COBRA is the Inter-University Research Institute on Communication Technology Basic Research and Applications.
Research groups from the disciplines of physics, electrical engineering and chemistry from Eindhoven University of Technology and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in The Netherlands have combined their efforts in the Research-Institute COBRA to achieve added value in their education and research. The activities range from basic research in physics on novel materials and devices to system applications.

The general mission of the research institute COBRA is to excel in acquisition, transfer and application of knowledge in communication technology and its spin-off for society in general and  for industry in particular. In this respect communication technology should be understood as collecting, saving, processing, transporting, routing and presentation of information. The central element in COBRA's policy is therefore to cover the full dynamical trajectory from nano-optics and nano-electronics up to and the applications in communication devices and systems. Built on a vision of long-term developments COBRA actively defines and initiates top-level long-term programs, where possible in close collaboration with industry. In close collaboration with the Innovation Lab of TU/e, COBRA aims at playing a stimulating role in creating new start-up companies.