Innovation portfolio

IQM

Full stack quantum computers and applications to HPCs, research institutes, universities and business enterprises.

Status:

Unicorns

SDGs:

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Industry:

ICT

Impact:

Sustainable systems

Origin:

School:

School of Science

Established:

2018

An artistic rendering of two chips on a circuit board, one is blue and the other is orange and light is emitting from their surf

Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors

10.4.2024 News

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.

17.6.2021 News

Artistic impression of a unimon qubit in a quantum processor. Credits: Aleksandr Kakinen.

The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.

15.11.2022 News

IQM hopes to commercialise groundbreaking research from Aalto and VTT

10.7.2019 News

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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition

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Visitors at an exhibition exploring sustainable materials. Displays include furniture, small plants, and design elements.

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A large audience watches the final presentation of Junction hackathon on stage, with '1st ApprenticeCircle+' on screen for Aalto University challenge.

Awards and Recognition, Cooperation Published: 8.12.2025

Aalto students and researchers shape together how we age with AI at Junction hackathon 2025

The 'Aging with AI' hackathon challenge sparked a winning solution connecting generations over shared learning experiences, preserving cultural skills.

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Press releases, Research & Art Published: 1.12.2025

Finland’s Foresail-1p science satellite successfully launched into space

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Campus, Cooperation, Studies, University Published: 12.11.2025

Aalto University establishes a professorship of practice position in data economy

The new professorship strengthens the collaboration between Aalto University and South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences.

Aalto Creatives Art & Tech winners and jury

Campus, Cooperation Published: 7.11.2025

Aalto Creatives Art & Tech Open Call ’25 Award Ceremony

Winning projects received their awards at the Aalto Creatives Art & Tech Open Call ’25 awards ceremony on the last day of October. Two projects received development funding, two projects were awarded product prizes from Genelec, and one project was awarded both funding and Genelec's product packages.