Education & Workforce Development

The Team

The NQCP Education & Workforce Development (E&W) team, is dedicated to building a quantum-ready workforce and establishing a world-class talent pipeline for the quantum era. The E&W team, led by Associate Professor Kim Splittorff, includes fully dedicated technical and didactical experts, researchers from the NQCP research teams, and teaching assistants. By integrating research into quantum education, the team ensures that the transition to a quantum-enabled future is supported by a highly skilled workforce and an informed community.

Mission‑driven educational activities
The NQCP E&W team focuses on the following key activity areas to build a quantum‑ready workforce:

• Broad educational initiatives: Developing and supporting university programs such as the MSc in Quantum Information Science at UCPH, and teaching for high‑school classes.
• Targeted talent development: Giving pre‑university students supervision and hands‑on opportunities with state‑of‑the‑art quantum technologies.
• Professional training: Sharing knowledge and insights with professionals such as investors, IT responsibles, and policymakers. Offering courses that help train teachers in quantum technologies.

Quantum Training Lab
With colleagues at the Niels Bohr Institute the NQCP E&W team has established a world-leading educational infrastructure to provide university students and the coming generations hands-on experience using state-of-the-art quantum hardware. The NQCP E&W also offer vocational training in the Quantum Training Lab. (The Quantum Training Lab is generously supported by the A.P. Møller foundation.) 

Strategic Educational Partnerships

To strengthen the quantum ecosystem, the NQCP E&W team leverages high-impact collaborations with national and international partners:

• Industry & Technology: Working with technological leaders like NVIDEA to provide training in large scale simulation of quantum systems on classical and quantum hardware.
• Talent Development: Partnering with the Academy for Talented Youth, Science Talents/Astra*, High5Girls and Science Akademiet to inspire and mentor high-potential students early in their academic careers.
• National Programs: Collaborating with Fysiklærerforeningen to train teachers and develop material which can be used to introduce quantum technology in Danish high-schools. Co-developing educational modules with the LIFE Foundation to reach Danish high-school students at a national level.

These strategic partnerships ensure that NQCP’s educational expertise reaches a broad spectrum of future scientists and innovators.