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Bradford Quantum Hackathon 2025

Bradford Quantum Hackathon 2025 unites ambitious builders to tackle real-world challenges from Oct 27 to Nov 21. Form your team, compete for £25,000, and pitch at Bradford Live.

Quantinuum

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Quantinuum

Overview
Agenda
Rules
Discussions
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Bring your own use case!

Quantinuum - Bradford Quantum Hackathon 2025

Quantinuum

Bradford Quantum Hackathon 2025

Build together. Ship a demo on a public stage. We kick off online and wrap with a live showcase at Bradford Live (UK). Join team members of all backgrounds to turn ideas into working demos. You can watch the Introduction Webinar here: https://youtu.be/YIgwGw4rb3Y

Summary

  • Format: hybrid (online build from 27 October → in‑person showcase in Bradford on 21 November)
  • Who: all backgrounds
  • Prize pool: £25,000
  • Team size: 1–5
  • Finals attendance: in‑person at Bradford Live is mandatory for all team members
  • Challenges: Overview available here

Why Bradford 2025

  • Aligned with UK City of Culture. Bradford 2025 puts creativity and community centre‑stage; this hackathon brings quantum into that programme with a public showcase at Bradford Live.
  • Aligned with the International Year of Quantum. As part of IYQ‑2025, the event spotlights real use‑cases and raises quantum literacy beyond the lab.

Format & Logistics

  • Hybrid programme. Online onboarding, team formation and focused remote build sprints on Aqora.
  • Live showcase. Bradford Live hosts the in‑person finals, demos and awards.
  • Information. Use Agenda for checkpoints & webinars and Discussion to coordinate and ask questions.
  • Practical info. On‑site hours, capacities, accessibility and security will be published as confirmed.

Organisers & Partners

Supporting the 2025 edition: International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, University of Bradford - School of Management, Quantinuum, Bradford 2025 - UK City of Culture, MOTH Quantum, Project 11, Ingenii, and Aqora.

Use Case Competitions

You must join at least one use case competition to participate and to submit a solution. Full details available in the Competitions tab of this event.

How to participate

  1. Click Join on this event.
  2. Open the Use Cases tab → Join at least one use case (required to submit a solution).
  3. Go to the Teams tab → Create a team or request to join an existing one.
  4. Check Agenda for timelines, webinars, and checkpoints.
  5. Use Discussion to find teammates, get help, and share updates.

Team formation

  • Create or join from the Teams tab. After you’ve joined the event and competition, open Team Settings to create your team or request access to an existing one. You can find team mates for the different competitions on below pages:
  • Team size. 1–5 participants. We recommend a mix of skills: engineering, data/technical, domain expert, product/business, and coordination.
  • Communication. Use Discussion or your preferred tools to organise.