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Publiée le 12/04/14 à 16h30

This laboratory is at the cutting edge of nuclear physics research (working with the CERN in Geneva), focusing on both fundamental science and applied science, such as in nuclear waste management, or in nuclear medecine.

On June 20, SUBATECH will celebrate its 20th birthday. Subatech is a joint laboratory, specialised in nuclear physics and chemistry, with 200 research scientists and technicians and a budget of €15 million, of which the Ecole des Mines is particularly proud. It was set up in 1994 as a joint research laboratory (UMR) involving the Ecole des Mines, the National Institute for nuclear physics and Particle Physics (CNRS-IN2P3), and the University of Nantes, and it has forged itself a solid reputation, both in France and internationally.
It is becoming more and more involved in large scale projects, in particular with the CERN in Geneva, where it runs one of the computing centres. It is bringing in leading researchers, from France and abroad and its work has received an impressive number of prestigious awards. AERES, (the Agency for evaluation in research and higher education), referred to its success in glowing terms in a report published in 2011, saying "SUBATECH has had a huge impact on all the different programmes in which it has been involved, most of which have been high level international projects."
Why such success ? First of all, an unusual approach. "The original idea, which came from Robert Germinet, head of the Ecole des Mines at that time, and Georges Charpak, Nobel prize winner for physics, was to bring together scientists from the CERN, working on fundamental research, and other scientists involved in applied science and industrial applications, explains Bernd Grambow, the director of SUBATECH. At the time this was ground breaking." Even today, this dual focus in basic research, and at international level is a major asset for the school.
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