UQC

Onboarding

Start Here

Four hours. Hands-on. Browser-based. Here's what to bring and what to expect.

What You Need

  • A laptop with a modern web browser
  • A Google account (for Google Colab)
  • Basic Python knowledge, variables, loops, functions
  • Curiosity and patience

What You Don't

  • A physics degree
  • Linear algebra expertise
  • Access to quantum hardware
  • Any software installation

How it works

01
Read the concept

Each page explains one idea in plain English with visual aids.

02
Do the exercise

Click "Open in Google Colab" to run code in your browser.

03
Reflect and discuss

Answer the reflection questions and share with your group.

04
Move to the next topic

Use the navigation to proceed linearly through the workshop.

About Google Colab

Every exercise runs in Google Colab, a free, cloud-based Jupyter notebook environment. No installs. Nothing to break.

  • ·No installation required. Everything runs in your browser.
  • ·Sign in with Google when prompted.
  • ·Click "Copy to Drive" to save your own copy of any notebook.
  • ·Run cells with Shift+Enter or the play button.

The four hours

Approximate pacing.

Hr 01
Setup
Qubits, superposition
Hr 02
Building blocks
Entanglement, circuits
Hr 03
First algorithm
Grover's search
Hr 04
Capstone
Wrap-up & Q&A