Starting signal for "Quantum Saxony"
Saxony opens network for quantum technologies.
Quantum sciences and applications are rapidly evolving into key technologies for secure communication, high-performance computers, new materials, and high-precision sensors. To systematically advance these future technologies and translate them into industrial applications, the Saxon Research Network for Quantum Technologies SAX-QT “Quantum Saxony” is launching today. The goal is to strategically pool, further expand, and raise the international profile of expertise in quantum technologies within the Free State of Saxony. The network is coordinated by Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) and for Machine Tools and Metal Forming (IWU), as well as the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) in Dresden.
The EU and the Free State of Saxony are supporting the network’s development phase through the end of 2027 with three million euros in ERDF funding. This will foster the growth of a sustainable structure that enhances national and international visibility and facilitates close ties 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.
”Working Together to Strengthen Saxony’s Position in the Quantum Sector
Quantum Saxony brings together expertise from universities and non-university research institutions and involves associations, startups, and industry partners. The goal is to develop quantum technologies across all fields and bring them to industrial application.
The network sees itself as an open platform that continuously integrates new partners and intensifies the exchange between research, industry, and policy. Saxony’s interdisciplinary approach—ranging from materials science to micro- and nanoelectronics to software development—is thus systematically advanced toward commercial application.
Another key priority is the development of qualified professionals: Through targeted education and continuing education programs, the next generation of researchers and quantum experts will be trained for careers in research and industry.
Further information is available at quantum-saxony.de.
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