Switzerland
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 179 (rank 8 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 136
- Organisations in these projects
- 40
- EU contribution
- EUR 108.8 million
Definitions: Participations by country; Rank of a country by participations; Projects and organisations by country; Net EU contribution to participants by country
How projects are counted: the figure above is the number of EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS with at least one participant in Switzerland, the definition used across the country pages. National projects are counted separately below. The projects listing filtered by country shows the records whose own country (coordinator or host) is Switzerland, EU and national together, and the map counts portal records the same way, so their numbers differ.
Quantum at a glance
- National strategy and programmes
- Swiss Quantum Initiative · 2025-2028 · CHF 82.1 million as announced (source)
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (64 shared projects), France (52 shared projects), Spain (48 shared projects), Italy (41 shared projects), United Kingdom (38 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (35 EU quantum projects), Universitat Basel (24 EU quantum projects), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (16 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 19 companies, 16 research organisations and universities, 2 other organisations (of 40 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- No entry located in this country in the infrastructure catalogue; pilot lines and EU-wide programmes are listed there without a country.
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 2; other courses and schools: 1 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 0 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Switzerland
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Switzerland, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Switzerland, read on their official pages (checked 2026-10-22). Each item links to the page it was read on; the list is not exhaustive and not an endorsement.
National programmes and initiatives
- Swiss Quantum Strategy: Published in March 2026 by experts of the Swiss Quantum Commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences on behalf of SERI, within the Swiss Quantum Initiative, calling for coordinated action across science, economy and politics.Source: Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences: Switzerland can play a leading role in quantum technology through strategic investment, retrieved 2026-10-22; News article of 4 March 2026
Lead ministries and agencies
- Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation, SBFI / SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation): The federal agency for education, research and innovation policy, which presents the Swiss Quantum Initiative; for 2025-2028 the Confederation allocated a maximum of CHF 82.1 million, split among SCNAT, the SNSF and Innosuisse.Source: SERI: Swiss Quantum Initiative, retrieved 2026-10-22; Funding; About us
National centres and institutes
- ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub: A research facility jointly operated by ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen that brings superconducting-circuit and trapped-ion quantum computing under one roof at a large national laboratory.Source: Paul Scherrer Institute: ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub, retrieved 2026-10-22; Introductory text
QuantERA research funding network
- QuantERA III consortium partner: Research funding organisations of this country in the QuantERA III consortium, a network of research funding organisations that launches joint calls in quantum science and technologies: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).Source: QuantERA: Consortium (QuantERA II and QuantERA III partner lists), retrieved 2026-10-22; QuantERA III tab, country entry
Context: population, economy and research spending
| Indicator | Value | Year | Eurostat dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January | 9,124,288 | 2026, provisional | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 925.87 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 3.10% | 2023 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 26.64 billion | 2023 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 19.6 | 179 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 11.92 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 117,499 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0391% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 5 years with figures, 2015 to 2023 |
Method: the CORDIS figures are totals over all EU-funded quantum projects in the catalogue (projects starting 2015 to 2027); population and GDP are the latest single year Eurostat publishes for Switzerland. Figures per inhabitant and per unit of GDP therefore set cumulative quantum funding against one year of population or output: they correct for the size of the country, not for time. The share of GERD compares yearly averages instead: the EU quantum contribution divided by the number of project start years, against the average yearly GERD over the years of the same span that have a figure. The time windows of the two sources differ, so read these as indicators of relative scale, not as budget shares. Provisional and estimated values are marked as Eurostat flags them. A dash means no figure or no EU contribution; "less than" marks a positive figure too small to show at this precision.
Source: Eurostat, datasets tps00001, nama_10_gdp, rd_e_gerdtot (retrieved 2026-10-21), reused under the Eurostat copyright notice. The normalised figures are calculated by this portal from Eurostat and CORDIS data; Eurostat is not responsible for them.
Quantum areas
| Quantum area | Projects |
|---|---|
| Quantum computing and simulation | 54 |
| Quantum communication | 17 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 26 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 5 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 9 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 27 |
136 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 66 projects are placed by the taxonomy rules on their titles or a keyword suggestion, pending review (they have no reviewed technology tag). Pillars follow one method across the portal: the confirmed classification of a project where there is one, else the taxonomy rules on its title, else the snapshot keyword suggestion when a keyword matched; a project that matches none of them is "Not placed in a pillar" and is counted apart, not under enabling technologies. A project in several pillars is split evenly between them; post-quantum cryptography is shown apart.
Research output
- Quantum publications in 2025
- 516 (+17.5% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 82 (partial: 84% of the publication months read so far)
Publications: OpenAlex (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-25; patent families: EPO Open Patent Services. A work or family with several countries counts for each. All countries, method and the patent independence bands
Funding over time
EU-funded quantum projects with at least one participant from Switzerland, by start year and application pillar. The last two years are still being filled. Besides the CORDIS projects (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), this chart includes 2 quantum projects of other EU programmes from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
- Not placed in a pillar
- Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing and simulation
Explore funding trends for Switzerland by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Switzerland taking part in EU-funded quantum projects of each supply-chain segment, and their share of all companies in that segment. Segments are keyword matches on project titles; public project data, not a census of suppliers.
| Segment | Companies from Switzerland | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 1 | 5 | 20% | IBM Research GMBH |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 8 | 117 | 7% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 1 | 24 | 4% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 1 | 82 | 1% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 2 | 76 | 3% | IBM Research GMBH |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 2 | 72 | 3% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 9 | 201 | 4% | Id Quantique SA |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 7 | 111 | 6% | - |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 37 of the 40 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 19, Higher education 9, Research organisation 7, Unknown type 1, Public body 1). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich Higher education 35 EU quantum projects
- Universität Basel Higher education 24 EU quantum projects
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Higher education 16 EU quantum projects
- IBM Research GMBH Company 14 EU quantum projects
- Université de Genève Higher education 14 EU quantum projects
- Id Quantique SA Company · SME 8 EU quantum projects
- Organisation Européenne Pour la Recherche Nucléaire Research organisation 8 EU quantum projects
- Zurich Instruments AG Company · SME 7 EU quantum projects
- Paul Scherrer Institut Research organisation 5 EU quantum projects
- Universität Zürich Higher education 5 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
No entry for this country in the infrastructure catalogue; EU-wide programmes such as EuroQCI are listed there.
Quantum infrastructure in Europe, by category
National programmes and public investment
Strategies, programmes and announced financing for this country, from official sources. Amounts are as announced, not disbursed; the list is not exhaustive.
- Swiss Quantum Initiative · National strategy or programme · 2025-2028
National sources
Projects and notices from public sources of this country, read automatically and published with their source and licence. They are national data, not part of the EU figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
ARAMIS (research and innovation projects of the Swiss federal administration)
Source: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland. Licence: opendata.swiss terms of use: open use, must provide the source (ARAMIS, SERI). Read monthly, last read 23 Oct 2026 (10 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
National awards in the last read, as the source states them: none stated. Records without an amount in a stated currency: 146. National funding, never converted and never added to the EU figures on this page.
146 projects from this source on the portal, newest first:
- Modular Scalable Architecture for Integrated Quantum Control · 2026
- Precision-Engineered Quantum Dots for functional Surface Coatings · 2026
- Impact of quantum technologies on insurance industry · 2026
- Feasibility of a Low-Heatload Cryogenic RF Switch Array for Quantum and SNSPD Readout · 2026
- Quantum-inspired AI for Quantitative Modelling · 2026
- Qubit Reference Kit · 2026
- Q-DENSE: RF Connections for High Fidelity Qubit Control at Scale · 2026
- Securing Tomorrow’s Digital Infrastructure with Quantum-Resistant Cryptography · 2025
- Securing Tomorrow’s Digital Infrastructure with Quantum-Resistant Cryptography · 2025
- Securing Tomorrow’s Digital Infrastructure with Quantum-Resistant Cryptography · 2025
OpenAIRE Graph: projects of national funders
Source: OpenAIRE, from the project data of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph). Read twice a week, in turn: the funders of the member states, then the snsf (each weekly), last read 1 Nov 2026 (2 days ago). The record of the funder is authoritative.
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23
887 projects of these funders on the portal, newest first:
- Integrated Quantum Control with Many-Body Quantum Clocks · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2027
- Exploring Correlated Quantum Matter with Novel Diagrammatic and Machine Learning Techniques · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2027
- Quantum Anomalous Hall Calorimetry of Two-Dimensional Materials · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Critical lessons: from quantum gravity to condensed matter · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Quantum and Experimental Insights into Defect-Mediated Synthesizability of MAX Phases (Q-DEF) · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Microcombs for Quantum Optical Clocks · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Non-Hermitian Dynamics in Quantum Devices (NHDynQ) · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Neural network quantum states to explore novel topological states in fractional Chern insulators · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Quantum state expansion of a levitated nanoparticle in an ultra-low decoherence environment · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
- Digital-analog methods in quantum simulation · Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) · 2026
Regional and cohesion funding
Quantum-related projects co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund), selected and managed by national and regional authorities and located in this country according to the source. They are not in CORDIS and not part of the EU research figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Read weekly, last read 28 Oct 2026 (5 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
No Kohesio project located in this country is published on the portal.
Sources and coverage of this profile
Where each part of this profile comes from, the period it covers, how complete it is and when it was last verified. "Unknown" and "none recorded" mean that the portal holds no verified data, not that the figure is zero.
| Part of the profile | Source | Period | Coverage | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU-funded quantum projects | CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union | Projects starting 2015 to 2027 | Every EU-funded quantum project with a participant in the country | 2026-10-16 |
| National quantum landscape | Official pages of ministries, agencies, programmes and centres | As stated on each page | 4 facts, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-22 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | 1 record, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | None recorded (unknown, not zero) | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | Unknown | Unknown |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | Unknown: no national funder has been checked yet | Unknown |
| Population, economy and research spending | Eurostat | Latest year published per indicator | Population, GDP and GERD | 2026-10-21 |
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Next steps
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CORDIS projects whose title, acronym or topic identifier mentions quantum, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. Catalogue coverage, not a census of the ecosystem. Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (retrieved 2026-10-16), reused under the European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). No endorsement by the source is implied.