The Grainger College of Engineering
Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center

IQUIST

 

NSF HQAN renewed with
$37.5 Million in Funding
over 5 years

 

One of the original three National Science Foundation Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes and led by IQUIST, NSF Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks is the nexus of quantum information science and technology research in the Midwest.

 

 

Read the Story

 

Explore NSF HQAN

The Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) brings together physicists, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians to advance quantum information science and train a quantum-ready workforce. The center is accelerating innovation through partnerships spanning academia, government, and industry.

Learn About IQUIST

New This semester

Get your Minor in
Quantum Information Science


Explore the QIS Minor

LATEST NEWS

  • Outreach

Quantum summer camp gets teens on the same wavelength

Jeni Bushman | September 22, 2026

  • Research

The stuff quantum is made of: Grainger engineers are making materials for the quantum revolution

Michael O'Boyle | September 14, 2026

  • Research

The Cheshire Cat’s grin: Cooper pairs found above superconducting critical temperature in pair density waves

Michael O'Boyle | September 9, 2026

  • Awards

Angela Kou receives NSF CAREER Award

| August 26, 2026

More IQUIST news

 

U P C O M I N G   E V E N T S

Sep
30

Magic Hamiltonians

  • September 30, 2026
  • Wednesday, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
  • 149 Henry Administration Building
Sep
30

The Physics Colloquium: Geoff Greene (University of Tennessee) "The Neutron Lifetime, Why do we keep measuring it? & Why do we keep getting it “wrong”?"

  • September 30, 2026
  • Wednesday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Loomis Lab 141
Oct
2

Condensed Matter Seminar - "Hot, disordered, and quantum: Electrons in materials from first principles"

  • October 2, 2026
  • Friday, 1:00 PM
  • ESB 190
Oct
5

I- MRSEC: Students & Postdocs Monthly Meeting

  • October 5, 2026
  • Monday, 2:00 PM
  • MRL 280
Oct
5

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Jaewon Kim

  • October 5, 2026
  • Monday, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • ESB 190
Oct
6

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in a Cavity Vacuum." Ceren Dag, Assistant Professor of Physics, Indiana University

  • October 6, 2026
  • Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

See More Events


Partner With Us

IQUIST is forging partnerships across academia, government and industry. 

Get In Touch

 


Quantum Opportunities

Job openings for graduate students, postdocs, research scientists, and faculty

View Job Opportunities