University · Glasgow
Glasgow leads QEPNT, the national hub for quantum position, navigation and timing, under principal investigator Douglas Paul. Its £21.9m EPSRC grant runs from December 2024 to November 2029, and the work targets quantum clocks and position sensors that reduce dependence on satellite signals. Before that the university led QuantIC, the national quantum imaging hub, and in September 2021 it opened a Centre for Quantum Technology, directed by Miles Padgett, which draws on the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre. Quantcore, a Glasgow spin-out building quantum hardware, won the Institute of Physics qBIG prize in June 2026.
University of Glasgow, in Glasgow, appears in 13 UK quantum projects listed here. In this directory it leads QEPNT, Centre for Quantum Technology, University of Glasgow and QuantIC and is a partner in 10 more. People profiled here include David Cumming (Director), Douglas Paul (PI) and Miles Padgett (Science Co-Director).
Sources: Gateway to Research: QEPNT hub, EP/Z533178/1 · QEPNT: About us · University of Glasgow: Centre for Quantum Technology unveiled · University of Glasgow: UofG spinout Quantcore wins Institute of Physics prize
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: Lead
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Defence and security
A University of Glasgow centre that brings together the university's quantum research and development.
Role: Lead
Themes: Imaging, Sensing, Computing
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: Lead
Funding: £25m
Themes: Imaging, Sensing
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
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
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
A sureCore-led consortium designing chip technology that works at the very low temperatures inside quantum computers.
Role: Partner
Funding: £6.5m
Themes: Computing, Materials and components
DISCOVERY
An M Squared-led consortium that worked on the photonics needed to scale neutral-atom, trapped-ion and optical quantum computers.
Role: Partner
Themes: Computing
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
The phase 2 national hub for quantum sensors and clocks, led by the University of Birmingham. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £28.6m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation
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
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