Italy

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 Italy, 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 Italy, 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

• Strategia italiana per le tecnologie quantistiche (Italian strategy for quantum technologies) · 2025-07-31

Top partner countries in EU-funded projects

Germany (123 shared projects), France (93 shared projects), Spain (76 shared projects), Netherlands (64 shared projects), United Kingdom (57 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier

Most active organisations

Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (62 EU quantum projects), Universita degli Studi di Padova (19 EU quantum projects), Politecnico di Milano (18 EU quantum projects)

Organisations on this portal

47 companies, 55 research organisations and universities, 5 other organisations (of 123 in EU-funded quantum projects)

Quantum infrastructure

• EuroHPC quantum computers: SOL
• EuroQCI national quantum communication project: NOSTRADAMUS, QUID (Quantum Italy Deployment)
• National platforms and testbeds: CINECA Quantum Computing as a Service, QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy

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

0 open positions in this country on the portal

More about Italy

EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Italy, in plain words

National quantum landscape

Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Italy, 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 centres and institutes

• National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI): Consortium company funded by Italy's PNRR within NextGenerationEU, grouping 20 research centres, universities and enterprises in quantum science and technology, with 116 M€ in funding.Source: NQSTI: The National Quantum Science and Technology Institute, retrieved 2026-10-22; The consortium NQSTI at a glance; Funded by
• ICSC - Centro Nazionale di Ricerca in HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing (National Research Centre in HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing): Italian national research centre foundation covering high-performance computing, big data and quantum computing, with quantum computing handled in its Spoke 10.Source: ICSC: Home, retrieved 2026-10-22; Footer legal name; Progetti di Ricerca e Trasferimento Tecnologico

National quantum computers and testbeds

• Partenope: The Italian Foreign Ministry describes Partenope, at the University of Naples Federico II, as Italy's first quantum computer.Source: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale: Quantum Technologies, retrieved 2026-10-22; The quantum ecosystem in Italy

National quantum communities

• Italian Quantum Alliance (AQI): Association launched in July 2025 by universities and research bodies including the University of Bologna, CINECA, INRIM, INFN and INAF to give Italian quantum research a shared voice, aligned with the Italian quantum strategy and open to new members.Source: Unibo Magazine: Italy takes centre stage in the quantum technology revolution with the launch of the Italian Quantum Alliance, retrieved 2026-10-22; Paragraphs 1-3

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: National Research Council (CNR); National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI); Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR).Source: QuantERA: Consortium (QuantERA II and QuantERA III partner lists), retrieved 2026-10-22; QuantERA III tab, country entry

Quantum areas

EU quantum projects on this portal with at least one participant from this country, by quantum area

Quantum area	Projects
Quantum computing and simulation	77
Quantum communication	32
Quantum sensing and metrology	44
Enabling technologies and supply chain	18
Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)	6
Not placed in a pillar	43

217 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 95 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

1,250 (+70.8% since 2021)

Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024

25

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 Italy, 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 Italy by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.

Organisations on this portal

Published on this portal: 107 of the 123 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 47, Higher education 37, Research organisation 18, Other 3, Public body 2). With the most EU quantum projects:

1. Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Research organisation 62 EU quantum projects
2. Università degli Studi di Padova Higher education 19 EU quantum projects
3. Politecnico di Milano Higher education 18 EU quantum projects
4. Università degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza Higher education 16 EU quantum projects
5. Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Research organisation 13 EU quantum projects
6. Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Research organisation 12 EU quantum projects
7. Università degli Studi di Firenze Higher education 11 EU quantum projects
8. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Higher education 10 EU quantum projects
9. Fondazione Bruno Kessler Research organisation 8 EU quantum projects
10. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste Higher education 8 EU quantum projects

Quantum infrastructure

• SOL: Neutral atoms; analogue/digital quantum simulator (Listed by the EuroHPC JU as to be located in Bologna; a hybrid digital/analogue upgrade is planned for 2027.)
• NOSTRADAMUS: Testing and evaluation infrastructure for quantum key distribution (QKD) technologies (Set up as a testing and evaluation infrastructure and transferred to the Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra.)
• CINECA Quantum Computing as a Service: Cloud time on a D-Wave Advantage quantum annealer (more than 5,000 qubits; 75 hours a year) and quantum emulators on CINECA supercomputers (Offered to the Italian scientific community: annealing time is allocated on submission of an ISCRA-C project, evaluated each month, with at most 20 minutes a month for 3 months. CINECA states that it does not yet have its own quantum computer; SOL, planned at CINECA, has its own entry.)
• QUID (Quantum Italy Deployment): QKD systems and networks on the national territory, integrated with existing communications (The source says QUID starts the deployment of the quantum communication infrastructure in Italy (start 1 January 2023, duration 30 months). On 10 June 2025 the JRC site in Ispra was connected to EuroQCI through the Italian Quantum Backbone, which the project site calls the first official link between a European Commission site and EuroQCI. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-01 to 2025-12; the period has ended.)
• QuaMT-ITA: Quantum Metrology and Testing for Italy: Measurement, characterisation and evaluation services for quantum technologies, including metrological traceability in quantum sensing (INRiM describes measurement and testing services for quantum technologies and collaborative R&D support (consultancy, co-development) for companies and research bodies in Italy and Europe; no application procedure is stated. The city is INRiM's address.)

These 5 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.

• Strategia italiana per le tecnologie quantistiche (Italian strategy for quantum technologies) · National strategy or programme · 2025-07-31

Evidence from published reports

Approved figures about Italy from published reports, most recent first, each with its source, edition and page. Why do the reports disagree?

• Policy and public funding Not available The Observatory's November 2024 report covers public funding, national strategies and company activity for Italy and the world, but none of its figures is available to the portal.
  Reference period 2024; Italy, with worldwide context; Observation. Source: Osservatori Digital Innovation, Politecnico di Milano, The national and international scenario of Quantum Computing & Communication (2024 research, fourth edition of the Observatory). Report page, description and access notice.

2 figures about groups of countries including Italy

Each of these figures describes a group, named in full, such as the members of a network or of a survey; it is not a figure about Italy alone.

• Policy and public funding 10 countries Ten of the countries QuantERA surveyed in 2023 confirmed a national funding programme or strategy for quantum technologies: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
  Reference period 2023; QuantERA member countries (31 EU Member States and associated countries); Observation. Source: QuantERA, Quantum Technologies Public Policies in Europe (Second edition, 2023). Printed page 16, PDF page 16, Key findings, National policies, National QT strategies and initiatives.
• Policy and public funding 5 countries Five surveyed countries funded quantum research through their national recovery and resilience programmes in 2023: Austria, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Spain.
  Reference period 2023; QuantERA member countries (31 EU Member States and associated countries); Observation. Source: QuantERA, Quantum Technologies Public Policies in Europe (Second edition, 2023). Printed page 16, PDF page 16, Key findings, QT programmes within national recovery and resilience programmes, footnote 8.

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.