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Quantum training in the UK needs better visibility

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Quantum education in the UK is fragmented and poorly advertised. Raising awareness of available training and career pathways will expand and strengthen the quantum workforce and is essential to meeting national quantum ambitions.

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Fig. 1: Course content of master’s degree programmes related to the UK’s National Quantum Strategy Missions.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Josephine Hunout, Shey Dylan Lovett.

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  1. Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Josephine Hunout

  2. Imperial Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Josephine Hunout, Shey Dylan Lovett, Jessica Wade & Isabella von Holstein

  3. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Shey Dylan Lovett

  4. Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Jessica Wade

  5. Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Isabella von Holstein

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Hunout, J., Lovett, S.D., Wade, J. et al. Quantum training in the UK needs better visibility. Nat Rev Phys 8, 2–4 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-025-00908-3

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