Saxony opens network for quantum technologies.
Quantum sciences and applications are rapidly developing into key technologies for secure communication, powerful computers, new materials and high-precision sensor technology. The Saxon research network for quantum technologies SAX-QT "Quantum Saxony" is being launched today to specifically advance these future technologies and transfer them into industrial applications. The aim is to strategically bundle and further expand the expertise in the Free State of Saxony in the field of quantum technologies and make it internationally visible. The network is coordinated by the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Photonic Microsystems IPMS and for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU as well as the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research IFW Dresden.
The EU and the Free State of Saxony are supporting the development phase of the network with three million euros in ERDF funding until the end of 2027. This will create a permanent structure that creates national and international visibility and enables close links to European pilot lines.
At the launch of the network on December 17, 2025, Science Minister Sebastian Gemkow emphasized:
Quantum technologies are being researched in the publicly funded scientific institutions of the Free State of Saxony as a subject area of particular strategic importance. They are identified as key technologies in Germany's High-Tech Agenda and are therefore moving more than ever into the scientific and, above all, economic focus. Quantum Saxony establishes a network of the Saxon quantum technology community that is at the center of national, European and global developments and strategic processes.
”Quantum Saxony networks expertise from universities and non-university research institutions and involves associations, start-ups and industrial partners. The aim is to develop quantum technologies in all their areas and lead them into industrial application.
The network sees itself as an open platform that continuously integrates further partners and intensifies the exchange between research, industry and politics. Saxony's interdisciplinarity - from materials science to micro- and nanoelectronics to software development - is thus specifically promoted in the direction of economic use.
Another central concern is the development of qualified specialists: targeted education and training programs are intended to train junior staff and quantum experts for research and industry.
Further information is available at quantum-saxony.de.
