Quantum Academy Opens With 68 PQC and Quantum Courses and 11 Certifications

Quantum Academy opened on October 2, 2026, with 68 courses and 11 professional certifications.

Live online sessions with places available start October 19, 2026, and nine of the 11 certifications are earned by proctored, scenario-based exam

CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantum Academy, a training and certification provider for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum technologies, opened for business on October 2 with 68 courses and 11 professional certifications. Its first sessions are sold out. Live online training is on sale now at quantumacademy.com, and the earliest sessions with places available start on October 19, 2026.

Candidates earn nine of the 11 certifications by passing a closed-book, scenario-based exam, and at launch a Quantum Academy proctor who did not teach the candidate supervises each sitting live over video. The Certified Chief Quantum Officer (CCQO) credential requires a capstone marked independently by two assessors who did not teach the cohort. Quantum Academy awards the Post-Quantum Certified Expert (PQCX) credential automatically to holders of the active Post-Quantum Certified Manager, Architect and Validator credentials.

"Organizations now have deadlines and budgets for post-quantum migration, and too few people who know how to run one," said Marin Ivezic, founder of Quantum Academy.

Under Executive Order 14412, US federal agencies have until December 31, 2030, to move their high-value assets and high-impact systems, other than national security systems, to post-quantum key establishment. In a 2025 ISACA poll of 2,685 digital trust professionals, 7% said they had a strong understanding of NIST's new post-quantum cryptography standards, and 44% said they had never heard of them.

Ivezic started the Academy after clients of Applied Quantum, a consulting firm he also founded, kept asking the firm to train their staff. "A client can fairly ask whether training from its own consultants is a pitch for the next engagement," he said. "We moved our training into a separate company so employers can judge the courses and the credentials on their merits."

The first 10 live online sessions with places available start between October 19 and November 12, 2026, and include Quantum Risk for CISOs on October 30. The first cohort of the six-week CCQO Program meets on six Saturdays from November 7, 2026, to January 9, 2027.

Live online prices range from US$379 for a short executive or industry session to US$8,499 for the CCQO Program, assessment included. Most sessions start at 07:00 UTC for EMEA and APAC or at 15:00 UTC for the Americas.

For each of 13 industries, including financial services, healthcare, energy and utilities, and government and defense, Quantum Academy offers a half-day overview and a full-day intensive.

Exam fees are US$599 or US$699. A candidate who passes receives a digital badge and an entry in a public verification record on a .pro domain, such as pqcs.pro.

"We proctor every exam because a professional credential should mean more than attendance," Ivezic said. "These are new credentials, and they'll earn their reputation through the quality of the assessments and through what the people who hold them go on to do."

Quantum Academy opened with eight instructors, several of whom hold doctorates in quantum physics, quantum communications, quantum information or cryptography. Between them, they have also managed deployments outside the laboratory, from quantum key distribution between a bank's data centers to cryptographic migrations at large enterprises. Some, Ivezic among them, also work at Applied Quantum, and the Academy continues to sign new instructors and add session dates.

Ivezic has worked in quantum technology for more than 25 years and in cybersecurity for three decades, including practice leadership roles at IBM, Accenture, PwC and KPMG.

Teams can book any course as private team training, online or at their own site, through training@quantumacademy.com. Quantum Academy's next in-person sessions with places available are planned from February 2027 in London, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Dubai, Washington, Boston and New York.

Professionals can book live online sessions on the Quantum Academy schedule.

About Quantum Academy

Quantum Academy trains and certifies professionals in post-quantum cryptography and quantum technologies. Quantum Academy is an education and certification brand of Post-Quantum Institute, a Delaware corporation. quantumacademy.com

Quantum Academy certifications are private, professional credentials issued by Post-Quantum Institute. They are not government-issued licenses, accredited academic degrees, or academic credit, and earning one does not guarantee employment, promotion, or any regulatory outcome. Quantum Academy programs are educational and informational only, and are not legal, compliance, or engineering advice.

Marin Ivezic
Quantum Academy
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