An international research team including Stefan Kimeswenger, astrophysicist at the University of Innsbruck, has tested a new approach to studying Earth-like exoplanets.

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck, together with partners from Sydney and Waterloo, have presented a new diagnostic method for quantum computers.

Students at the University of Innsbruck now have access to UNIverse: a cloud platform to facilitate collaboration in groups. UNIverse can be used to save and share files in the cloud, and also offers functions for chats, video calls and project planning.

An international collaboration involving researchers from the University of Innsbruck has developed a novel luminescent material that enables particularly robust and precise optical temperature sensing across an exceptionally broad temperature range.

The University of Innsbruck and the University of Alberta are continuing their close collaboration and strengthening international exchange on both sides.

Observing exoplanets poses a number of challenges. In particular, planets that resemble the Earth are very difficult to study, as they only shine faintly and are outshone by their associated star. Now an international research team including Stefan Kimeswenger, astrophysicist at the University of Innsbruck, has investigated a new approach: a large, Earth-based telescope is to be combined with a "sunshade" orbiting in space that specifically blocks out the star's light.

The Aurora Universities Network is expanding its international partnership network: the University of Sussex has joined the network as a Strategic Partner as of February 2026.

With the successful implementation of the joint micro-credential Understanding Europe , the University of Innsbruck and the University of Duisburg-Essen have reached an important milestone in the development of the European Education Area.