Dr. Christoph Bruder

Professor

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Biography

Christoph Bruder studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Sussex, receiving his diploma in Munich in 1985, where his diploma thesis focused on superfluid 3He under the supervision of D. Vollhardt and P. Wölfle. He joined T. M. Rice's group at ETH Zurich and completed his PhD thesis on Andreev scattering in unconventional superconductors in 1989. Following this, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, collaborating with T. C. Lubensky, G. Mele, and Brooks Harris. In 1991, he joined Gerd Schön's group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he obtained his Habilitation on mesoscopic superconductivity in 1995. He became an Associate Professor at the University of Basel in 1998 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2004. Throughout his career, Bruder has received several awards, including the Klaus Tschira Award for achievements in public understanding of science in 1997 and the Swiss-Korean Outstanding Research Efforts Award in 2001. His research contributions include serving as a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters from 2001 to 2007 and a Co-Editor on the Advisory Board of Europhysics Letters from 2004 to 2010.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2004-01-01 — Present

University of Basel • Basel, Switzerland

Full Professor in the Department of Physics, focusing on quantum coherence and related areas.

Associate Professor

1998-01-01 — 2004-01-01

University of Basel • Basel, Switzerland

Associate Professor in the Department of Physics.

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, USA

Worked under T. C. Lubensky, focusing on experimental physics.

Researcher

1991-01-01 — 1995-01-01

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology • Karlsruhe, Germany

Conducted research on mesoscopic superconductivity.

Awards

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Klaus Tschira Award

1997-01-01
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Swiss-Korean Outstanding Research Efforts Award

2001-01-01
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Outstanding Referee Award

2009-01-01

Requirements for University of Basel

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:95
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with at least 180 ECTS Specific ECTS requirements in core subjects (e.g., 90 ECTS in Math/CS for Data Science)
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate or current transcript of records
  • Diploma Supplement (if available)
  • CV/Resume
  • Copy of valid passport or ID card
  • Evidence of language proficiency (C1 level recommended for English/German programs)
  • Proof of payment of application fee (CHF 100)
Specialization Notes

The University of Basel generally requires C1 level proficiency in the language of instruction. For most English-taught Masters, TOEFL (min 92-95) or IELTS (min 7.0) is the standard.