Five Days to PQC Migration Competence
The PQC Practitioner Bootcamp compresses the Post-Quantum Foundation and Post-Quantum Certified Specialist (PQCS) Training content into an intensive, instructor-led week. Where the self-paced courses spread learning over weeks or months, the Bootcamp delivers the same depth in five consecutive days of immersive, focused instruction with live labs and group exercises.
Participants work through a simulated PQC migration program from start to finish: conducting a cryptographic inventory on a sample environment, building a CBOM, performing algorithm selection exercises, designing hybrid implementation approaches, creating a migration roadmap, and testing PQC-enabled protocol configurations in a lab environment.
The Bootcamp does not replace the certification exam. Participants who want to earn the PQCS credential still sit for the proctored exam separately. The Bootcamp covers the full PQCS blueprint across five days, and how much additional study you need depends on your starting point: candidates already working in cryptographic migration often need little, and candidates newer to the material should plan for the 20 to 40 hours the PQCS certification page describes.
Prerequisites
None. The Bootcamp begins at the Foundation level and builds to Specialist level over the five days.
What Comes Next
After the Bootcamp, participants are eligible to sit for the PQCS certification exam. The Bootcamp covers the full PQCS blueprint across five days; how much additional study you need depends on your starting point.
Pricing
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Live online (5 days) | US$2,995 |
| In-person (5 days) | US$3,995 |
| Bootcamp + PQCS exam bundle (live online) | US$3,295 |
| Bootcamp + PQCS exam bundle (in-person) | US$4,295 |
All prices are in US dollars.
Who this course is for
Security professionals who learn best through immersive, instructor-led training and want to compress their preparation timeline. Also appropriate for teams that want to build shared PQC competence quickly through a cohort-based experience.
What you’ll be able to do afterward
- The quantum threat to cryptography (HNDL, TNFL, CRQC timeline assessment)
- NIST post-quantum standards and regulatory drivers
- Cryptographic inventory and CBOM methodology (hands-on)
- NIST PQC algorithm evaluation (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, FN-DSA, HQC)
- Hybrid implementation design (key exchange and signatures)
- Protocol migration assessment (TLS, SSH, IPsec, PKI)
What you leave with
You leave with the course handbook, a PDF of the full material with the instructor notes written out in place of the slides’ bullet points, and a PDF copy of Quantum Ready, included at no extra cost. The handbook is yours to keep. For most organizations, that shared reference is the clearest return on a training budget.
Where this course fits
The corresponding overview course covers the same ground at overview depth and makes the day go further. The exam sittings the bootcamp prepares for, then PQCA Architect Training or PQCM Manager Training depending on where you go next.
Why we teach this
The course is built on the Applied Quantum PQC Migration Framework, published openly under Creative Commons at pqcframework.org and written by the practitioners who teach here. The people who teach this course are running migration programs inside organizations now, and the course covers what those programs hit.
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion, you will receive a Quantum Academy certificate of completion. This is not a professional certification.
Enrollment includes 180 days of access to the corresponding online on-demand course. Where that course is not yet published, the 180 days start on the day it is.
About this program
Quantum Academy credentials are private professional credentials issued by Quantum Academy, a trade name of Post-Quantum Institute. They are not government-issued licenses, accredited degrees, or academic credit, and earning one does not guarantee employment, promotion, regulatory approval, or any other specific outcome.
Quantum Academy programs are educational and informational only, and are not legal, compliance, or engineering advice.
