Spain
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 341 (rank 4 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 224
- Organisations in these projects
- 103
- EU contribution
- EUR 188.7 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 Spain, 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 Spain, 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
- Estrategia de Tecnologías Cuánticas de España 2025-2030 (Spain's quantum technologies strategy) · 2025-2030 · EUR 808 million as announced (source)
- Quantum Spain · 2022-10-11 · EUR 12.5 million as announced (source)
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (108 shared projects), France (78 shared projects), Italy (76 shared projects), Netherlands (54 shared projects), Switzerland (48 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Fundacio Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (76 EU quantum projects), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (29 EU quantum projects), Universidad del Pais Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (17 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 45 companies, 43 research organisations and universities, 5 other organisations (of 103 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroHPC quantum computers: EuroQCS-Spain
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: EuroQCI-Spain
- National platforms and testbeds: Quantum Spain quantum computer at BSC-CNS
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 1 document · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 5; other courses and schools: 0 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 6 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Spain
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Spain, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Spain, 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
- Hub de Comunicaciones Cuánticas (Quantum Communications Hub): Presented as the first initiative under Spain's quantum strategy, created by Royal Decree and funded from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, with allocations to ICFO, UPM, DIPC and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.Source: Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública: El Gobierno lanza la primera Estrategia de Tecnologías Cuánticas de España, retrieved 2026-10-22; Press release of 24 April 2025, section on the Hub de Comunicaciones Cuánticas
Lead ministries and agencies
- Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service; Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities): The ministers of these two ministries jointly presented Spain's first quantum technologies strategy in April 2025, whose priorities are coordinated across ministries.Source: Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública: El Gobierno lanza la primera Estrategia de Tecnologías Cuánticas de España, retrieved 2026-10-22; Press release of 24 April 2025, opening paragraphs
National quantum communities
- Plataforma de Tecnologías Cuánticas del CSIC, QTEP (CSIC Quantum Technologies Platform): The quantum ecosystem created by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), linking CSIC groups with academic and industrial partners in quantum communication, computing and sensing, with research, training and technology-transfer activities.Source: CSIC: Quantum Technologies Platform (QTEP), retrieved 2026-10-22; Home page, About section
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: State Research Agency (AEI).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 | 49,590,099 | 2026, provisional | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 1,690.01 billion | 2025, provisional | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 1.50% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 23.94 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 6.9 | 341 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 3.81 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 111,676 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025, provisional |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0856% | 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 Spain. 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 | 85 |
| Quantum communication | 32 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 56 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 11 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 10 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 34 |
224 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 112 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
- 874 (+72.4% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 83 (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 Spain, 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 24 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 Spain by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Spain 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 Spain | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 6 | 117 | 5% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 4 | 24 | 17% | Graphenea SA |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 1 | 82 | 1% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 1 | 76 | 1% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 5 | 72 | 7% | Multiverse Computing SL |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 24 | 201 | 12% | Quside Technologies SL |
| 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: 93 of the 103 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 45, Higher education 25, Research organisation 18, Other 3, Public body 2). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Fundacio Institut de Ciències Fotòniques Research organisation 76 EU quantum projects
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Research organisation 29 EU quantum projects
- Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Higher education 17 EU quantum projects
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Higher education 12 EU quantum projects
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Higher education 11 EU quantum projects
- Universidad de Vigo Higher education 8 EU quantum projects
- Universitat de València Higher education 8 EU quantum projects
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Higher education 7 EU quantum projects
- Quside Technologies SL Company · SME 6 EU quantum projects
- Telefónica Innovación Digital SL Company 6 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- EuroQCS-Spain: Superconducting annealing; analogue quantum computer (Inaugurated on 28 May 2026 in Barcelona. Offered in the EuroHPC JU quantum access pilot call (10 to 25 QPU hours per request, per the system list of October 2026); the call page announces a maintenance pause from the end of November to the end of December 2026.)
- Quantum Spain quantum computer at BSC-CNS: Superconducting; digital quantum computer with a 35-qubit processor, integrated into the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer (Expanded with a 35-qubit processor and available to research, public and business users, per the Spanish Government (19 May 2026); installed by the Qilimanjaro-GMV joint venture. Access is through competitive calls of the Spanish Supercomputing Network (RES), which also offers quantum emulators.)
- EuroQCI-Spain: QKD and quantum cryptography technologies (CSIC says EuroQCI-Spain will deploy QKD and quantum crypto technologies in Spain, and gives the project period as 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-01 to 2025-12; the period has ended.)
These 3 entries in the filterable catalogue
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.
- Estrategia de Tecnologías Cuánticas de España 2025-2030 (Spain's quantum technologies strategy) · National strategy or programme · 2025-2030
- Quantum Spain · National strategy or programme · 2022-10-11
- Multiverse Computing selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2025-06-12
National sources
No national open-data source of this country is connected yet. Every source the portal reads, with its licence, is listed on the data sources page.
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.
186 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
- REACT FO ACCESS · 2021
- Q-KAAS: QUANTUM-KEY AS A SERVICE — ON-DEMAND QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SERVICE · 2021
- IGAPE SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS TO DIGITISE SMES. (CALL 2020) QUANTUM INNOVATIVE, S.L — IG240.2020.1.152 · 2020
- PHOTONIC POINTS WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS · 2019
- QUANTUM ANTENNA THEORY FOR NON-CLASSIC LIGHT SOURCES · 2019
- MOLECULAR COOLERS · 2019
- RISCV technology-based accelerator design for next generation of computers (DRAC) · 2019
- RISCV technology-based accelerator design for next generation of computers (DRAC) · 2019
- RISCV technology-based accelerator design for next generation of computers (DRAC) · 2019
- RISCV technology-based accelerator design for next generation of computers (DRAC) · 2019
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 | 3 records, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 3 entries, located in the country | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | National guidance or roadmap found | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 0 of 3 sources checked are read by the portal; national projects are not shown (unknown, not zero) | 2026-10-24 |
| Population, economy and research spending | Eurostat | Latest year published per indicator | Population, GDP and GERD | 2026-10-21 |
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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.