Cyprus
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 22 (rank 24 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 13
- Organisations in these projects
- 11
- EU contribution
- EUR 9.7 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 Cyprus, 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 Cyprus, 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
- None recorded in the public investment registry yet.
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (9 shared projects), Greece (7 shared projects), United Kingdom (7 shared projects), Spain (6 shared projects), France (5 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- University of Cyprus (7 EU quantum projects), The Cyprus Institute (3 EU quantum projects), Ubitech Limited (3 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 9 companies, 2 research organisations and universities, 0 other organisations (of 11 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: CYQCI (Cyprus Quantum Communication Infrastructure)
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- None found on official pages, 0 documents · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 0; other courses and schools: 0 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 0 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Cyprus
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Cyprus, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Cyprus, 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.
Lead ministries and agencies
- Υφυπουργείο Έρευνας, Καινοτομίας και Ψηφιακής Πολιτικής (Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy): The Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy co-funds the CYQCI national quantum communication project, which is coordinated by the Cyprus University of Technology and co-financed equally by EU (Digital Europe) and national funds.Source: European Office of Cyprus: CUT opening event of the CYQCI project, retrieved 2026-10-22; Article paragraphs 6-7
Context: population, economy and research spending
| Indicator | Value | Year | Eurostat dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January | 996,571 | 2026, provisional | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 38.31 billion | 2025, provisional | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 0.64% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 221.9 million | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 22.1 | 22 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 9.70 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 252,400 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025, provisional |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.460% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 10 years with figures, 2015 to 2024 |
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 Cyprus. 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 | 7 |
| Quantum communication | 1 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 1 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 3 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 1 |
13 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 3 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
- 27 (+170% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 0 (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 Cyprus, 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 6 quantum projects of other EU programmes from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
- Not placed in a pillar
- Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing and simulation
Explore funding trends for Cyprus by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Cyprus 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 Cyprus | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 1 | 117 | 1% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 0 | 24 | 0% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 0 | 82 | 0% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 0 | 76 | 0% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 2 | 72 | 3% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 7 | 201 | 3% | - |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 0 | 111 | 0% | - |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 11 of the 11 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 9, Higher education 2). With the most EU quantum projects:
- University of Cyprus Higher education 7 EU quantum projects
- The Cyprus Institute Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
- Ubitech Limited Company · SME 3 EU quantum projects
- Retail Zoom Limited Company 2 EU quantum projects
- Additess Advanced Integrated Technology Solutions & Services LTD Company · SME 1 EU quantum project
- Cy.r.i.c Cyprus Research and Innovation Center LTD Company · SME 1 EU quantum project
- Cyberecocul Global Services LTD Company · SME 1 EU quantum project
- Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation Company 1 EU quantum project
- Kpmg Limited Company 1 EU quantum project
- Suite5 Data Intelligence Solutions Limited Company · SME 1 EU quantum project
Quantum infrastructure
- CYQCI (Cyprus Quantum Communication Infrastructure): QKD over the existing optical communication network (The project site reports that CUT deployed the first QKD link in Cyprus over an existing fibre network, as a first step towards a quantum communication backbone, and that the project held its second-year review with the European Commission.)
This entry in the filterable catalogue
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.
OpenAIRE Graph: projects of national funders
Source: OpenAIRE, from the project data of Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF). 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.
- Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF): data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23
3 projects of these funders on the portal, newest first:
- Quantum Computing for Lattice Gauge Theories · Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) · 2022
- Quantum Cosmology and the Wave Function of the Universe · Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) · 2022
- Quantum Fields on the Lattice · Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) · 2019
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 (6 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
5 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
- Large-scale simulations of the CSF for new physics discoveries · 2019
- Quantum Fields in the Grid · 2019
- The electrical radius of the proton and the electrical dipole moment of the neutron from the CFI to the grid · 2018
- SODIUM SOLVENTS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS · 2017
- Activation of photoprotection in photosystem II proteins with Molecular Simulations and Raman Spectroscopy · 2017
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 | 1 fact, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-22 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | None recorded (unknown, not zero) | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 1 entry, located in the country | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | None found on official pages | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 1 of 1 source checked is read by the portal | 2026-10-21 |
| 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.