Landscape of Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education: From Physics Foundations to Interdisciplinary Frontiers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13719v1
• Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:41:58 GMT
• Title: Landscape of Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education: From Physics Foundations to Interdisciplinary Frontiers
• Authors: A. R. Piña, Shams El-Adawy, Mike Verostek, Brett T. Boyle, Mateo Cacheiro, Matt Lawler, Namitha Pradeep, Ella Watts, Colin G. West, H. J. Lewandowski, Benjamin M. Zwickl,
• Abstract summary: Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) is rapidly gaining interest from those within many disciplines.<n>There is no holistic picture of the landscape of QISE and quantum-related education in the United States.<n>Across all institutions, we identified over 8,000 courses mentioning 'quantum,' but about one-third of institutions in our study had none.
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• Abstract: Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) is rapidly gaining interest from those within many disciplines and higher education needs to adapt to the changing landscape. Although QISE education still has a strong presence and roots in physics, the field is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary. There is a need to understand the presence of QISE instruction and quantum-related instruction across all disciplines in order to figure out where QISE education is already happening and where it could be expanded. Although there is recent work that characterizes introductory QISE courses, there is no holistic picture of the landscape of QISE and quantum-related education in the United States. We analyzed course catalogs from 1,456 U.S. institutions. We found 61 institutions offering QISE degree programs, mostly at PhD-granting schools, with physics, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and computer science(CS) as their primary contributors . Across all institutions, we identified over 8,000 courses mentioning 'quantum,' but about one-third of institutions in our study had none. We also found over 500 dedicated QISE courses, concentrated in PhD-granting institutions, primarily in physics, ECE, and CS. Physics leads in offering both general quantum-related ($\sim$4,700) and QISE-specific ($\sim$200) courses. Across multiple disciplines, we see that QISE topics are being introduced in courses not fully dedicated to QISE, which may be a productive strategy for increasing access to QISE education. Our dataset and analysis provide the most comprehensive overview to date of quantum education across US higher education. To ensure broad access, all data are publicly available and downloadable at quantumlandscape.streamlit.app. We hope these findings will support and guide future efforts in curriculum design, workforce development, and education policy across the quantum ecosystem.

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