The HALT Consortium
The HALT consortium brings together three project beneficiaries and nine third country partners.
The HALT Consortium
Project Beneficiaries
Aston University, UK
Project Coordinator
Aston University is a public research university situated in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Aston pioneered the integrated placement year concept over 50 years ago, and more than 73% of Aston students take a placement year, the highest percentage in the UK. In 2020, Aston University was named "University of the Year" by The Guardian.
CNRS, France
Project Beneficiary
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Project Beneficiary
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934. It is a multidisciplinary research centre, with around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute.
Third Country Partners
Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Third Country Partner (Participation Ended)
Novosibirsk State University is a public research university located in Novosibirsk, Russia. The university was founded in 1958, on the principles of integration of education and science, early involvement of students with research activities and the engagement of leading scientists in its teaching programmes.
ITMO University, Russia
Third Country Partner (Participation Ended)
ITMO University is a state-supported university in Saint Petersburg and is one of Russia's National Research Universities. Research priorities of ITMO University are concentrated in information and photonic technologies.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Third Country Partner
The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is a public research university located in Guanshan Subdistrict, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. HUST manages Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics (WNLO), which is one of the five national laboratories in China.
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Third Country Partner
The University of São Paulo (USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, and holds a high reputation among world universities, being ranked 100 worldwide in reputation by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
RIKEN, Japan
Third Country Partner
RIKEN is Japan's national research and development institute. Founded in 1917, it conducts research across the natural sciences, with centres throughout Japan working in fields including physics, chemistry, life sciences, and computer science.
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Third Country Partner
The University of Auckland is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest, most comprehensive and highest-ranked university in New Zealand and consistently places among the top 100 universities in the QS World University Rankings.
New York University, USA
Third Country Partner
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is the mathematics research school of NYU, and is among the most prestigious mathematics schools and mathematical sciences research centres in the world.
University of Arizona, USA
Third Country Partner
Founded in 1885, the University of Arizona is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Its research spans fields including astronomy, engineering, medicine, and the natural sciences. The university's Wyant College of Optical Sciences conducts work in optical physics, photonics, image science, and optical engineering, providing expertise closely related to HALT's study of light and its dynamics.
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Third Country Partner
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. UTS is regarded as one of the world's leading young universities (under 50 years old), ranked 1st in Australia and 11th in the world by the 2021 QS World University Rankings Young Universities.