diff --git a/scripts/format_check.sh b/scripts/format_check.sh
index 1d91427e0..f0de918dc 100755
--- a/scripts/format_check.sh
+++ b/scripts/format_check.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Check Jupyter Notebook format using nbformat
+echo "Checking Jupyter Notebook format with nbformat..."
+python3 scripts/validate_notebooks.py
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "One or more notebooks failed nbformat validation."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Checking C++ formatting...";
 formatting_outputs=$(find tensorflow_quantum/ -iname *.h -o -iname *.cc | xargs clang-format -style=google -output-replacements-xml);
 CFORMATCHECK=0
diff --git a/scripts/validate_notebooks.py b/scripts/validate_notebooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd924f449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate_notebooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2020 The TensorFlow Quantum Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ==============================================================================
+"""Validate all Jupyter notebooks in the repository using nbformat."""
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import nbformat
+from nbformat.validator import NotebookValidationError
+
+
+def main():
+    """Check all notebooks for valid nbformat structure."""
+    failed = False
+    notebooks = list(Path('.').rglob('*.ipynb'))
+    print(f"Found notebooks: {notebooks}")
+    for notebook_path in notebooks:
+        try:
+            with open(notebook_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                nb = nbformat.read(f, as_version=4)
+            nbformat.validate(nb)
+            print(f"✓ {notebook_path}")
+        except (NotebookValidationError, OSError) as e:
+            print(f"✗ {notebook_path} failed validation: {e}")
+            failed = True
+
+    if failed:
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        print("All notebooks passed nbformat validation.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()