University · Cambridge
At the Cavendish Laboratory, whose head Mete Atatüre co-directs the Q-BIOMED hub, Cambridge works on quantum sensors for medicine with UCL and four other universities. It is also one of ten universities in the QEPNT navigation and timing hub, and it has built a fibre testbed to Bristol that IonQ describes as one of the longest experimental quantum communication networks in the UK. In March 2026 Cambridge and IonQ agreed to set up an IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre, with plans to install a 256-qubit chip-based machine on campus.
University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, appears in nine UK quantum projects listed here. It is a partner in 9 UK projects, including QCi3, IQN and QEPNT. Profiled here: Mete Atatüre (Co-Director).
Sources: Q-BIOMED: Our team · University of Glasgow: QEPNT hub announcement (July 2024) · IonQ: IonQ and the University of Cambridge announce agreement to establish innovation centre (11 March 2026)
QCi3
The national research hub for quantum computing, led by the University of Oxford. It works on scalable and networked quantum computers.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Computing, Networks, Software and algorithms
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
Q-BIOMED
A national research hub that develops quantum sensors for earlier diagnosis of disease. UCL and the University of Cambridge lead it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £24m
Themes: Sensing, Biomedical and health, Imaging
MARCONI
A RedWave Labs-led consortium building two UK-made receiver modules for entanglement-based quantum key distribution.
Role: Partner
Funding: £1.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
QFoundry
A consortium led by the Compound Semiconductor Centre in Cardiff to set up an open-access foundry for quantum semiconductor components.
Role: Partner
Themes: Materials and components, Communications, Sensing
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
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
AQuaSeC
A Toshiba-led consortium that built prototype quantum-safe communication systems. It combined quantum key distribution with quantum-resistant algorithms.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
Recent articles from Quantum Zeitgeist that mention University of Cambridge.
Florida International University will gain access to the IonQ Superion system, a 256-qubit quantum computer, by late 2027.
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IonQ researchers tested a quantum generative machine learning model on satellite radar data, revealing potential for insights where classical methods struggle.
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Real quantum systems aren’t isolated, impacting chaos—DiQuaC2026, Sept 14-15 in Trento, explores how environmental interactions reshape dynamics & thermalization.
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IonQ received four Best Paper Awards ahead of IEEE Quantum Week 2026, recognized among 857 global submissions for breakthroughs in ai, hybrid computing, and life sciences. The company’s four winning papers represent a significant portion of the conference’s 27 Best Paper honors, selected from global
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Research, commercial and investment relationships, by year. Partners with a profile here are linked.
Cavendish Laboratory Research 2026
FormationQ Research 2026
IonQ Research 2026
Nu Quantum Research 2026
Recorded on Nu Quantum's profile.
BTQ Commercial 2025
Arm Research 2023
Barclays Research 2022
Recorded on Barclays's profile.
Horizon Quantum Computing Research 2022
Quantum Motion Research 2022
Rolls-Royce Research 2021
Recorded on Rolls-Royce's profile.
Microsoft Quantum Research 2019
Hitachi Research 2018
Riverlane Research 2017
Chosen by shared specialisms, then location and type.
University · London · 2 shared specialisms
University · London · 2 shared specialisms
University · Oxford · 2 shared specialisms
Research organisation · 2 shared specialisms
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