1. Helsinki Institute of Physics CERN, May 22, 2006

2. Helsinki Institute of Physics Founded in 1996 Research Institute for Theoretical Physics, UH Research Institute for High Energy Physics,UH Institute of Particle Physics Technology, HUT

3. Member universities University of Helsinki Helsinki University of Technology University of Jyväskylä Lappeenranta University of Technology (joining 2007)

4. Mission Research in theoretical physics and experimental high energy physics Doctoral training and technology development in the related fields Coordination of the CERN activity in Finland Other international activity related to accelerator centres

6. Volume of operation About 95 person years Budget a little over 4 M€ annually For detector construction in addition about 6.7 MCHF in 1997-2008 About 130 refereed articles every year 5 PhDs annually, about 10 MSc