at TU Braunschweig regularly lead to successful spin-offs, such as the QVLS partners Qubedot and Qudora or collaborations with international technology leaders such as OSRAM ams in the epitaxy competence centre ec².