The Institute for High Energy Physics was founded 1966, in the same year Austria joined CERN. Therefore, most of the projects are linked to large Experiments at CERN, like DELPHI or CMS. Only very recently we joined other Projects like BELLE in Japan or the International Linear Collider. Moreover, a theory group works on supersymmetry and relativistic bound states.

Research at the institute is also grouped in departments, which are "perpendicular" to the research projects (see organization chart). They should support the projects and provide the foundation of the research work at the institute. As an example, the mechanical workshop, the computing systems like the Grid Tier-2 center and the cleanroom are operated by different departments.

For a detailed description of the tasks of each department and project, please click on the links in the menu on the left.