TY - JOUR

T1 - Future quantum workforce

T2 - Competences, requirements, and forecasts

AU - Greinert, Franziska

AU - Müller, Rainer

AU - Bitzenbauer, Philipp

AU - Ubben, Malte S.

AU - Weber, Kim Alessandro

N1 - Funding Information: We thank the QTEdu team for their helpful feedback and input, especially Oxana Mishina, Carrie Weidner, and Simon Goorney. This work has received funding by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant agreement No. 951787. This publication reflects only the views of the authors, the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Funds of Technische Universität Braunschweig.

PY - 2023/6/5

Y1 - 2023/6/5

N2 - With the increasing industrial relevance of new quantum technologies, a well-educated quantum workforce becomes increasingly crucial. The foreseeable lack of workforce raises important questions. What are the expectations regarding the future relevance of second-generation quantum technologies What are the requirements for the workforce in the coming quantum industry Which competences, knowledge, and skills should future employees have In this paper, we report the results of our study that were aimed at mapping requirements and forecasts for the future quantum workforce. Our study consisted of three consecutive survey rounds. In total, we gathered 188 responses from industry and academic experts across Europe. Our study results served as an input for the development of the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies, delivered by the project QTEdu CSA for the European Quantum Flagship. In addition, we will discuss predictions from experts related to the future quantum workforce, including the expected industrial relevance of the main areas of quantum technologies, the need for educational efforts, and the expected influence of quantum technologies on everyday life.

AB - With the increasing industrial relevance of new quantum technologies, a well-educated quantum workforce becomes increasingly crucial. The foreseeable lack of workforce raises important questions. What are the expectations regarding the future relevance of second-generation quantum technologies What are the requirements for the workforce in the coming quantum industry Which competences, knowledge, and skills should future employees have In this paper, we report the results of our study that were aimed at mapping requirements and forecasts for the future quantum workforce. Our study consisted of three consecutive survey rounds. In total, we gathered 188 responses from industry and academic experts across Europe. Our study results served as an input for the development of the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies, delivered by the project QTEdu CSA for the European Quantum Flagship. In addition, we will discuss predictions from experts related to the future quantum workforce, including the expected industrial relevance of the main areas of quantum technologies, the need for educational efforts, and the expected influence of quantum technologies on everyday life.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163302583&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2208.08249

DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2208.08249

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85163302583

VL - 19

JO - Physical Review Physics Education Research

JF - Physical Review Physics Education Research

SN - 2469-9896

IS - 1

M1 - 010137

ER -