| Foundation |
1969 |
| Associates |
Federal Republic of Germany (90%), State of Hesse (10%) |
| Member |
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren |
| Mission |
Construction and operation of accelerator facilities and research with heavy ions |
| Budget |
€108 million |
| Staff |
1,075 employees, including 600 scientists and engineers |
| Visiting scientist |
1,400 scientists from universities and research institutes all over the world, including more than 350 master and doctoral candidates |
| Apprenticeship |
31 Apprentices in technical and commercial professions |
| Young researchers |
200 PhD students and young graduates |
| Scientific cooperations |
Global cooperations with approximately 400 institutes from more than 50 countries |
| Large facility equipment |
Linear Accelerator UNILAC
Heavy Ion Synchrotron SIS
Experimental Storage Ring ESR
Fragment separator FRS
Highenergy-/Highperformance Laser PHELIX
Several large spectrometer and detector systems
Medical irradiation facility for cancer therapy |