Innovation Centre
Ulm
Innovation Center Ulm
A uniquely diverse ecosystem for quantum computing
There are many ways to implement qubits technically – and it is not yet clear which approach, or rather which approaches, will prevail. At our Innovation Centre in Ulm, we are therefore focusing on technological diversity in the development of hardware and enabling technologies, and on fostering a rich ecosystem for application development.
With just under 3,000 square metres of laboratories, workshops and offices, we support quantum start-ups on their path to becoming scale-ups and provide state-of-the-art, high-performance infrastructure for internationally competitive, independent quantum computing.
Our location
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Hardware projects from start-ups, industry and DLR research
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Industry partners for hardware, software and applications
2,960 m²
Infrastructure for our industry partners and research projects
480 m²
Shared use of cleanrooms at the University of Ulm, comprising 400 m² ISO 5 and 80 m² AVT ISO 6
Pilot Line
100 & 150 mm process chain for Si · III/V · diamond using e-beam, ALD and ALE
“We now have a pretty good idea of what quantum start-ups need.”

As manager of the Ulm Innovation Centre, Kathrin Höppner answers all enquiries regarding infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration at the Ulm site.
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Our environmental footprint
10
Hardware projects from start-ups, industry and DLR research
8
Industry partners for hardware, software and applications
2,960 m²
Infrastructure for our industry partners and research projects:
480 m²
Shared use of cleanrooms at the University of Ulm, comprising 400 m² ISO 5 and 80 m² AVT ISO 6
Pilot Line
100 & 150 mm process chain for Si · III/V · diamond, including a process chain for E-beam · ALD · ALE
Projects at the Ulm Innovation Centre
News
Breakthrough at COMIQC: NVision Quantum succeeds in controlling molecular qubits
The Ulm-based quantum technology company NVision Quantum has published a major scientific breakthrough in the journal Nature. As part of the DLR…
Made for impact: Our first QCI Next projects are getting underway
At QCI Next, we are building on our most successful hardware, software and app projects and scaling them up to make a…
HyQCuP
We integrate the data in Attraqt and QMPC (MILP-based methods, E-VQE, F-VQE), as well as two use cases, as tested Python modules…
BASIQ Transfer
We use quantum algorithms to simulate processes and systems in battery materials. In doing so, we are paving the way for the…








