The Complete Quantum Computing Course for Beginners

About this course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Dive into quantum computing, starting with essential mathematics like probability, statistics, matrices, and linear transformations. You’ll explore classical and quantum computers, learning key concepts such as qubits, entanglement, and superposition. The course then introduces Qiskit, a powerful tool for quantum programming, guiding you through creating and running quantum algorithms on real quantum computers. You will gain expertise in quantum computing algorithms like Bernstein-Vazirani, Deutsch, Grover’s, and Shor’s. Additionally, you’ll learn about quantum teleportation and apply your knowledge through hands-on Python and Qiskit exercises. The course concludes with projects that allow you to run algorithms on real quantum hardware. Designed for beginners, this course doesn’t require prior quantum computing experience, though basic programming and mathematics knowledge is helpful. It’s ideal for those seeking to understand quantum computing and solve real-world problems with Qiskit.

Course objectives

• introduce fundamental concepts of quantum computing
• provide practical experience using Qiskit
• explore real-world applications of quantum algorithms