Appendix

governance

Up to 2025, QuTech was a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO embedded in the TU Delft organisation as a mission driven research institute. The highest governing body was QuTech's Board of Directors (BoD), responsible for steering the research & engineering, business development, and operations portfolios. The BoD reported directly to the TU Delft Executive Board, which consulted with the TNO Executive Board where appropriate. The Research Director and Operations Director were employed by TU Delft; the Business Development Director by TNO.


In 2024, it was jointly decided that the collaboration of TU Delft and TNO in the field of quantum would be structured differently after the end of the QuTech Partner Covenant 2015-2025. This has led to the Executive Board of TU Delft deciding in December 2024 that QuTech would continue as the quantum research institute of TU Delft as of 2025. As a result, as of January 2025, QuTech is now led by a General Director and assisted by an Institute Secretary, comparable to the management model of the university faculties. The division structure within QuTech will be maintained.

QuTech's research and engineering activities are organised along three divisions (Quantum Internet, Quantum Computing and Qubit Research), each following a coherent research and development strategy towards QuTech's mission. The divisions are steered by a Division Management Team consisting of research and engineering leads. The organisation is supported by professional staff, both technical (hardware and software) and administrative (communication, finance, legal, and human resources). Together we push our mission-driven approach and the pursuit of excellence in science and applied technology.


QuTech invests significantly in demonstrators, to showcase, share, and test its research and engineering results with the public. Demonstrator projects are run in the Computing and Internet divisions, supervised by a Division Demonstrator Board, comprising the members of the Division Management Team and the Business Development Director.

Governance structure of QuTech until 1 January 2025

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