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On April 13, 2024, the 13th CyberDubna open regional robotics tournament was held on the basis of the Lyceum named after V.G. Kadyshevsky. 14 teams from Dolgoprudny, Dmitrov, Dubna, Protvino, St. Petersburg and Zaprudnya took part in the tournament. The organiser was JINR University Centre.
On 24 January – 04 February, 2022, the annual RSA-JINR Summer School for undergraduate and postgraduate students of various RSA universities was hosted by the iThemba Labs research centre. This year the School was held in the video conference format.
On 24 September and 09 October 2018, high-school students of Dubna Lyceum No.6 visited the JINR Laboratory of Information Technologies and the Laboratory of Radiation Biology.
From March 25 to 29, 2024, a scientific school for physics teachers was held at JINR. The participants were 23 teachers from Irkutsk, Saratov and Voronezh regions. The teachers' visit was supported by JINR information centres in Irkutsk and Tomsk.
On 20 January 2022, the first lecture in a series of joint events of the Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering and JINR took place online. Nikolai Anfimov, Head of the Sector for Methodological Research, Laboratory of Nuclear Problems named after V.P. Dzhelepov, gave a lecture to high school students, physics teachers, and students of KamSU.
On 30 September, 2018, staff members of JINR VBLHEP Dmitry Dryablov and Dmitry Klimansky volunteered at the Charity Festival "From Heart to Heart" held in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow.
Read more: JINR staff members at the Charity Festival “From Heart to Heart”
Applications for participation in the JINR Postdoctoral Programme are accepted from 1 to 31 March 2024. The JINR Postdoctoral Programme is aimed at young scientists specialising in theoretical and experimental particle physics, nuclear physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, condensed matter physics, and radiobiology.
On 24 December 2021, the solemn opening of the exhibition of works by the winners of the international competition «JINR in drawings of children and adults» dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Institute took place in the Culture Centre "Mir". 150 people from Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Romania, and the Czech Republic participated in the contest.
On 08-09 September 2018, the Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) hosted a two-day school preceding the IX International Symposium on Exotic Nuclei (EXON-2018) held in the capital of Karelia on 10-15 September.
On 24-25 February, 2024, the seventh technical hackathon took place. The event was attended by 38 school and college students from the cities of Serpukhov, Dmitrov, Dubna and the village of Zaprudnya. 15 coaches and 5 volunteers helped the participants.
On 14 December 2021, within the framework of cooperation agreement between RUDN and JINR, first-year RUDN University students majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science visited Dubna.
On 22 September 2018, in Dubna School No. 9 the mentors of the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom of the JINR University Centre ran the jubilee XXV Open Physics and Mathematics Olympiad for Dubna school students of 6-8 grades.
We invite physics teachers to participate in the International Scientific School which will be held from July 7 to July 13, 2024 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. The working language is Russian.
On 18 October, Dubna Lyceum №6 hosted a JINR Day as part of the marathon ‘JINR is visiting schools in Dubna’.
JINR scientists spent the whole school day talking to the Lyceum students, performed scientific chemical and physical experiments, talked about recent achievements in the field of radiobiology and astrophysics, gave a career guidance talk.
On Monday, 10 September 2018, the 3rd stage of the International Student Practice organized by the JINR University Centre was launched.
Read more: The 3rd stage of the International Practice started
JINR University Centre announces the acceptance of applications for participation in Wave 10 of the INTEREST programme, which will be held from 26 February to 14 April, 2024. Please apply for participation till February 16, 2024.
On 13 October 2021, the staff-members of the JINR University Centre organised a visit of 12-13 grade students studying at the non-state educational private institution "British International School" under the national A-Level programme and specialising in natural sciences. The school students got acquainted with the Institute and attended the interactive exhibition "JINR basic facilities" and the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems.
Read more: Students of the British International School at JINR
The University Centre invites JINR stuff members to take up a course of Russian as a Foreign Language.
Read more: Courses of Russian as a Foreign Language at JINR UC
From 16 to 20 November 2023, the Autumn School on the physics of quark-gluon matter was held at JINR. The event was attended by 30 students from universities in Moscow, Tomsk, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Voronezh.
On 05 October 2021, the JINR DLNP Design Department staff-members resumed their English language studies after a summer break.
On Monday, 6 August 2018, the 3rd Summer School Physics and Mathematics «Dubna» for school students of 10-11 grades and their teachers was started. The School was organized by the State University “Dubna” jointly with the JINR University Centre.
Read more: 3rd Summer School on Physics and Mathematics «Dubna»
On 31 October, 2023, a group of participants of the Scientific school “Path to the Stars” visited JINR. 12 Moscow physics teachers came to Dubna. The event was organised by the Institute of Cosmophysics of the NRNU MEPhI and the Faculty of Advanced Professional Development and Retraining of Personnel with support of the Roscosmos State Corporation and JINR.
On 27 September 2021, Wave 5 of the INTEREST online student programme was launched, thus opening the second year of its work. 181 people from 28 countries were selected and participated in the first five Waves. Among them, there are undergraduate and PhD students from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cuba, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.
A festive opening of the jubilee 30th Interregional Computer School named after V. Volokitin and E. Shirkova organized with the support of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was held on 4 August 2018 in the JINR Resort Hotel “Ratmino”.
In September 2023, the journal “Nanomaterials” published an article prepared by the Egyptian students who participated in the JINR International Student Practice under the supervision of the researchers of the Neutron Activation Analysis and Applied Research Sector at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics.
Read more: ISP participants publish an article in “Nanomaterials”
In June 2021, G.V. Trubnikov and Yu.Ts. Oganessian visited the Educational Center "Sirius", Sochi. During the meetings of the JINR leaders with the students of the Center, a number of children expressed their willingness to visit the Institute. On 23-25 September 2021, a delegation of Sirius students and their supervisors visited JINR.
In 2018, the UC Summer Student Programme is held at JINR for the fifth time. It welcomed its participants for the first time in 2014 when eight students came to the Joint Institute.
Read more: The JINR Summer Student Programme held for the 5th time
On 6-8 October 2023, the NAUKA 0+ science festival was held in Moscow. Traditionally, JINR specialists took part in the event. The exhibition stands of the Institute were located at two sites: the Expocentre and the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University.
On 14 September 2021, during the ceremony of the JINR Information Centre opening, which was held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, the JINR UC Social Communications Group presented a video tour of the JINR LRB Radiation Physiology Sector. The guests were given an opportunity to ask questions to the LRB researchers online.
On 9 July 2018, the second stage of the International Student Practice in the JINR fields of research started.
The START (STudent Advanced Research Training) programme invites students and postgraduates to join the research conducted at JINR and supervised by the leading scientists and engineers. Applications for the Winter Session 2024 are accepted at start.jinr.ru until October 31.
Read more: Call for applications for START Winter session 2024
At the forthcoming TECHNOSREDA festival, the largest scientific and technological companies in Russia will present their latest developments to the general public. The Festival will become a catalyst for all high-tech processes and will bring together representatives of the scientific community on a single platform.
The regular International Scientific school for teachers of physics at JINR was launched on 25 June 2018, in Dubna.
Read more: 11th International scientific school for physics teachers
On 25-29 September, 2023, the third Science School for Students of the Children’s University of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology was held at JINR.
On 15-16 September, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research hosted the fourth workshop project "Museum Connections" on the topic: "Mediation: the practice of interaction with the visitor, scientific communication". The project was organised by the Development Fund of the Polytechnic Museum in cooperation with the Polytechnic Museum and with the support of JINR. The staff-members of the JINR University Centre joined the organising committee of the event.
16th traditional visit of students from John F. Kennedy School from Berlin took place on 12-13 June, 2018.
On 16-20 November, 2023, a workshop on the physics of quark-gluon matter will be held at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research as part of the preparation for experiments at the NICA accelerator complex. You can apply for participation up to 26 October.
On 6 September, the Science School for Students of the School University of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) began its work. 14 students of the ASRT School University aged 13-16 arrived in Dubna to participate in the School.
Read more: Schoolchildren from Egypt getting acquainted with JINR
On 4 June 2018, the first stage of the International Student Practice held by the JINR University Centre was launched.
On 28-30 August, 2023, the JINR delegation took part in the 8th Academic Conference on Natural Science for Young Scientists, Master and PhD Students from ASEAN countries (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Vinh, Vietnam.
1st September marks the beginning of a new school year. On this day, the UC Lectorium "S’COOL Science" resumed its lectures for school students of Dubna.
Read more: UC Lectorium resumes its work in the new academic year
On 21 May 2018, a group of high-school students from school No. 5 of Torzhok visited JINR.
On 15 July, 2023, the 35th International Computer School attended by 46 students from the Moscow Region, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Primorsky and Krasnodar Krai came to its end at the JINR resort “Ratmino”.
For the third time, JINR has taken part in the GEEK PICNIC science and technology festival. Every summer, the organisers gather experts from all over the world – scientists, engineers, artists – trying to get a glimpse of the world’s future. On 21-22 August, for the first time, the science festival was held on a motor ship.
On 16 May 2018, representatives of JINR and the Dubna State University, namely FLNR Scientific Leader Academician Yu.Ts. Oganessian, Head of the FLNR Sector Professor Yu.E. Penionzhkevich, Director of the JINR University Centre S.Z. Pakuliak and Rector of the Dubna State University D.V. Fursaev, visited the NRNU MEPhI.
Read more: MEPhI-JINR: cooperation in the fields of training engineers
During summer, the JINR University Centre continues to do popular science demonstrations for a wide audience. The goal is to popularize scientific knowledge and spark interest in exploring the surrounding world.
On 13 August 2021, over two hundred children aged 14-19 – winners of Olympiads and competitions from different countries of the world and participants of the project “Hello, Russia!” – visited Dubna.
Read more: Participants of the project "Hello, Russia!" visited JINR
We inform you that there is now a possibility to enroll a new joint network educational master programme provided by MEPhI together with JINR.
Read more: NRNU MEPhI and JINR start a joint educational programme
From 3 to 7 July 2023, the 12th International Scientific School for Physics Teachers was held at JINR. Twenty teachers from eighteen regions of Russia and one teacher from Armenia became its participants.
JINR staff members delivered lectures online for Russian school students as part of the Bolshaya Peremena (lit. “Big Change/Big School Break”) project, thus having opened a thematic week dedicated to nuclear technologies.
On Saturday, 19 May 2018, the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom of the JINR University Centre will hold XXIV Open Physics and Mathematics Olympiad among schoolchildren of 6-7th grades.
On 07-23 June, 2023, Stage 2 of the International Student Practice by the JINR University Centre was held at the Institute. 28 young scientists came from the South African Republic to participate in the programme.
On 17 June, scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will give lectures on physics in the Educational Centre “Sirius”.
In the Year of Science and Technology, JINR scientists will tell the students of the Educational Centre “Sirius” about their work. Direct contact with successful representatives of the scientific community is a way to spark children’s interest in the profession of a scientist.
On 25 April, within the frames of the project “Friendship Bridges” which unites students from the twin-cities, high-school students from Nova Gorica (Slovenia) visited JINR.
Read more: “Friendship Bridges” between Dubna and Nova Gorica
On 09 June, 2023, MIPT hosted a Career Day, where students had an opportunity to meet with young scientists from JINR and with MIPT graduates. The discussion focused on career prospects for young employees working in the field of nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, and radiobiology.
An interactive exposition "JINR Main Facilities" made by the staff-members of the Institute and the «Intergraphics» company has been opened in the JINR Cultural Centre «Mir» and for now is working in a test mode. The exhibition was timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: it presents the main scientific projects and research areas of the Institute, as well as the most significant stages of its history.
On 25 April, high-school students from Tver visited JINR. They had an excursion to the JINR Museum of the History of Science and Technology and to the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
On 16 May, Stage 1 of the International Student Practice organised by the JINR University Centre started at JINR. 22 trainees – students and young scientists from universities and research centres of the Arab Republic of Egypt – came to Dubna for three weeks. During the first week of the Practice, they listened to lectures on the research conducted at JINR and the main facilities of the Institute, visited VBLHEP, FLNR, FLNP, DLNP, and MLIT. In addition, they learned more about the history of Russia and went sightseeing in Moscow.
On 22 April 2018, the International School on Nuclear Methods for Environmental and Life Science NMELS’18 was launched in the suburbs of Budva, in the picturesque town Becici.
The 20th anniversary of Dubna’s Interschool Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom was celebrated with a traditional, already 33rd, Open Olympiad for students in grades 6-7 organised and run by A.A. Leonovich and V.V. Sadilov. More than 50 schoolchildren representing 9 educational institutions of Dubna, as well as the Dmitrov Gymnasium "Logos", participated in the event.
Wave 1 of the INTEREST programme is coming to its end. The students finish their work on the projects under the supervision of JINR staff members and start preparing their final reports.
On 18 April, students of the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom visited the Laboratory of Information Technologies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
On 22-23 April, 2023, the Kadyshevsky Lyceum became the venue for the Open Robotics Tournament CyberDubna-2023 organised by the JINR University Centre. The Tournament was a team competition based on the Arduino platform.
On 05 October 2020, Wave 1 of the INTEREST programme was officially started. It is being attended by 24 participants from Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, India, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Uzbekistan.
17 high-school students accompanied by teachers from the HEMDA – Center for Science Education, Tel Aviv, Israel, arrived with a three-day visit at JINR.
The physics workshop «Element 105» of the Summer School announces the call of applications. Apply until 20 May, 2023 at https://letnyyashkola.org/105element/ The workshop will work at the «Volga» camp from 6 to 16 July.
On 07 September 2020, the JINR University Centre launched a specific purpose English course for the staff members of the Design Engineering Department of DLNP. The programme of the course was developed in accordance with the request of the Department connected with their participation in the international collaborations at JINR and CERN.
Following the fine tradition, the spring school holidays in Dubna were finished by the scientific festival “Days of Physics”.
Read more: Days of Physics were held for the 5th time in Dubna
On 10-11 April 2023, JINR specialists visited the Institute of Physics of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. The delegation included: A.V. Belushkin, A.Yu. Verkheev, D.M. Chudoba, L.D. Kolupaeva, and Yu.E. Gorshkov.
Read more: JINR presentation at the KPFU Institute of Physics
In September 2020, the JINR University Centre will launch a new programme for students from all over the world. It is called INTEREST, an abbreviation of the English “INTErnational REmote Student Training”. The Programme will allow students to get acquainted with activities of the Institute and conduct research projects remotely, without leaving home.
On 27 March, 2018, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research welcomed the final-year class of the Alexandre Dumas French School of Moscow.
On 03-07 April, 2023, the Scientific School for Physics Teachers from Kamchatka was held at JINR. 14 teachers came to Dubna from different districts of this region. The visit was organised with the support of the JINR Information Centre at Kamchatka State University named after V. Bering. The participants learnt about the Joint Institute's research and visited several laboratories.
Read more: JINR Scientific School for Teachers from Kamchatka
On 27 June and 06-08 August 2020, for the first time in history, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took part in the virtual Festival of Science and Technology GEEK PICNIC. The event was held for the 10th time, but this year – in a completely new format.
On 12 March, 2018, a group of pupils from Moscow School № 1517 arrived at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where they visited the JINR Museum, and the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.
On 07 April, 2023, JINR took part in the event “Career Booster”, which was held at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Dolgoprudny. This traditional event is an excellent platform for positive and efficient communication between potential employers and students.
On 6 — 8 August 2020, JINR will participate in the second stage of the International Geek Picnic Online Festival dedicated to science and advanced technology. The enhanced universe of Geek Picnic Online 2.0 with new stages welcomes its visitors 6.00 pm to 10.00 pm. JINR will participate in this festival as a partner having new speakers and activities.
On 10 February 2018, JINR Library n.a. D.I. Blokhintsev hosted an international educational event "Open Lab", which gathered more than 70 participants of different age and social status.
On 30 March, 2023, the new building of the JINR University Centre became the venue for the joint JINR-MIPT School of Quark-Gluon Matter Physics. Within five days, students got a general idea of the Joint Institute and its main projects, listened to lectures and visited some of the JINR laboratories.
On 15 July 2020, Vice-Rector and Acting Director of Landau Phystech School of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) A. A. Voronov visited JINR.
During three days, from 27 February to 1 March 2018, students of the Japanese university of Kindai, Osaka, got acquainted with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
On 25 March, 2023, an opening ceremony of the new building of the JINR University Centre at 4A, Vavilov st. took place. The new building will host the Engineering and Physics Training for university students, as well as robotics and 3D printing classes for school students. It will also become a new home for the JINR UC Social Communications Group and the Physics Lab for schoolchildren.
On 8 July 2020, staff members of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and the JINR University Centre held an online meeting with 125 students of the Governor’s School for the Sciences and Engineering (GSSE) of the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, USA. The virtual guests had a video excursion to the FLNR experimental facilities.
16 teams from the Moscow region took part in the competition in designing and programming robots. Participants in the qualifying stage, which took place in the Kadyshevsky Lyceum, were 45 children, mostly school students in grades 7-10 from Dolgoprudny, Dubna, Zaprudnya, Korolev, Moscow, Orudyevo, Protvino, Taldom.
The V Summer School “Physics. Mathematics. IT” is coming. It will take place from 25 to 30 July 2020. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the State University “Dubna” annually welcome about 100 high-school students and offer them an extensive popular science programme and project activities.
On 02 February, 2018, a group of Mongolian students, studying at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI visited JINR. The guests were welcomed in the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, the Laboratory of Information Technologies, and in JINR Museum of History of Science and Technology.
The Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University holds a traditional competition of scientific projects – the «Lomonosov» Universiade in theoretical and applied physics. Winners of the competition will become eligible to enter the Master's course at Moscow State University on a preferential basis. Applications are accepted until 31 March, 2023 at https://universiade.msu.ru/rus/event/7866/
Read more: Competition of scientific projects at the MSU Faculty of Physics
28 students completed the first academic year at the Dubna Yandex.Lyceum. Dubna joined the Yandex.Lyceum project in 2019. The start of the programme was preceded by the joint work of Yandex, the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom of Dubna, Lyceum No.6 and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
Read more: Yandex.Lyceum in Dubna: first school year completed
On 31 January, 2018, participants of MIPT physics and mathematics school “Absolute Future” had a visit to the JINR Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
On 08 February 2023, JINR scientists took part in the events organised by the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum named after Academician V.G. Kadyshevsky as part of the Day of Russian Science.
On 23 April 2020, a staff member of VBLHEP Nikita Sidorov faced a very special online audience to deliver his lecture named “What are colliders?” This fascinating talk was intended for the members of the Virtual Science Camps organised by a Physics teacher in Paris, Michael Gregory.
On 25 January 2018, JINR staff members with the support of the JINR University Centre visited Tver once again to deliver lectures for school students, their teachers and students of the Tver State University in the frames of the lecture course “Mathematics and computer sciences”.
The START (STudent Advanced Research Training) programme invites students and postgraduates to join the research conducted at JINR and supervised by the leading scientists and engineers. Applications for the Summer Session 2023 are accepted at start.jinr.ru until March 20.
On 18 February, 2020, students of the Tambov State Technical University who are on modular training at Dubna State University under the student exchange programme visited the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
On 26 January 2018, a group of students from Moscow School No. 825 arrived at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where they visited the Museum of History of Science and Technology, the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, and the University Centre. This is the third annual visit of the School to JINR.
In early December 2022, 20 winners of the municipal stage of the All-Russian Olympiad in Physics from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug visited JINR.
On 19 February, 2020, high school students of the Tarasovka Gymnasium from the city of Pushkino visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The guests took a walk around the Institute part of Dubna, visited the Museum of the JINR History of Science and Technology, as well as the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.
On January 22, 2018 a group of students from Horoshevskaya School arrived at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where they visited the JINR Museum, and the Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
In the last days of November 2022, 12 schoolchildren from the Kamchatka Territory, winners of the Vitus Bering - 2022 Complex Regional Olympiad in natural sciences, visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. During the three days spent in Dubna, the students visited the JINR laboratories, got acquainted with the ongoing scientific projects, took part in a master class on programming, and listened to a number of lectures by JINR specialists.
On 14 — 16 February 2020, the Blokhintsev Universal Public Library of JINR hosted the 9th open robotic tournament CyberDubna-2020 of the Upper-Volga Educational Cyber Network.
Read more: Photos and video of the past tournament “CyberDubna-2020”
On 08-10 December, the Vth International Olympiad in Experimental Physics was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event brought together high school students from Bulgaria, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, and other countries. Students from Dubna also took part in the contest.
In 2022, the JINR Student Programme began its work under the new name START (short for STudent Advanced Research Training). On 25 November, another Session of the Programme attended by 47 students from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Egypt, India, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan came to its end. 57 JINR specialists supervised students’ work on the projects.
On 12 February, 2020, students of the German school named after F.P. Haas (Moscow) accompanied by their teachers visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Excursion to the Laboratory of nuclear reactions was organised for the guests.
On 30 November, 2017, a traditional visit of high-school students of the University Lyceum No. 1511 of the Pre-university of NRNU MEPhI to JINR was held.
On 25-29 October, 2022, in Arkhangelsk, at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, on the basis of which the JINR Information Centre was opened, more than 200 events of the All-Russian NAUKA 0+ Festival took place. JINR employees participated in the Festival.
On 09-30 January, iThemba LABS, RSA, hosted the 2nd JINR-RSA School, the SAINTS@tlabs Physics Summer School, attended by a delegation of JINR representatives. The event was organised by the South African Institute for Nuclear Technology and Sciences under coordination by Prof Richard Newman, iThemba LABS and Stellenbosch University.
On 27 November, twenty-eight 8-year students focused on the study of physics and mathematics and 4 teachers of School № 1514, Moscow, visited the Institute.
On 28 October, 2022, JINR traditionally took part in the annual MIPT Career Day, where one of the basic departments of the Institute is located. About 3000 students from various faculties and years came to the event to learn about vacancies, internships and professional development prospects from representatives of leading science-intensive, engineering and IT companies.
On 30 January, 2020, students of school No. 37 and the children's technopark “Quantorium” from the city of Vladimir visited JINR. Excursions to the Museum of the JINR History of Science and Technology and the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems were organised for the guests.
On 22 November 2017 JINR scientists supported by the JINR University Centre and the JINR Visit Centre had a meeting with students of Tver schools №8 and 51.
On 03-07 October 2022, a Scientific School for Teachers from Primorsky Krai was held at JINR. Ten teachers of Physics, Mathematics, Informatics, and Astronomy from Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Ussuriysk, Bolshoy Kamen, and Sovetskaya Gavan took part in the event.
On Monday, 9 December 2019, the 4th stage of the International Student Practice organized by the JINR University Centre started. 25 students from the Arab Republic of Egypt came to Dubna for participation in the practice together with Prof. Walaa Mohamed Seif Hamouda from the Cairo University and Prof. Medhat Ahmed Abdelkhalek Ibrahim from the National Research Centre.
Read more: 4th stage of the UC International Practice started
On 15 November, 14 students of School No. 2116 and 13 students of the University Lyceum No. 1523 of the Pre-university NRNU MEPHI, Moscow, visited JINR. The pre-university of NNIU MEPhI, Moscow. The main goal of the visit was to introduce the guests to the main activities of the Institute.
On 07-09 October 2022, Moscow hosted the All-Russian Science Festival Nauka 0+. Staff members of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have taken part in this major event for the seventh time. A team of 30 young scientists, specialists, and engineers working at the Institute presented a comprehensive programme targeted at wide audience of all ages.
On 2 and 3 October 2019, high school students of «Gymnasium named after S.V. Kovalevskaya» from the city of Velikiye Luki (Pskov region) visited JINR. Excursions to the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of JINR, as well as to the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions were organised.
In the framework of school career days and with a purpose to encourage school graduates to choose science specialties, visits to the JINR Laboratory of High Energy Physics and the Laboratory of Information Technologies were organised for high school students from Dubna.
On 12-16 September 2022, JINR hosted the second Scientific School for Students of the Children's University of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Twelve schoolchildren went through a competitive selection and arrived in Dubna to know more about the Institute.
For 10 years, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research together with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been organising international scientific schools for physics teachers from the JINR Member States. During this time, more than 400 teachers from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan participated in the events.
Read more: 10 years of Russian-language schools for teachers at CERN
On November 14, twenty eight 1-year students of the Faculty of General and Applied Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (FGAP, MIPT), visited JINR.
On 30 July, for the fourth time, JINR specialists took part in the Geek Picnic festival dedicated to modern technologies, science, and art. In 2022, the Museon Arts Park in Moscow became the venue for the Festival.
On Monday, 9 September 2019, the third stage of the International Student Practice was launched in the JINR University Centre. Senior students and first-years post-graduates of universities of Europe, Africa, and Latin America participate in the event.
November 1, 2017, the Interregional Computer School (MSC) together with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) held the 1st selection round of regional competitions on the basics of construction and robotics "Technical HACATHON – Racing along the Line" at the D.I. Blokhintsev library of JINR.
On 26 July, the Physics Workshop "Element 105", part of the Summer School, came to an end. The Summer School is an interdisciplinary event that has been held since 2004 in the format of a field camp.
On Monday, 9 September 2019, the third stage of the International Student Practice was launched in the JINR University Centre. 22 students of universities of Belarus, Chile, Cuba, the RSA and Serbia came to Dubna.
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research jointly with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) holds the 10th scientific School for teachers of physics from the JINR Member States on 5 – 12 November 2017.
On 26 June – 02 July, 2022, the XI International Scientific School for Physics Teachers was held at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
On 3 August 2019, the 31st Interregional Computer School named after V. Volokitin and E. Shirkova organized with the support of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will be launched in the JINR Resort Hotel “Ratmino”.
As part of the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, which is being held in Sochi, October 15 – 22, 2017, the exhibition site of the Ministry of Education and Science “Megascience: Russia in the World – Russia for the World” is open.
In the June session 2022, JINR became a partner of the School League programme dedicated to early career guidance for schoolchildren, development of research and engineering skills, and popularisation of science and technology among young people.
Read more: JINR took part in the "Nanograd" in St. Petersburg
On 6 – 14 July 2019, JINR took part in one of largest festivals of science, technology and arts “Geek Picnic” that annually gathers about 100,000 people at its two sites in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
The traditional International morning was held on 22 September 2017 in the JINR University Centre and attracted a record number of students participating in the third stage of the International Student Practice.
On 01-03 June, 2022, the JINR University Centre, in cooperation with the teachers of the Interschool Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom, Kadyshevsky Lyceum, and Dubna University, held the traditional Science Festival "Physics Days" in Dubna.
On 14 July 2019, the Summer School “Physics. Mathematics. IT.” was launched in Dubna. At the present School, students will have lectures on modern nuclear physics, cosmology, and radiomedecine and will be involved in project activities.
Read more: Summer School “Physics. Mathematics. IT.” was launched
On 11 September 2017, the third stage of the International Student Practice in JINR Fields of Research was started. Among the participants registered for that stage are 30 students from Egypt, 12 students from Belarus, 12 students from South Africa, 5 Serbian and 2 Cuban students.
On 23-24 May, 2022, students from Moscow School No. 1514 and the “Vtoraya Shkola” Lyceum got acquainted with JINR. The schoolchildren attended the interactive exhibition “JINR basic facilities”, JINR Museum and visited the laboratories of the Institute.
Senior school students from secondary schools of the Czech Republic spent four days at the beginning of July to get acquainted with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
On 08 August, a visit to the laboratories of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was organised for the participants of the International Computer School that is annually held in Dubna.
On 16 May, preliminary defense of theses written by the Master students of the JINR-based department "Nuclear-Physical Materials Science" of the Institute of Physics, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, took place at the JINR University Centre.
On Monday, 8 July 2019, the second stage of the International Student Practice 2019 on the fields of JINR research started in the JINR University Centre. 66 students from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia came to Dubna to take part in the Practice.
Summer is a busy season at JINR when students come here for practices and internships. One of such programmes is a Summer Student Programme(SSP). Let’s talk about it in more detail.
On 29 April, 2022, a two-week training for 2nd and 3rd year students of the Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research came to its end.
From 1 to 5 July 2019, JINR took part in the 11th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) in Lausanne. It is the largest event held once in two years that is one of the rare opportunities for specialists in the PR and outreach fields to discuss the latest tendencies and projects of the field.
Read more: JINR at the World Conference of Science Journalists-2019
On 25 April, 2022, students of the Physics and Mathematics class of Moscow School No. 1514 visited JINR. The school children attended the interactive exhibition "JINR Basic Facilities", DLNP, and VBLHEP.
On 3 – 4 June 2019, high-school students from the John F. Kennedy School, Berlin, visited JINR.
On 25 June – 01 July 2017, JINR hosted the 8th International Scientific School for Physics Teachers. This year, 18 teachers and 10 school students from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, and Azerbaijan have participated in it.
On 24 April, 2022, the Moscow Regional Physics and Mathematics Lyceum named after Academician V.G. Kadyshevsky became the venue for the final round of the V Technical Hackathon "Dubna-2022" for secondary school students. It was attended by 6 best teams from Kimry, Taldom, and Dubna selected on the basis of a preliminary round.
On 3 June 2019, the first stage of the International Student Practice for students from the RSA organized by the JINR University Centre started. 22 students from universities of the Republic of South Africa and, interestingly, not only citizens of this country but of Cameron and Nigeria as well, came to Dubna for three weeks.
On 19 June 2017, a delegation of teachers from the HEMDA – Center for Science Education, Tel Aviv, Israel, arrived with a three-day reconnaissance visit to JINR.
On 22 April, 2022, UC Deputy Director Alexander Verkheev, FLNP junior researcher Maxim Podlesny, and DLNP junior researcher Andrey Maltsev took part in the event "Career Booster: scientific and applied tracks of Phystech" organised by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
From 14 to 28 July 2019, a fascinating journey to the world of science, discoveries and achievements will be opened not far from Dubna. The workshop “Element 105” will be held in the frames of the Summer School 2019 (earlier the School “Russian Journalist”) in the “Volga” recreation centre.
Read more: “Element 105” on the bank of the Volga river in summer
9 June, 2017, the day started with "International Morning" at the JINR Visit Center. The event has already become a good tradition during JINR UC Student Practices.
On 21 and 22 April, 2022, high school students of the Physics and Mathematics classes of Vologda Secondary School No. 13 and students of the «House of Scientific Collaboration» Centre at the Vologda State University visited JINR. The guests visited the interactive exhibition «JINR basic facilities», Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Museum of the History of Science and Technology, and the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.
On 13 – 14 April 2019, on the platform of the JINR Cultural Centre “Mir”, the scientific festival for children and adults “Days of Physics” was held for the 6th time. This year, the festival was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.
1 June, 2017, on the International Children's Day, in the square by Meshcheryakov monument, a traditional scientific quest was held.
On 21 April, 2022, VBLHEP leading researcher Sergey Merts gave an online lecture "NICA: Back to the Future" for the JINR InfoCentre at the Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering and students of 9-11 grades of the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum "Technical" in Vladivostok. The event was held as part of the JINR UC Lectorium.
On 30 March 2019, students of the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom of the JINR University Centre visited the Head Office of Yandex in Moscow.
The first stage of the International Student Practice in JINR Fields of Research for students from the Republic of South Africa started on 29 May 2017.
On 18 April, 2022, the first online lecture "Neutron activation analysis in environmental studies" within the framework of cooperation with the JINR InfoCentre opened on the basis of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov was given by the Head of the Neutron Activation Analysis and Applied Research Sector of the FLNP Inga Zinicovscaia to students of 9-11 grades. The event was held as part of the JINR UC Lectorium.
On 29 March 2019, the largest Russian scientific festival “PRONauka” (lit. “PROScience”) was held in Kazan. It is one of the largest social projects in the fields of science popularization that included an extensive range of educational intensive courses, lectures and discussion sites in which professors from the Kazan Federal University and JINR scientists took part.
On 10 May, a group of school students from Dolgoprudny Physical and Technical Lyceum n.a. P.L. Kapitsa visited JINR. The guests were welcomed at the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of JINR, and afterwards, in the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, and the Medical and Technical Complex of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems.
On 15 April, 2022, within the framework of the JINR UC Lectorium, an online lecture "Dark Matter" by the leading researcher of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics Anton Baushev was organised for 8-10-grade students of the Educational Center "Sirius".
On 25 March, 2019, a group of high-school students from Lyceum No. 1 of the Krasnoarmeysky district of Volgograd arrived at JINR. The visit programme included a tour of the Institute Part of the city, an excursion to the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, the Laboratory of Information Technology, and the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of JINR.
School students from Dubna have participated in the VIII physical marathon "Step up into Science" in Troitsk. The ninth-grade students demonstrated such experiments as "Jacob's Ladder", "Yutkin’s Effect" and "Balloelectric Effect". Experiments had been trained in the classes of experimental physics supervised by Irina Osipenkova.
Read more: “Step up into Science” festival visited by Dubna students
On 4 and 19 April 2022, second-year students of the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University participated in virtual visits to the JINR Laboratories. The visitors saw the DC-280 cyclotron hall in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and the NICA accelerator complex of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
On 24 March, a big event for school and university students and graduates took place in the Cultural Centre “Oktyabr” in Dubna. For the third time, the Forum #ProfessionsoftheFuture gathered experts in various professions to speak about the skills and competencies that will be relevant in the near future. The event was marked by traditional participation of JINR.
Read more: JINR at the forum “Professions of the Future”: who is Science waiting for?
On 20 April 2017, within the framework of the International Training for specialists from JINR Associated Members and Partner Countries, JINR University Centre hosted a meeting, where Director of UC S.Z. Pakuliak made a presentation on the educational programmes and opportunities provided to foreign students by the Institute.
Read more: UC welcomes the participants of the International Training
On 18 April, 2022, a two-week training at JINR started for 2- and 3-year physics students of the Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University.
On 21 March, 2019, the final-year students of the French Lyceum “A. Dumas” (Moscow) accompanied by their teachers and science cooperation officers of the French Embassy in Moscow visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
Read more: Students of the Lycée Français de Moscou “A.Dumas” at JINR
On 20 April 2017, JINR hosted a delegation from Moscow Polytechnic University. Among the delegation members were Rector A.V. Nikolaenko, Vice-rector for academic and research work Yu.M. Borovin, Director for educational and scientific projects G.Kh. Sharipzyanova, Director for corporate relations G.A. Shchelkanov, Director of the Department for academic research work A.A. Skvortsov, and Director of the Higher School of Management and Law N.M. Fedorov. The delegation was accompanied by Deputy head of Dubna Administration N.A. Smirnov.
On 8 April 2022, students of the children's technopark "Kvantorium" from Balashikha visited the Laboratory of Information Technologies n.a. M.G. Meshcheryakov. LIT researcher Igor Pelevanyuk introduced the children to the directions of the Laboratory's activities.
On 11-13 March, 14 students and 3 teachers from the Science Education Center “HEMDA” (Tel Aviv, Israel) visited JINR. The main goal of the visit was introduction to the main fields of scientific research conducted at the Institute and participation in a series of lab works on the basics of experimental nuclear physics developed by the JINR staff members.
On 7 April 2017, a group of high school students from Moscow school No. 880 visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Excursions to the Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics and the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions were organized for the students.
On 5-7 April 2022, the qualifying stage of the fifth Technical Hackathon "Dubna-2022" for school students was held within the walls of the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum n.a. Kadyshevsky. 17 teams from the North of the Moscow region and the Tver region took part in the robot design and programming competition. The best results were shown by school students from Kimry, Taldom, and Dubna. On April 24, they will compete for the main prize in the final of the tournament.
JINR staff members regularly participate in popular science events held in the city of Tver.
On 31 March – 2 April 2017 the Science Festival «Physics Days 2017» was held in Dubna. Young researchers from Dubna and other Russian cities gathered here for the fourth time. The main feature of our festival is that school students are not just spectators; they solve complex problems and carry out peculiar experiments, construct models on their own.
On 1 April 2022, the JINR University Center specialists organised an online tour for school students of 8-10 grades of the Dubna Lyceum No. 6 n.a. Academician G.N. Flerov. Yuri Severyukhin, a researcher of the Laboratory of Radiation Biology, hosted the event and introduced the children to the work of the Radiation Physiology Sector.
On 30 January, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was visited by a group of students, teachers, and graduates of Moscow School No. 179. An eventful programme was organised for the guests: excursions to the Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, and Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.
On the days of school holidays, a group of school students from Stavropol came to Dubna. Excursions to Dubna University and the Museum of the History of Science and Technology were organised for the guests, two days were devoted to acquaintance with JINR.
On March 25 and 31, 2022, second-year students of the Institute of Engineering and Physics of the Dubna State University got acquainted with JINR. The students visited the interactive exhibition "JINR Main Facilities", the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics n.a. N.N. Bogoliubov and the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions n.a. G.N. Flerov.
On 09-10 February, 2019, the VIII Open Robotics Tournament of the Upper-Volga Educational Cyber Network “CyberDubna-2019” was held in the JINR Cultural Centre “Mir” (Dubna).
FLNR and VBLHEP staff members A. Voinov and D. Dryablov gave open lessons for students and teachers of School No. 51 in Tver.
From March 29 to April 13, 2022, with the assistance of the JINR University Centre specialists, the Pacific Online Marathon "Big Science Firsthand" is being held for students studying physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU).
On 10-29 January 2019, representatives of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took part in the SAINTS(Southern African Institute of Nuclear Technology and Sciences)@tlabs Physics School held at iThemba LABS National Research Foundation (South Africa).
On February 21, a group of school students from Yaroslavl visited JINR. The guests were welcomed at the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of JINR, and afterwards in the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, and the Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
On 23-25 March 2022, JINR staff members Semion Gurskiy and Elena Badawy took part in the “English Language Week” held at the Kadyshevsky Lyceum. Students of 7-10 grades listened to the lectures delivered in English, which were dedicated to the history of the Joint Institute and the development of nuclear research in our country, as well as to the treatment of cancer by proton therapy.
The application period for the JINR Summer Student Programme (SSP) opened on 16 January 2019. The application deadline is 30 March 2019.
JINR UC Department of Development of modern education programmes under the guidance of Yuri Panebratsev had prepared an Open videolesson «NICA – the Universe in a laboratory» by the Day of Russian Science.
On 24 March 2022, an online tour of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions was organised for the JINR Infocentre at the Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering (KamSU). FLNR senior researcher Vratislav Chudoba introduced the audience to the studies of the exotic nuclei properties, which are conducted at the Acculina-2 fragment-separator–U-400M heavy ion accelerator complex.
On 10-11 December, high-school students of St. Petersburg Gymnasium No. 295, who specialise in Physics and Mathematics, visited JINR. Guests visited the Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR, the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics.
Read more: School students from St. Petersburg visiting JINR
On 3 February 2017, 24 students of the graduating class of French Lyceum n.a. Alexandre Dumas in Moscow, accompanied by teachers and staff members of the French Embassy in Moscow visited JINR.
On 25-27 March 2022, visits to the interactive exhibition "JINR Basic Facilities" located in the Culture Centre "Mir" were organised for Dubna residents. The events were dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. In such a way the Institute invited everyone to get to know its history and celebrate its holiday with the city. Within three days, about 300 visitors attended the exhibition.
At the beginning of December, five students of the Physics and Mathematics Open Classroom visited Sofia where the Bulgarian Unity of physicists organizes a traditional Olympiad on experimental physics for high-grade school students.
On the occasion of the Day of Russian Science, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research has prepared materials for school students on the topic: “NICA - Universe in the Lab”. In this video, Academician Grigory V. Trubnikov
On 17 March, 2022, another video conference with Dubna was held for the JINR Info Centre at the Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering (KamSU). Scientific Secretary of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions Alexander Karpov gave a lecture "Searching for the Limits of the Periodic Table". The event was held as part of the University Centre Lectorium.
On 23 November, 2018, the Kazan Federal University (KFU) welcomed the representatives of JINR.
On the Russian Studentship Day, January 25, 2017, a group of school students from Moscow school No. 825 arrived at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where they visited the JINR Museum,
On 02 March, 2022, an online lecture was organised for 8-9 grade students from school No. 51 in Tver. The event was held as part of the JINR UC Lectorium. Researcher of the Laboratory of Information Technologies Igor Pelevanyuk gave a lecture "LIT: Past and Present".
The JINR University Centre organizes two-day programmes for schools students from other cities that allow them to learn more about the Institute, the city and opportunities available for the youth here. On 29 and 30 October 2018, 16 school students and their 3 teachers from Vologda came to JINR.
Read more: School students from Vologda in JINR and the University
On 18 January 2017, a group of high school students from Zelenograd school No. 1739 visited JINR. Excursions to the Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR, as well as to the Laboratory of High Energy Physics were organised for the visitors.
On 24 February, 2022, an online popular-science event was held on the basis of the JINR Info Centre at KamSU. Participants were FLNP staff members Natalya Glombotskaya and Valery Lobachev and high-school students from the local schools. The meeting was organised by the JINR University Centre.
Yesterday, on 4 November, the eleventh scientific School for physics teachers from JINR Member States, organized jointly by the Joint Institute and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), was started.
On 19-20 December 2016, a group of school students from Michurinsk, Tambov region, visited JINR. The guests were first welcomed at the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of JINR,
Within the framework of the 65th anniversary of JINR and the Year of Science and Technology in Russia, the University Centre ran the Marathon “JINR visiting Dubna schools”. This large-scale popular-science event lasted from April till December 2021 and involved 14 city schools.
On Friday, 26 October 2018, the XXVI International Space Olympiad for school students was finished in the science city Korolyov. This year, the Olympiad was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of launch of the Russian module “Zarya”, the first module of the International Space Station, and to the 80th anniversary of the science city Korolyov.
On December 2, 2016 a group of school children from Dubna Lyceum No.6 visited the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions. During the visit, Dr. Andrey Denikin, Head of the Group of Theoretical and Computational Physics of FLNR
In February 2022, the traditional, third in a row, lecture session of the Joint Institute for Nu-clear Research scientists for the «Virtual Science Camp» was held. Nikolai Anfimov gave a lecture «What is JINR?» to students from 10 countries.
More than 1000 guests visited the Dubna site of the Nauka 0+ Festival “Hitchhiking around the Galaxy” on 20 October 2018 organized by the University “Dubna” that became a regional site of the famous All-Russian Scientific Festival for the first time.
On December 7, 2016 a group of school students from Moscow Lyceum No. 1524 arrived at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where they visited the JINR Museum, FLNR, and VBLHEP.
Winners of the first joint project "Lessons of real nuclear physics" of the Educational Center "Sirius" and JINR have been announced. The participants assembled a model of a cloud chamber and independently identified the tracks of charged particles, made photo and video reports on the performed work.
