Installing Quantum Computers and Operating an Open Quantum Joint Research Laboratory

Performance-verified quantum computers to be installed domestically
Open Quantum Joint Research Lab to foster core personnel and infrastructure
Ministry of Science and ICT to invest 198 billion KRW in 24 projects this year
32 new tasks and 9 ongoing projects to be promoted in 2025

Performance-verified quantum computers will be installed domestically, and an 'Open Quantum Joint Research Lab' will be operated to support the cultivation of core quantum personnel and infrastructure construction through industry-academia-research joint research. To this end, the Ministry of Science and ICT will invest 198 billion KRW in 24 projects this year (a 54.1% increase compared to 2024).

On the 5th, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that to strengthen the competitiveness of quantum science and technology, recognized as a core technology that will change the future industrial landscape, and to lead global innovation, it will continue to promote 32 new tasks in 15 projects and 9 existing tasks in 2025.

The first commercially viable quantum computer in Korea, 'IBM Quantum System One,' unveiled last November at Yonsei University International Campus Quantum Computing Center. Photo by Yonhap News

One of the major newly launched projects is the 'Quantum Computing Service and Utilization System Establishment' project. The goal of this project is to install performance-verified quantum computers domestically and provide them to research sites to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing technology.

The 'Quantum ICT Engineering Technology Development (Communication)' project aims to strengthen industrial competitiveness through the localization of quantum communication materials and the development of self-reliant technology. Additionally, the 'Quantum Information Metrology Methodology and Fundamental Technology Development (Quantum Metrology)' project will research new measurement methodologies that form the basis of future quantum technologies.

International cooperation in the field of quantum science and technology will also be expanded. Through the 'Support for Leading Universities in Quantum Science and Technology Global Partnership' project, domestic universities will strategically expand international cooperation by leveraging global partnerships and lay the foundation for securing world-class quantum technology.

The 'Quantum Platform Project,' which selects two quantum research hubs, will also begin this year. This project will operate quantum research hubs through collaboration among national research institutes, industry, academia, and research, promoting research and development (R&D), personnel training, and infrastructure construction.

One institution will be selected each for the next-generation quantum research hub and the quantum utilization research hub, and an 'Open Quantum Joint Research Lab' will be operated at each hub to support the cultivation of core quantum personnel and infrastructure construction through industry-academia-research joint research.

Kwon Hyun-jun, Director of Basic and Fundamental Research Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, "This year is designated by the UN as the Year of Quantum, marking the first year of quantum industrialization. We will thoroughly prepare for industrialization along with the development of basic and fundamental technologies."

Meanwhile, detailed information on the new quantum science and technology projects for 2025 can be confirmed at the time of announcement through the websites of the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation.

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