NQCC Industrial DLA Account - University of Glasgow 2025

The University of Glasgow will train a new generation of quantum computing specialists through a doctoral training partnership funded by the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre. Quantum computers promise to solve problems that are impossible for today’s machines, but building and programming them requires skills that barely exist in the current workforce. This grant addresses that gap by funding PhD students who will learn both the fundamental science of quantum systems and the practical engineering needed to build working devices. If the training succeeds, the UK gains a pool of experts who can design quantum algorithms, build hardware, and translate laboratory breakthroughs into real-world tools. These graduates might eventually improve drug discovery by simulating molecular interactions, strengthen cybersecurity with unbreakable encryption, or optimise logistics networks that move goods and data around the country. The project does not itself build a quantum computer—it builds the people who will. Without such training, even the best fundamental research in quantum physics would remain locked in academic papers, never reaching the industries that could use it.