A chemistry-flavoured VQE course on IBM Quantum Learning. The overview, presented in part by Dr. Victoria Lipinska, covers mapping a molecule to a Hamiltonian (PySCF to fermionic operators to Pauli operators), choosing an ansatz, and driving a classical optimizer to a ground-state energy or a bond length.
IBM says no prior VQE is required, but Qiskit plus some quantum mechanics is assumed. The catalogue lists 5 hours; the course overview suggests 6 to 10 depending on background. Completing IBM Training’s exam issues a Credly badge.
This is not a first quantum course. Pair it with PennyLane quantum chemistry if you want an open tutorial on this site, or InQuanto for Quantinuum’s chemistry stack.
Who it is for
Practitioners who already know circuits and want to put VQE on a molecule. Not a general chemistry MOOC.
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Quantum Chemistry with VQE (IBM Learning) is free on IBM Quantum, at intermediate level, and runs 6-10 hours. A certificate is included.
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