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Launch of the new master’s programme Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST)

The new master’s programme was officially introduced on May 20, 2025.

Group picture, people standing: Jan von Delft, Simon Richard Goorney, Gerti Kappel, Marcus Huber, Johannes Buchmann, Stefanie Barz, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Rupert Ursin, Daniel Platz, Sabine Andergassen (von links)

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Jan von Delft, Simon Richard Goorney, Gerti Kappel, Marcus Huber, Johannes Buchmann, Stefanie Barz, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Rupert Ursin, Daniel Platz, Sabine Andergassen (from left)

In line with the Year of Quantum Science and Technology, TU Wien focuses on research and education with the new master’s programme Quantum Information Science & Technology , opens an external URL in a new window(QIST). With the new program, TU Wien is responding to the growing demand for researchers, experts, and specialists in the field of quantum information science as well as quantum technology. 

The new master’s program – the first of its kind in Austria – combines natural sciences and engineering and addresses scientific and technological issues. It is aimed at future researchers, developers, and specialists who actively want to shape a dynamic and emerging field of research. It focuses on combining scientific and engineering skills, an essential approach for developing and implementing innovative quantum technologies.

“With the new master programme, we are creating the basis for knowledge transfer at a completely new level,” explains Professor Sabine Andergassen, coordinator of the curriculum, which is anchored at the Faculties of Physics, Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window, as well as Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Wien. "There is currently a lack of well-trained specialists, particularly in the start-up scene for quantum science and technology. Our graduates will play a decisive role here."

QIST is taught entirely in English and thus promotes academic and professional mobility and a broad international exchange. Quantum Information Science & Technology is also an important part of the Quantum Science Austria (QuantA) cluster of excellence, which brings together education, research, and innovation in the quantum field across Austria.

Marcus Huber, Head of the Atomic and Subatomic Physics Institute of the Faculty of Physics at TU Wien, emphasises the importance of the new program for Vienna as a research location: "When it comes to quantum technologies, Vienna is at the international forefront of basic research and we are following suit with an interdisciplinary degree programme. We are creating an intellectual ecosystem for the broad application of innovative technological advances."

With the new master’s programme, TU Wien is positioning itself as a key player in quantum research and strengthening Austria as a location for science and business in the long term.

 

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