University · Bristol
At Bristol, quantum research runs through the Quantum Engineering Technology (QET) Labs, which apply integrated quantum photonics (steering single photons around chips, an approach the labs say was invented in Bristol) to computing, sensing and secure communication. The university is a partner in the IQN, QuSIT and QEPNT research hubs and co-runs a doctoral training centre in quantum information science with Sussex. Its Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre, backed by £35m from local government, hosts start-ups including KETS Quantum Security, QLM and Phasecraft. In September 2026 a QET team reported a silicon chip that used four-mode entanglement to measure below the shot-noise limit.
University of Bristol is a university in Bristol with 13 quantum projects in this directory. It leads 1 UK project (QTIC) and is a partner in 12 more.
Sources: QET Labs (University of Bristol) · Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre (University of Bristol) · Heriot-Watt University to lead UK quantum internet research (Heriot-Watt University) · New hub focussing on quantum sensing, imaging and timing (University of Birmingham) · Glasgow to lead quantum navigation hub (University of Glasgow) · New quantum CDT launched by Sussex and Bristol (University of Sussex) · Bristol chip uses entangled light to beat shot-noise limit (Quantum Zeitgeist)
QTIC
A University of Bristol innovation centre with facilities and support for quantum and deep tech start-ups.
Role: Lead
Funding: £35m
Themes: Computing, Communications, Sensing
SPOQC
A UK CubeSat mission to test quantum key distribution between a satellite and a ground station in Edinburgh.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
A doctoral training centre run by the universities of Sussex and Bristol to train PhD researchers in quantum technology.
Role: Partner
Funding: £24m
Themes: Skills and training, Computing
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
QEPNT
A national research hub for quantum position, navigation and timing, led by the University of Glasgow. It aims to reduce reliance on satellite signals such as GPS.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Defence and security
QuSIT
A national research hub for quantum sensing, imaging and timing, led by the University of Birmingham.
Role: Partner
Funding: £22m
Themes: Sensing, Imaging, Timing and navigation
Quantum Missions pilot
An Innovate UK competition that funded industry projects in quantum computing and quantum networks towards the UK quantum missions.
Role: Partner
Themes: Computing, Networks
A BT-led consortium developing ways to assure the security and reliability of quantum key distribution systems.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
An ORCA-led consortium that designed and demonstrated how a quantum computer could sit inside a data centre alongside classical systems.
Role: Partner
Themes: Computing, Communications, Networks
A BT-led consortium testing free-space quantum key distribution for short and mid-range links, including 5G and connected vehicles.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
The phase 2 national hub for quantum communications, led by the University of York. The hub's work ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £23.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
QuantIC
The phase 2 national hub for quantum imaging, led by the University of Glasgow. Its grant ran from December 2019 to May 2025.
Role: Partner
Funding: £25m
Themes: Imaging, Sensing
QCS
The phase 2 national hub for quantum computing and simulation, led by the University of Oxford. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £27.3m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
Recent articles from Quantum Zeitgeist that mention University of Bristol.
Achieving complete quantum simulations once required resources beyond current capabilities; now, calculations previously intractable are possible using approximately ten thousand physical qubits. This new compilation framework estimates end-to-end runtimes, from 102 milliseconds on photonic or super
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The Max Planck-Korea-PSI Center for Quantum Emergent Spintronics, KOMQUEST, officially began operations September 13, 2026, uniting six institutions to advance spin-based technologies.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
The NQCC and University of Bristol offer two intensive, six-week online programs in quantum information and computation, ideal for STEM professionals.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
David Topping and Hao Zhang, physicists at the University of Manchester, applied NVIDIA Earth-2 AI to forecast UK air quality—a factor in 30,000 annual deaths.
Image © Quantum Zeitgeist
Research, commercial and investment relationships, by year. Partners with a profile here are linked.
RobQuant Commercial 2025
Recorded on RobQuant's profile.
KETS Quantum Security Research 2016
Recorded on KETS Quantum Security's profile.
PsiQuantum Research 2016
QTEC Strategic 2016
Recorded on QTEC's profile.
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University · London · 2 shared specialisms
Company · Nottingham · 2 shared specialisms
Company · Bristol · 1 shared specialism
Company · Bristol · 1 shared specialism
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