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Public events at Science Gateway Campus

When culture, education and science meet the public

Event
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.

Virtual visit
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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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Partage ta science

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

Conference
04 October 2024
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04 October 2024
Conference
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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.

Visit
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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 5 to 9 February 2024
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From 5 to 9 February 2024
Conference
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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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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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Coding Science Days

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

Workshop
November
Temporarily unavailable
November
Workshop
Temporarily unavailable

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
Temporarily unavailable