CERN welcomes physicists (users) from various institutes around the world, including Belgium.
There are also Belgian physicists participating to CERN experiments through institutes from other countries.
Key numbers about the Belgian participation to CERN research programmes (end of 2022)
| Number of data taking experiments with Belgian Institutes participation | 15 |
| Participating Belgian institutes | 9 |
| Users through Belgian Institutes | 188 |
| Users of Belgian nationality | 98 |
Data taking experiments in which Belgian institutes take part
| Experiments | Participating Belgian Institutes |
| CMS | Ghent University KU Leuven Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Université de Mons Universiteit Antwerpen Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) |
| ISOLDE Facility (mutiple experiments) |
Ghent University KU Leuven Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK-CEN) Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) |
| nTOF Collaboration | Joint Research Center (JRC) (IRMM) |
| NA62 | Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) |
Sources: CERN Greybook for experiments and institutes and CERN HR report for users
Access up-to-date information about the Belgian institutes which participated or are participating to CERN research programmes in the Greybook.
