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Public events at Science Gateway Campus

When culture, education and science meet the public

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All year round
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All year round
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Virtual tours and talks

Discover CERN, its organisation, its tools, its research and the people behind it in an interactive presentation from the comfort of your house.

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Talk by a CERN researcher in your classroom

Invite a CERN researcher to your classroom to give a lecture on his or her job!

Conference
All year round
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All year round
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International Masterclasses

Physics Masterclasses for high school students who come and perform measurements on real data from particle physics experiments at CERN

Masterclass
March 2025
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March 2025
Masterclass
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CERN visits for groups (min 12 people)

Visit Science Gateway with your group: exhibitions, lab workshops, guided tours, science shows, films etc. Mandatory booking advised 9 months in advance.

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CERN visits for families and individual visitors (less than 12 persons)

Visit Science Gateway : exhibitions, lab workshops, guided tours, science shows, films etc. No booking necessary

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All year round
Freely accessible
All year round
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Passport to the Big Bang

54 kilometres of freely accessible cycle paths, 10 stages each providing explanations about CERN's mission and its technologies, 10 interactive platforms, 1 mission to restart the LHC

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All year round
Freely accessible
All year round
Visit
Freely accessible

SPARKS! Serendipity forum at CERN

In 2021 CERN will launch an annual two-day multidisciplinary science innovation forum and public event.

Event
November 2022
Coming soon
November 2022
Event
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Partage ta science

A French-Swiss cross-border colloquium where pupils present their secondary school projects to each other.

Conference
October 2025
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October 2025
Conference
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Women and Girls in Science and Technology

For a week in February, the UNIGE Faculty of Science, EPFL, LAPP and CERN offer local schools the opportunity to welcome a female scientist/engineer to present her work to classes

Conference
From 10 to 14 February 2025
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From 10 to 14 February 2025
Conference
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CineGlobe

A film festival featuring screenings, workshops, entertainment, meet-and-greets, short films and debates - all inspired by science!

Festival
Early Summer - Next edition in 2025
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Early Summer - Next edition in 2025
Festival
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Be a Scientist

The project introduces children to the scientific research process as they study a mysterious box that they are not allowed to open.

Teacher training
January - May
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January - May
Teacher training
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Django Girls

A programming workshop facilitated by CERN engineers, for women aged 15+

Workshop
April
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April
Workshop
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Beamline for Schools

An international competition of scientific experiment for high school students from all around the world organised by CERN.

Science competition
July - March
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July - March
Science competition
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Ethnopoly Meyrin

Each year, CERN takes part in Ethnopoly, a life-size scavenger hunt that invites primary school pupils to discover Meyrin’s wealth of cultural diversity

Game
May 2025
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May 2025
Game
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CERN Open Days

Every 4-5 years, during a "long shutdown", CERN opens its doors to the public for two special days at the heart of one of the world’s largest particle-physics laboratories.

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Every 4-5 years
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Every 4-5 years
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Teacher Programmes

Every year, CERN offers various professional development programmes for teachers to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in particle physics and related areas, and experience a dynamic, international research environment.

Teacher training
Summer
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Summer
Teacher training
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Girls in ICT Day

To celebrate Girls in ICT Day, CERN organises each year at the Globe a day of robotics and computing workshops for girls aged 6 to 14, tutored by CERN mentors.

Workshop
End of April
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End of April
Workshop
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Coding Science Days

Three days of workshops for kids and pupils aged 10 to 18, around scientific and technological kits.

Workshop
November
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November
Workshop
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Job Shadowing internships at CERN

"Job Shadowing" internships are possible at CERN for secondary students , if this forms an obligatory part of their school programme.

Internship
All year round
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All year round
Internship
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