University of Strathclyde
University · Glasgow
Glasgow university behind the UK's quantum magnetometer network for space weather, lead of the Applied Quantum Technologies CDT, and partner in three hubs.
Planned Centre
QCNDS: Quantum Centre for Nuclear Defence and Security
A centre of excellence launched by AWE in November 2025 and led by the University of Strathclyde, applying quantum sensing and computing to nuclear science for national security.
Project data last updated 11 October 2026
About this project
AWE launched the Quantum Centre for Nuclear Defence and Security (QCNDS) in November 2025 as a centre of excellence for quantum projects that support national security. The government announcement says it is led by the University of Strathclyde and includes the University of Birmingham, through the QuSIT hub, and the University of Oxford, through the QCi3 hub. Planned work includes quantum sensing to assess the condition of components and quantum computing for materials simulation.
AWE made Strathclyde a strategic alliance partner in August 2025, with quantum among the research areas. No funding figure for the centre was given in the sources.
Lead organisation
Partners (3)
AWE
National lab · Aldermaston
University of Birmingham
University · Birmingham
University of Oxford
University · Oxford
Funders
Ministry of Defence
Government · London
In the news
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Vlatko Vedral, The Oxford Physicist Who Put a Number on Entanglement, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Vlatko Vedral is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford, a Serbian-born physicist who has spent three decades asking what entanglement is and what it can do. Entanglement is the link that lets two particles share one quantum state. As a PhD student in London he helped f
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Researchers Map Routes to Encode Classical Data on Qubits, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
From bits to qubits, converting classical information now accounts for circuit size, depth and resource needs previously overlooked in theoretical designs. This comprehensive survey moves beyond abstract concepts to examine techniques applicable to real-world datasets like sparse matrices and Boolea
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Five of six Q4Bio finalists chose IBM quantum hardware, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
In the Q4Bio Challenge, research teams sought scalable quantum algorithms for healthcare, competing for $2 million in prize money, and five of the six finalists used IBM quantum hardware for their research. Q4Bio aims to accelerate development of quantum algorithms for healthcare that can run on qua
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AI excels at exams, but lacks human theory-building skills, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
A new study challenges AI’s knowledge creation, arguing a disconnect exists between its data-based predictions and human theory-based reasoning.
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