# Quantum Hackathons

> Global directory of past, current, and upcoming quantum computing hackathons, maintained by qBraid.

Source: https://www.quantumhackathons.com | Last generated: 2026-04-30

## About

Quantum Hackathons is an open, community-maintained directory of quantum computing hackathons held around the world. The site is maintained by qBraid, a hardware-agnostic quantum computing platform headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and serves as a free resource for students, researchers, developers, and industry professionals looking to participate in quantum programming challenges.

Currently tracking 48 events (7 upcoming). Events can be submitted by emailing brian.pearson@qbraid.com.

## Upcoming events

### ETH Quantum Hackathon 2026

- Host: ETH Zürich Quantum Engineering Commission
- Date: May 8–10, 2026
- Location: ETH Hönggerberg Campus, Zürich, Switzerland
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: Alice & Bob, Zurich Instruments, IQM, QuEra, Quandela, QCentroid
- URL: https://qec.amiv.ethz.ch/qhack26/

### Global Industry Challenge 2026

- Host: Connected DMV
- Date: 2026 (dates TBA)
- Location: Virtual (Global) + Quantum World Congress 2026, Washington DC
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: Wells Fargo, MITRE, qBraid, D-Wave, Aqora
- URL: https://www.pqic.org/challenge

### unitaryHACK 2026

- Host: Unitary Foundation
- Date: Jun 3-17, 2026
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: Unitary Foundation
- URL: https://unitaryhack.dev

### NYUAD Quantum Hackathon for Social Good 2026

- Host: NYU Abu Dhabi
- Date: Aug 27-30, 2026
- Location: NYUAD Conference Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, Google, Microsoft, Sandbox AQ, CERN Open Quantum Institute, qBraid, ETH Zurich, EPFL QSE, MIT iQuHACK
- URL: https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu/

### Global Quantum + AI Challenge

- Host: The Quantum Insider
- Date: Apr – Nov 2026
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: AWS, Classiq, South Carolina Quantum, Airbus, Volkswagen Group, Cleveland Clinic, HSBC, E.ON, MITRE
- URL: https://quantumai.thequantuminsider.com/

### QCUP Hackathon — Fall 2026

- Host: Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility
- Date: Fall 2026 (TBD)
- Location: Virtual
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Quantinuum, IBM, IQM, IonQ
- URL: https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/calendar/fall-2026-qcup-hackathon/

### Tri-Co Quantum Hackathon 2026

- Host: Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr (proposed)
- Date: Nov 2026 (proposed)
- Location: Swarthmore, PA
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: Haverford Innovations Program
- URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/center-innovation-leadership/tri-co-hackathon

## Past events

### RPI Quantum Hackathon 2026

- Host: RPI Quantum Computing Club
- Date: Apr 10–11, 2026
- Location: Troy, NY (RPI)
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, qBraid
- URL: https://rpi-quantum-hackathon.github.io/

### Quantum UP! Challenge 2026

- Host: UConn Technology Commercialization Services
- Date: Apr 8, 2026
- Location: UConn School of Business, Hartford, CT
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: UConn
- URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-quantum-up-challenge-tickets-1983637240384

### YQuantum 2026

- Host: Yale Quantum Institute
- Date: Apr 4-5, 2026
- Location: Yale Science Building, 260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: QuEra, AWS, Quantinuum, Alice & Bob, BlueQubit, qBraid, State Street, LTIMindtree, Yale Quantum Institute
- URL: https://www.yquantum.dev/

### Quantum Ideas Factory 2026 — Strasbourg

- Host: European Center for Quantum Sciences (CESQ) / EFEQT / DigiQ
- Date: Mar 23–26, 2026
- Location: European Center for Quantum Sciences, Strasbourg, France
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: CESQ, DigiQ, EFEQT
- URL: https://www.cesq.eu/quantum-ideas-factory-2026/

### Ion Hack 2026

- Host: eleQtron / JUNIQ / Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Date: Mar 11–13, 2026
- Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: eleQtron, JUNIQ, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
- URL: https://eleqtron.com/en/ion-hack-hackathon-2026/

### Quantum Ideas Factory 2026 — Jena

- Host: University of Jena / Abbe Center of Photonics
- Date: Spring 2026
- Location: Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena, Germany
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: University of Jena
- URL: https://www.asp.uni-jena.de/16236/quantum-ideas-factory-2026

### EPFL Quantum Hackathon 2026

- Host: QPFL / EPFL QSE Center
- Date: Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2026
- Location: BC Building, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: Quandela, Quobly, Alice & Bob, qBraid, AXA, Zurich Instruments, EPFL QSE
- URL: https://qpflhackathon.github.io/qpfl.github.io/

### unitaryDESIGN 2026

- Host: Unitary Foundation
- Date: Feb 16–27, 2026
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, DoraHacks, OQD, AWS, Microsoft, QC Ware, SandboxAQ, Quantum Machines, Riverlane, OrangeQS, Mozilla Foundation, Classiq
- URL: https://unitary.design

### iQuHACK 2026

- Host: MIT Interdisciplinary Quantum Hackathon
- Date: Feb 2026
- Location: Cambridge, MA (MIT)
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: IonQ, QuEra, IBM, Alice & Bob, NVIDIA, BlueQubit, State Street, Classiq
- URL: https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK

### WACQT + IBM Quantum Hackathon 2026

- Host: Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology / IBM
- Date: Jan 24–25, 2026
- Location: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM, WACQT
- URL: https://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/wacqt/wacqt-quantum-technology-testbed/quantum-hackathon/

### Q2B Hackathon 2025

- Host: QC Ware / Q2B Conference
- Date: Dec 2025
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: QC Ware, Google, AWS, Quantinuum
- URL: https://q2b.qcware.com

### Tri-Co Quantum Hackathon 2025

- Host: Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr
- Date: Nov 2025
- Location: Swarthmore, PA
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: Haverford Innovations Program
- URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/center-innovation-leadership/tri-co-hackathon

### QIA Quantum Internet Hackathon 2025

- Host: Quantum Internet Alliance
- Date: Nov 2025
- Location: Hybrid – European Nodes
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: QIA, QuTech, AWS, European Commission
- URL: https://quantuminternetalliance.org

### MIT Quantum Games Hackathon 2025

- Host: MIT Game Lab / CQE
- Date: Oct 2025
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, MIT CQE
- URL: https://games.mit.edu

### IYQ Quantum Hackathon — Vienna

- Host: International Year of Quantum / IQOQI
- Date: Oct 2025
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: UNESCO, IUPAP, APS, IBM Quantum
- URL: https://quantum2025.org

### Quandela Quantum Hackathon 2025

- Host: Quandela
- Date: Summer 2025
- Location: Paris, France
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: Quandela, AWS, Pasqal
- URL: https://quandela.com

### unitaryHACK 2025

- Host: Unitary Foundation
- Date: May 28 - Jun 11, 2025
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: Moth Quantum, NVIDIA, ErrorCorp, PsiQuantum, Haiqu, IBM Quantum, DoraHacks, OQD, AWS, Microsoft, Pasqal, QC Ware, SandboxAQ, Quantum Machines, Riverlane
- URL: https://unitaryhack.dev

### ETH Quantum Hackathon 2025

- Host: ETH Zurich Quantum Center
- Date: May 2025
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, IQM, Quantinuum
- URL: https://ethquantum.ch

### NYUAD Quantum Hackathon for Social Good 2025

- Host: NYU Abu Dhabi
- Date: Apr 25-27, 2025
- Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, QC Ware, Classiq
- URL: https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu/

### Global Industry Challenge 2025

- Host: Connected DMV
- Date: Apr 14 - Sep 10, 2025
- Location: Virtual (Global) + Quantum World Congress, Washington DC
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: Wells Fargo, MITRE, JPMorgan Chase, World Bank Group, qBraid, D-Wave, NVIDIA, AWS, QuEra, IQM, IonQ
- URL: https://www.pqic.org/challenge

### QAI Venture Hackathon 2025

- Host: CERN / GESDA
- Date: Apr 2025
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland (CERN)
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: CERN, GESDA, IBM Quantum, Pasqal
- URL: https://qai-venture.com

### YQuantum 2025

- Host: Yale Quantum Institute
- Date: Apr 5–6, 2025
- Location: New Haven, CT (Yale)
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IonQ, IBM, Classiq, AWS, Quantinuum
- URL: https://yquantum.dev

### Quantathon V2

- Host: SC Quantum / Univ. of South Carolina
- Date: Spring 2025
- Location: Columbia, SC
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, Quantinuum, Rigetti
- URL: https://scquantum.org

### Classiq Coding Competition 2025

- Host: Classiq Technologies
- Date: Spring 2025
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: Classiq, IBM, NVIDIA
- URL: https://classiq.io/competition

### iQuHACK 2025

- Host: MIT Interdisciplinary Quantum Hackathon
- Date: Feb 1–2, 2025
- Location: Cambridge, MA (MIT)
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: IonQ, QuEra, IBM, Classiq, State Street, Alice & Bob, NVIDIA
- URL: https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK

### UK Quantum Hackathon 2024

- Host: National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC)
- Date: Jul 22-24, 2024
- Location: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: NQCC, UKRI
- URL: https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/uk-quantum-hackathon-2024/

### unitaryHACK 2024

- Host: Unitary Fund
- Date: May 29 - Jun 12, 2024
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, AWS, Microsoft, NVIDIA, qBraid, Classiq, QuEra, Pasqal, SandboxAQ, QC Ware
- URL: https://2024.unitaryhack.dev

### BIG Quantum Hackathon Paris 2024

- Host: QuantX / Aqora
- Date: May 25-28, 2024
- Location: BCG HQ, Paris, France
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: BCG, QuantX, Aqora
- URL: https://aqora.io/events/bigq-paris-may-2024

### NYUAD Quantum Hackathon for Social Good 2024

- Host: NYU Abu Dhabi
- Date: Apr 26-28, 2024
- Location: NYUAD Conference Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, Google, Microsoft, qBraid, ETH Zurich, EPFL QSE, GESDA, TII, QWorld, MIT iQuHACK
- URL: https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu

### YQuantum 2024

- Host: Yale Quantum Institute
- Date: Apr 13-14, 2024
- Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: Yale Quantum Institute, IonQ, IBM, Classiq, AWS, Quantinuum
- URL: https://www.yquantum.dev/2024

### QIA Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon 2024

- Host: Quantum Internet Alliance
- Date: Feb 15-16, 2024
- Location: Delft / Dresden / Paris / Poznań
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: QIA, RIPE NCC, GÉANT
- URL: https://quantuminternetalliance.org/quantum-internet-hackathon-2024/

### QHack 2024

- Host: Xanadu
- Date: Feb 8-22, 2024
- Location: Xanadu HQ, Toronto (+ Virtual)
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: AWS, NVIDIA, Denvr Dataworks, PennyLane
- URL: https://qhack.ai

### iQuHACK 2024

- Host: MIT iQuISE
- Date: Feb 2-4, 2024
- Location: MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA (+ Virtual)
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: IonQ, QuEra, IBM Quantum, Quantinuum, Classiq, qBraid, AWS, Quandela, Moody's, Atom Computing, Microsoft, Unitary Fund
- URL: https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/2024-02-02

### unitaryHACK 2023

- Host: Unitary Fund
- Date: May 26 - Jun 13, 2023
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, AWS, Microsoft, qBraid, Classiq, QuEra, Pasqal
- URL: https://2023.unitaryhack.dev

### NYUAD Quantum Hackathon for Social Good 2023

- Host: NYU Abu Dhabi
- Date: Apr 27-30, 2023
- Location: NYUAD Conference Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, qBraid, GESDA, TII, ETH Zurich, EPFL QSE, QWorld, MIT iQuHACK
- URL: https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu/

### QHack 2023

- Host: Xanadu
- Date: Feb 13-28, 2023
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: AWS, NVIDIA, IBM Quantum, Classiq, Zapata, Strangeworks, PINQ²
- URL: https://qhack.ai

### iQuHACK 2023

- Host: MIT iQuISE
- Date: Jan 27-29, 2023
- Location: MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA (+ Virtual)
- Format: hybrid
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, QuEra, IonQ, Covalent, qBraid, QuSecure, Quantum Machines, HRL
- URL: https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/2023-01-27

### unitaryHACK 2022

- Host: Unitary Fund
- Date: Jun 3-17, 2022
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: Microsoft Azure Quantum, IBM Quantum, AWS, DoraHacks, Unitary Fund
- URL: https://2022.unitaryhack.dev

### NYUAD Quantum Hackathon for Social Good 2022

- Host: NYU Abu Dhabi
- Date: Mar 25-27, 2022
- Location: NYUAD Conference Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Format: in-person
- Sponsors: IBM Quantum, qBraid, AWS, GESDA, ETH Zurich, QWorld
- URL: https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu/

### QHack 2022

- Host: Xanadu
- Date: Feb 14-25, 2022
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: AWS, IBM Quantum, QunaSys, Zapata, Classiq, Pasqal, University of Waterloo IQC
- URL: https://github.com/XanaduAI/QHack2022

### iQuHACK 2022

- Host: MIT iQuISE
- Date: Jan 28-30, 2022
- Location: Virtual (Global)
- Format: virtual
- Sponsors: QuTech, Microsoft, IonQ, Google, IBM Quantum, HRL, Zapata, Zurich Instruments, QuEra, qBraid, MIT CQE
- URL: https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/2022-01-28

## How to submit an event

To add a hackathon, email brian.pearson@qbraid.com with the event name, host, dates, format, location, official URL, and a short description.

## Contact

Brian Pearson, Head of Business Development, qBraid
brian.pearson@qbraid.com