Saxony Launches Network for Quantum Technologies

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Quantum sciences and applications are rapidly advancing as key technologies for secure communication, high-performance computing, new materials, and ultra-precise sensing. To strategically advance these future technologies and transfer them into industrial applications, the Saxon research network for quantum technologies, SAX-QT “Quantum Saxony”, is being launched today. The aim is to strategically pool, further develop, and make internationally visible the expertise in quantum technologies within the Free State of Saxony. The network is coordinated by Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research IFW Dresden.

The EU and the Free State of Saxony are supporting the network’s establishment phase with three million euros in ERDF funding until the end of 2027. This setup period will create a sustainable structure that ensures national and international visibility and enables close integration with European pilot lines.

At the launch of the network on 17 December 2025, Saxon State Minister for Science Sebastian Gemkow emphasized: “Quantum technologies had been classified as a topic of particular strategic importance within the White Paper for research in public scientific institutions in the Free State of Saxony. They have also been identified as key technologies of the High-Tech Agenda Germany and are thus becoming more important than ever within a scientific context, and, above all, economically. Consequently, Quantum Saxony is establishing a network right at the center of national, European, as well as global developments and strategic processes.”

Strengthening Saxony’s position in the quantum sector together

Quantum Saxony connects expertise from universities and non-university research institutions and involves associations, start-ups, and industry partners. The goal is to develop quantum technologies across all fields and to transfer them into industrial applications.

The network is an open platform that continuously integrates additional partners and intensifies exchanges among researchers, industry, and policymakers. Saxony’s interdisciplinary strengths - which range from materials science and micro- and nanoelectronics to software development - are thus specifically driven toward economic utilization. Another key objective is the development of qualified specialists: through targeted education and continuing training programs, young quantum experts will be trained for careers in research and industry. Another central aspect of the network is the qualification of the new generation: through targeted education and training programs, young quantum experts will be trained for research and industry.