Center for Quantum Engineering

Bridging quantum science and engineering

Quantum Science

Quantum science with natural and artificial atoms

Quantum Computing

Superconducting qubits, trapped ions, neutral atoms, and more

Quantum Simulation

Emulating quantum behavior with engineered quantum systems

Quantum Networks

Metropolitan-scale quantum communication test bed

Quantum Sensing

Precision measurement with atoms, ions, defect centers, and more

Quantum Control

Controlling quantum systems with coherent electronics and optics

Engineering Quantum Systems

Integrated photonics and electronics

Quantum Workforce

Quantum-engineering education and professional development

Quantum Science and Engineering Consortium

Engaging industry, government, and academia

Quantum Materials and Fabrication

MIT.nano cleanroom and analysis facilities – opened October 4, 2018

MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (MIT-CQE)

The MIT-CQE is a platform for research, education, and engagement in support of quantum engineering
a new discipline bridging quantum science and engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technologies.

News and Events

09-03-2026 |New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations

09-03-2026 |Paper in Physical Review Letters from MIT-CQE member by Wolfgang Ketterle and co-authors “Fundamental Impossibility of a Superradiant Neutrino Laser

09-03-2026 |New research shows a neutrino laser is impossible

09-03-2026 |Paper in Nature Electronics from MIT-CQE member by Luqiao Liu and co-authors “A room-temperature cavity–magnonic source of correlated microwave magnon polariton pairs

09-03-2026 |Securing wireless communication in next-generation devices

09-03-2026 |Paper in Nature Physics from MIT-CQE member by Nuh Gedik and co-authors “Time-domain identification of distinct mechanisms for competing charge density waves in a rare-earth tritelluride

09-03-2026 |Physicists watch a material’s electrons assemble, and reassemble, into coexisting phases

09-03-2026 |Researchers make air-stable, ultrathin superconductors, for more scalable quantum devices