Find out about the top Indian universities providing quantum computing courses.

The digital revolution highlights the demand for quantum technologies. The world is now preparing for further digital transformation with a revolution in quantum technology.  In fields like cryptography, material science, agriculture, etc quantum computing can play an important role. Let's find out about the top Indian universities providing quantum computing courses.

In India the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has introduced the country's first 'Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) Toolkit', brought together by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The project was financed by MeitY and evolved through a multi-institutional approach by the three institutes.

Being a part of the "Design and Development of Quantum Computing Toolkit (Simulator, Workbench) and Capacity Building" project, the team from IIT Roorkee assisted the teams from IISc, CDAC-Bangalore, CDAC-Hyderabad, in delivering the required skills in quantum computing and developing programs to be tested and implemented on the toolkit.

The government of India introduced the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications (NMQTA) emphasizing the significance of quantum technology in India. IBM India recently integrated with leading institutions of India to accelerate training and research in quantum computing.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)

The Government of India has established IISERs at Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tirupati to integrate and promote interdisciplinary science education and research. The institute provides a five-year dual degree program for science students, classroom learning integrated with research, providing ample scope for interdisciplinary activities, curriculum with a focus on both breadth and depth in sciences, engineering sciences, and economics, opportunity to pursue impactful research, fully residential campuses with well-equipped hostels, access to on-campus medical, sports and other recreational facilities

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

The research activities of the division primarily include high-performance computing, electronic design automation, mobile computing, algorithms, computational geometry, pattern analysis, and recognition, machine learning brain modeling, image, and video analysis, biomedical and satellite image analysis, image retrieval, data and web mining, fuzzy logic, neural networks, neuro-fuzzy computing, rough sets, genetic algorithms, fractal and multi-fractal wavelets, mathematical morphology, atmospheric modeling, document analysis, optical character recognition, handwritten recognition, natural language processing, and information retrieval.

Calcutta University (CU)

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, situated at Rajabazar Science College Campus, meant for post-graduate studies is one of the largest and well-established departments of Calcutta University. Very soon after its establishment, the department began to provide the intellectual foundations of Indian Technologies. Since then, over time, the department has played a vital role in the development of technological resources by establishing the ability of Indian researchers to carry out advanced scientific and technological research in various fields. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering has played a very significant role in science and technology education and research in our country. It has a vivid reputation in the fields of computer applications, information sciences, and technology studies. The prizes and valuable contributions of its students and faculties in all spheres of life have always enhanced the brilliance of the department.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras)

IIT Madras has set a fine example of interaction with the industry in the country, through consultancy services offered by the faculty. Innovative ideas are put to practice in many projects sponsored by other institutions in India.

IIT Madras has established itself as a premier center for teaching, research, and industrial consultancy in the country, through the 16 academic departments and several advanced research centers in various disciplines. The core curriculum of the Institute provides its students with a common and challenging academic foundation before they begin courses that are specific to their fields of study. The curriculum and teaching at IIT Madras engages the minds of its students and encourages them to apply technical knowledge, think creatively, evaluate critically in addition to inculcating a sense of leadership and enterprise

Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)

IIIT Sri City, Chittoor (IIITS) has emerged to be one of the top institutes among its peers due to academic and research advancements.

The B.Tech degree offered by the institute is a residential program. The degree requirements are detailed in terms of minimum total credits to be earned, as well as minimum credits to be earned in specific areas. These requirements are to make the programs flexible, in which the students can choose courses depending on their differing interests, as long as they satisfy the minimum requirement.

It is proposed to offer Minors in the UG programs in thrust areas such as AI & machine learning, cyber security, cyber-physical systems, data analytics.