A dynamic environment with global connections
Chalmers is very much a part of the global development of quantum computers. Over many years, we have established an environment in which academic research is complemented by the research institute Chalmers Next Labs and newly developed companies with various specializations in the quantum field. It makes us both proud and delighted that the Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three quantum pioneers with strong connections to Chalmers. Welcome to explore our quantum-related activities.
WACQT
Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology is a 12 year SEK 1 billion research effort that aims to take Sweden to the forefront of this very rapidly expanding area of technology.
Sweden's only test bed for quantum technology
Chalmers Next Labs makes quantum technology available for the industry and business sector.
Quantum Technology Laboratory
The Quantum Technology Laboratory (QTL) encompasses in general research within the field of quantum technology, focusing on quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum transduction, quantum thermodynamics and quantum foundations.
Nobel prize 2025
Nobel places a small engineering nation on the world map of science
2025-12-17: Through its origins and its purpose, the Nobel Prize links the engineering nation of Sweden with the world’s foremost research. This makes it particularly honourable when five of this year’s laureates visit us, including the three pioneers of quantum research who have received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
An intense time as this year’s Nobel laureates visit Chalmers
“It is all the work that has been carried out by other people in the field after us that has paved the way for this Nobel Prize. The greatest value lies in the fact that so many people have been able to take this work further,” says Nobel laureate in Physics Michel Devoret, who this week visited Chalmers together with his fellow laureates John Martinis and John Clarke, as well as the laureates in Chemistry and Medicine, Omar Yaghi and Shimon Sakaguchi.
Chalmers researchers who can comment on the Nobel Prizes
On this page, you can find contact information to researchers at Chalmers who can answer journalists’ questions and comment on the announced Nobel Prizes.
Learn more about quantum technology
Discover quantum technology
The quantum world – at the scale of atoms and below – is paradoxical and bizarre. Particles appear to simultaneously be both here and there, or mysteriously entangled at a distance. Quantum technology is about harnessing these strange phenomena to create brand new technology with extraordinary capabilities.
Watch: The creation of a Swedish quantum compute
A “quantum leap” at room temperature
In the realm of quantum mechanics, the ability to observe and control quantum phenomena at room temperature has long been elusive, especially on a large or “macroscopic” scale. Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL - including Nils Johan Engelsen who is currently active at Quantum Technology at Chalmers University of Technology - have achieved a milestone by controlling quantum phenomena at room temperature.
Record cold quantum refrigerator paves way for reliable quantum computers
Quantum computers require extreme cooling to perform reliable calculations. One of the challenges preventing quantum computers from entering society is the difficulty of freezing the qubits to temperatures close to absolute zero. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Maryland, USA, have engineered a new type of refrigerator that can autonomously cool superconducting qubits to record low temperatures, paving the way for more reliable quantum computation.