Courses
Courses from the platforms that actually publish quantum material, filed by platform, level, price and topic. Links to paid courses earn this site a commission.
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CertificateDelft University of Technology (QuTech)
Begin your quantum journey with this professional certificate from Delft University of Technology. Covers qubits, quantum hardware, algorithms, error correction, and the quantum internet.
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École Polytechnique / Alain Aspect, Michel Brune
École Polytechnique's acclaimed introduction to quantum optics, co-taught by Nobel laureate Alain Aspect. Learn how light is quantized, how to describe quantum states of light, and how single photons exhibit wave-particle duality in real experiments.
Brilliant
Brilliant's interactive quantum computing course, learn by doing with hands-on puzzles and visualisations. Subscription-based, covered by Brilliant's free trial.
Brilliant
Brilliant / Sabine Hossenfelder
Brilliant's interactive quantum mechanics course presented with physicist Sabine Hossenfelder. Explains the machinery of quantum mechanics and its counterintuitive implications through hands-on simulations, using them to discover and reason about quantum states.
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Lieven Vandersypen and QuTech researchers (TU Delft)
Learn how a quantum computer could be physically built and controlled, covering superconducting qubits, trapped ions, and other hardware platforms from Delft University of Technology.
Austin Fowler
Google Quantum AI's free-to-audit Coursera course on quantum error correction. Covers the surface code, stabilizer formalism, and the Stim and Crumble software tools used by Google researchers, with hands-on coding labs.
Coursera
SpecialisationPackt
A complete beginner's specialization covering quantum fundamentals, Qiskit programming, and real quantum algorithms, from high-school maths to running code on real quantum hardware.
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Packt
A Qiskit-based course that moves from quantum fundamentals into the major quantum algorithms: teleportation, Deutsch, Bernstein-Vazirani, Grover's search, and Shor's factoring algorithm, with implementation on simulators and real quantum hardware.
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Purdue University / Pramey Upadhyaya
The first course in Purdue University's Applied Quantum Computing series. Teaches the postulates of quantum mechanics and how they map onto present-day quantum information processing models including computation, simulation, optimization, and machine learning.
Udemy
Kumaresan Ramanathan
Udemy's bestselling quantum computing course, created by Kumaresan Ramanathan. Builds from quantum physics fundamentals to quantum programming with IBM Qiskit and Microsoft Q#, running programs on real quantum computers, plus an introduction to quantum machine learning.
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Eliška Greplová (QuTech, TU Delft)
Learn how to deploy artificial intelligence to control and calibrate semiconductor quantum computing chips, an advanced course combining ML and quantum hardware.
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KAIST / Joonwoo Bae
KAIST's beginning-graduate-level introduction to quantum information, taught by Joonwoo Bae. Covers qubits, the axioms of quantum theory, entanglement as a resource, quantum teleportation, gates, circuits, and quantum communication channels.
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Packt
A hands-on beginner course teaching quantum computing through IBM's Qiskit framework. Starts from quantum mechanics fundamentals and the classical-bit-versus-qubit distinction, then builds up to gates, circuits, the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, quantum cryptography, and teleportation.
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SpecialisationUniversity of Colorado Boulder / Wounjhang Park
University of Colorado Boulder's three-course specialization giving engineers the quantum mechanics foundation behind modern electrical, mechanical, and quantum engineering. Covers superposition, entanglement, measurement, the uncertainty principle, angular momentum, and approximation methods.
WOLFRAM LANGUAGE
Wolfram Research
Wolfram's quantum computing framework for Mathematica and the Wolfram Language, offering a unique symbolic computation approach to quantum circuits, ideal for mathematical exploration, visualization, and analysis without writing low-level circuit code.
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Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Discover the principles and promises of quantum computers and the quantum internet. An accessible introduction to quantum computing and its future societal impact.
IBM Quantum
Max Rossmannek, Julian Schuhmacher, Alexander Miessen, and Laurin Fischer, IBM Quantum
Free openHPI course on quantum simulation for chemistry and materials science, developed with IBM Quantum. Covers the second quantization, molecular Hamiltonians, VQE for molecular ground states, and Qiskit Nature.
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Fractal Analytics (Srinjoy Ganguly, Shalini Devendrababu)
A beginner-friendly introduction to quantum computing from Fractal Analytics. Two modules covering the history and theory of quantum computing, then qubits, superposition, entanglement, quantum gates, and circuits, with hands-on practice in IBM Qiskit.
QUANTUM COMPUTING
CertificateMIT xPRO / Isaac Chuang, William Oliver, Peter Shor, Aram Harrow
MIT xPRO's professional certificate program in quantum computing, taught by Isaac Chuang, William Oliver, Peter Shor, and Aram Harrow. A two-course program covering quantum computing fundamentals, algorithms for cybersecurity and chemistry, and the business implications of the technology.
IBM Quantum
Julien Gacon, Dr. Daniel J. Egger, Dr. Stefan Woerner, Lucia Cuervo Valor (IBM Quantum)
Free openHPI course on quantum approaches to combinatorial optimization, developed with IBM Quantum. Covers QAOA, VQE, and the quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) framework with Qiskit implementation.
Udemy
Hoang Quy La
A hands-on Udemy course by Hoang Quy La covering qubits, quantum gates, and quantum circuits in Python with Cirq and Qiskit, plus the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, Grover's algorithm, the quantum Fourier transform, quantum phase estimation, variational quantum circuits, and an introduction to quantum error correction.
IBM Quantum
Dr. Christa Zoufal, Julien Gacon, Dr. David Sutter (IBM Quantum)
Free openHPI course on quantum machine learning developed with IBM Quantum Research. Covers variational quantum classifiers, quantum kernel methods, QGANs, and hands-on implementation in Qiskit.
AMAZON BRAKET
Amazon Web Services
AWS's free two-course learning plan covering quantum computing fundamentals and hands-on Amazon Braket development. Earns an AWS digital badge after an 80% pass on the assessment.
Brilliant
Quantum states are described using complex numbers, amplitudes, phases, and the complex plane. This course builds the fluency you need before tackling quantum mechanics.
Brilliant
Brilliant's interactive introduction to computer science through algorithms: searching, sorting, Big O analysis, and graph problems, the computational thinking that underpins both classical and quantum computing.
Brilliant
The abstract algebra underlying quantum symmetries, quantum error correction codes, and the structure of quantum gates, explored interactively.
Brilliant
Master vectors, matrices, transformations, and eigenvalues, the essential mathematical foundation for quantum computing, machine learning, and physics.
Brilliant
Build rigorous logical reasoning from the ground up through interactive deduction puzzles, the careful thinking that quantum computing study demands.
Brilliant
Build intuition for probability from first principles, essential for understanding quantum measurement, Born's rule, and why quantum algorithms work.
QUANTUM INFORMATION
Prof. John Preskill, Caltech
Prof. John Preskill's legendary Caltech quantum computation lecture notes. The most comprehensive freely available resource on quantum computing and quantum information.
QUBITS
Dr Steven Herbert, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge's undergraduate Quantum Computing course, with lecture notes publicly available, covering qubits, superposition, entanglement, core quantum algorithms, and quantum cryptography. Accessible at no cost.
QUANTUM CIRCUITS
Prof. Elias Fernandez-Combarro Alvarez, University of Oviedo
CERN openlab's free lecture series on quantum computing covering qubits, quantum algorithms, QAOA, VQE, and quantum machine learning. Taught by a University of Oviedo professor with no physics background required.
QUANTUM ALGORITHM DESIGN
Classiq engineering and research team
Classiq's free library of hands-on quantum computing tutorials covering algorithm design, quantum machine learning, and optimization using the high-level Qmod language. No circuit assembly required.
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Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Learn how a quantum computer is operated: quantum algorithms, error correction, micro-architectures, compilers, quantum programming languages, and quantum internet protocols.
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Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Learn how quantum information is mathematically represented via quantum circuits and how to manipulate quantum entanglement, a core course in the Quantum 201 program.
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Giordano Scappucci, Menno Veldhorst, Eliška Greplová (QuTech, TU Delft)
Unravel the physics behind Germanium qubits, their fabrication, control, and applications, including ML-assisted auto-tuning, quantum error correction, and quantum algorithms.
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CertificateDelft University of Technology (QuTech)
Get hands-on with QuTech's real quantum demonstrators, Quantum Network Explorer (QNE) and Quantum Inspire (QI), programming simulations and running quantum algorithms.
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CertificateDelft University of Technology (QuTech)
The advanced follow-up to Quantum 101. Dive deeper into quantum bits, entanglement, quantum algorithms such as Shor's, and quantum error correction for fault-tolerant quantum computing, with linear algebra prerequisites.
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CertificateDelft University of Technology (QuTech)
An advanced professional certificate on semiconducting quantum technologies, Germanium qubits, their physics, fabrication, machine learning-assisted control, and quantum error correction.
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Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Learn the fundamentals of quantum networks and their applications with QuTech's Quantum Network Explorer, including hands-on simulation using QNE-ADK and SquidASM.
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Christian Andersen (QuTech, TU Delft)
Learn quantum algorithms and the principles of quantum error correction for fault-tolerant quantum computing, through a full-stack overview covering both hardware and software.
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Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Learn the fundamentals of quantum hardware and experiment with QuTech's Quantum Inspire simulators to gain hands-on experience with real quantum computing.
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Delft University of Technology
Understand quantum threats and take appropriate governance actions. Learn to lead your organisation's migration to quantum-safe digital infrastructures.
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Delft University of Technology
Explore the technical challenges of transitioning to quantum-safe digital infrastructures: cryptographic fundamentals, trust infrastructures, hybrid security, and hybrid certificates.
D-Wave
Learn to identify and describe optimization problems suited for D-Wave's quantum-classical hybrid technology. Covers problem discovery, constraint definition, and building a quantum business case. No math or physics background required.
D-Wave
Preparatory course building the math and Python skills needed before D-Wave's Quantum Programming Core. Covers QUBO formulation, quadratic models, constraint writing, and Python for optimization. Optional but recommended for developers without strong math backgrounds.
D-Wave
D-Wave's free introductory course demystifying quantum computing for general audiences. Covers how quantum computers work, annealing vs gate-model systems, and real-world optimization use cases. No background required.
D-Wave
D-Wave's flagship developer training: 35 hours of hands-on instruction covering QUBO formulation, Ising models, Ocean SDK, hybrid solvers, and real-world portfolio optimization. Includes virtual office hours with D-Wave experts. Multiple 2026 sessions available.
D-Wave
D-Wave's bundle combining Quantum Programming Core with one additional month of unlimited Leap Quantum Cloud access. 35 hours of developer training plus hands-on QPU access for first-time Leap users. Approximately 6 weeks total.
QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY
ETH Zurich Physics Department
ETH Zurich's graduate quantum information theory course covering quantum channels, entropy, capacity theorems, and quantum Shannon theory.
Google Quantum AI
Google Quantum AI's free self-paced tutorial series for the Cirq quantum programming framework. Covers circuit construction, noise models, algorithm implementation, and access to Google's Quantum Virtual Machine via Google Colab.
IBM Quantum
Free intermediate course from IBM covering Grover's search, quantum phase estimation, and the fundamentals of quantum algorithm design.
IBM Quantum
IBM's free interactive introduction to quantum information. Covers single and multi-qubit states, quantum circuits, and entanglement with interactive exercises.
IBM Quantum
IBM's free course on utility-scale quantum computing. Covers running large circuits on real IBM hardware, error mitigation, and near-term application areas using Qiskit Runtime.
IBM Quantum
John Watrous
John Watrous's four-course video lecture series covering quantum information theory, algorithms, error correction, and the general formulation of quantum operations. Graduate-level rigor, freely available.
IBM Quantum
IBM SkillsBuild
IBM SkillsBuild's free beginner learning content on quantum computing fundamentals. Visual learning activities and virtual labs covering qubits, superposition, entanglement, quantum gates, and basic circuit building.
IonQ
IonQ Scientists and Engineers
IonQ's free 2-part lecture series taught by company scientists and engineers. Covers the history of quantum computing, trapped ion hardware architecture, and how to characterize quantum systems.
IonQ
IonQ Researchers
IonQ's free 4-part lecture series on quantum programming. Covers quantum algorithms, circuits, programming with multiple SDKs, and quantum chemistry including VQE. Taught by IonQ researchers.
QUANTUM COMPUTING
Keio University / Rodney Van Meter
Keio University's accessible introduction to quantum computing on FutureLearn, taught by Rodney Van Meter. Explains the motivation for building quantum computers, the key principles, important algorithms, and a look at quantum hardware and the emerging industry, with minimal mathematics.
Microsoft
Microsoft Quantum
Microsoft's free collection of self-paced quantum programming exercises in Q#. Covers quantum basics through advanced algorithms via hands-on kata-style challenges with immediate feedback, runnable in the browser.
Microsoft
Microsoft's free learning path for Azure Quantum covering Q#, quantum concepts, resource estimation, and the Azure Quantum platform.
QUANTUM ALGORITHMS
Prof. Peter Shor, MIT
MIT's graduate-level quantum computation course covering quantum algorithms, complexity theory, and quantum information. Lecture notes and problem sets freely available.
QUANTUM INFORMATION
Prof. Isaac Chuang and Prof. Peter Shor, MIT
MIT's three-part interactive course on quantum information science covering quantum mechanics, protocols, algorithms, and communication. Fully free with graded exercises on the Open Learning Library.
QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION
Prof. Isaac Chuang and Prof. Aram Harrow, MIT
MIT's graduate-level follow-on to QIS I, covering quantum states and noise, advanced quantum algorithms, and quantum information theory. Free on the MIT Open Learning Library with graded exercises.
IBM Quantum
Dr. Elisa Bäumer and Carmen Recio Valcarce, IBM Quantum
Free two-week Qiskit course on the Hasso Plattner Institute's openHPI platform, taught by IBM Quantum researchers. Covers quantum computing fundamentals, the Qiskit SDK, and implements Deutsch-Jozsa and Grover's algorithm from scratch.
QUANTUM ALGORITHMS
Aleks Kissinger, Dept of Computer Science, University of Oxford
University of Oxford's computer science course on quantum processes and computation, taught with the diagrammatic ZX-calculus approach. Covers string diagrams, teleportation, quantum algorithms, and measurement-based quantum computing. Lecture notes are publicly available.
PennyLane
Xanadu / PennyLane Team
Interactive browser-based coding exercises teaching quantum computing with PennyLane from scratch, spanning 15 modules from qubits and gates through Grover's and Shor's algorithms, error correction, and variational quantum algorithms.
PennyLane
Xanadu / Community
Xanadu's collection of hundreds of interactive PennyLane tutorials, including 50+ quantum machine learning demos covering VQE, QAOA, quantum kernels, quantum neural networks, and more.
QUANTUM INFORMATION
Dr. Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Institute
Daniel Gottesman's graduate-level quantum information lecture series recorded at Perimeter Institute. Fifteen recorded lectures covering entanglement, channels, error correction, and cryptography. Freely available on PIRSA.
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Pramey Upadhyaya
The hardware-focused second course in Purdue University's Applied Quantum Computing series. Examines how present-day material platforms are engineered to perform quantum information processing: superconducting qubits, trapped ions and atoms, and spin-based systems.
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Pramey Upadhyaya
The algorithms-and-software course closing Purdue University's Applied Quantum Computing series. Covers the quantum Fourier transform, search and Shor's algorithm, plus modern algorithms for optimization, simulation, chemistry, and machine learning, with hands-on cloud hardware access.
Qiskit
IBM Quantum / Qiskit Team
The original open-source Qiskit Textbook, now archived on GitHub, covering everything from quantum gates and basic circuits to Grover's algorithm, Shor's algorithm, quantum error correction, and quantum machine learning with interactive Jupyter notebooks.
QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
Quantinuum
Quantinuum's InQuanto tutorial series for quantum chemistry simulation. 18+ tutorials from basic VQE to advanced molecular simulation of Fe4N2 on real Quantinuum hardware. Free to read; running the notebooks requires an InQuanto licence or trial.
QUBIT
Dr. Donovan
A free, self-paced introduction to quantum computing. Nine modules take you from what a qubit actually is to running your own circuit in Qiskit, using the interactive Bloch sphere and circuit builder throughout. No physics degree required.
QUANTUM ALGORITHMS
Dr. Donovan
The sequel to Quantum Computing 101. Eight modules on how quantum algorithms actually get their speedup, why real hardware fights you, and what a transpiler does to your circuit before it ever runs. Free and self-paced.
COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
Scott Aaronson (UT Austin)
Scott Aaronson's famous lecture series connecting quantum computing to computational complexity, philosophy of physics, and mathematical foundations, covering BQP, QMA, quantum proofs, and quantum cryptography with the depth and irreverence of one of the field's leading theorists.
QUANTUM ML
Xanadu
Annual quantum hackathon run by Xanadu, the team behind PennyLane, with coding challenges covering PennyLane, hybrid algorithms, and quantum kernels. Talk recordings and challenge write-ups remain available online after each event.
QUBITS
Qubit by Qubit instructors (Stanford PhDs)
A two-semester year-long quantum computing course by The Coding School, taught by Stanford PhDs in partnership with Google Quantum AI. Free for partner schools; scholarships available for individual students.
QUANTUM STATES
QWorld
QWorld's free, self-study quantum computing workshop. Covers quantum states, quantum operators, quantum protocols, and quantum search using Python and Jupyter notebooks. No physics background required.
QUANTUM FOURIER TRANSFORM
QWorld volunteer instructors
QWorld's free intermediate quantum programming workshop covering complex numbers, the quantum Fourier transform, and Shor's algorithm. The follow-on to QBronze, run as mentored online sessions through QWorld's global network.
QUANTUM PROGRAMMING
Prof. Dan Boneh and Will Zeng, Stanford
Stanford's CS269Q quantum computer programming course materials from Spring 2019, taught by Dan Boneh and Will Zeng. Lecture slides and project assignments cover pyQuil programming, benchmarking, VQE, QAOA, and error correction.
QUANTUM INFORMATION
IQC Faculty, University of Waterloo
The graduate quantum information program at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing, one of the world's leading quantum research institutes, with QIC courses spanning quantum information, cryptography, and error correction.
PennyLane
Xanadu
Xanadu's free interactive quantum computing textbook using PennyLane, now hosted as the PennyLane Codebook. Learn quantum computing through coding exercises directly in the browser.
QUANTUM MECHANICS
Prof. R. Shankar, Yale University
R. Shankar's celebrated Yale Open Courses lectures for PHYS 201, covering electromagnetism and optics before closing with a seven-lecture introduction to quantum mechanics: wave-particle duality, the Schrodinger equation, and quantum measurement.