University of Sussex
University · Brighton
Sussex's quantum centre near Brighton: trapped-ion research, the Universal Quantum spin-out and a £24m doctoral training centre run with Bristol.
Active Programme
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technologies
A doctoral training centre run by the universities of Sussex and Bristol to train PhD researchers in quantum technology.
Project data last updated 11 October 2026
About this project
The universities of Sussex and Bristol launched this £24 million Centre for Doctoral Training in 2024. It was one of 65 new EPSRC centres announced in March 2024. The funding comes from EPSRC, industry and other government bodies, including £11.6 million from project partners.
It offers fully funded four-year PhD programmes, starting from September 2024. Partners include the National Quantum Computing Centre, the National Physical Laboratory, BT, Hewlett Packard, Oxford Instruments, PsiQuantum and Universal Quantum.
Lead organisation
Partners (6)
University of Bristol
University · Bristol
NQCC
Research organisation · Harwell
NPL
Research organisation · Teddington
BT Group
Company · London
Oxford Instruments
Company · High Wycombe
Universal Quantum
Company · Brighton
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Funder · Swindon
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Universal Quantum secures over $100M to expand quantum computing, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Universal Quantum, a UK-based firm, just raised over $100 million in Series A funding, the largest of its kind for a British quantum company.
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A recap of the Quantum Software Lab’s Quantum Fringe in Edinburgh, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
The Quantum Software Lab (QSL) at the University of Edinburgh has become a globally recognized hub for creating software solutions, and with its strategic partnership with the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), now has more than 70 researchers. In three years, the QSL is poised to lead a
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Researchers Simulate Molecules Using Ten Thousand Qubits, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
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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Ben Varcoe, The Leeds Physicist and Entrepreneur Behind Creavo and Cavero, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Ben Varcoe is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Leeds, and a physicist who builds companies as well as experiments. He first made his name in 2000 with a paper in Nature that showed how to make light containing an exact number of photons, something physicists had found ve
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