The Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) is a physics research institute that is operated jointly by the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of Jyväskylä, the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, and the Tampere University, with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) as a fixed-term interim member since 2018.

HIP Theme Week – 30 years of HIP

September 14, 2026
by the HIP Communications group We recently celebrated the 30 year anniversary of HIP! To mark this occasion, the HIP Communications group organised the HIP Theme Week, which was decided to be the week 31 August – 4 September. This week includes the date exactly 30 years after…

Opening Address for the FCC Week 2026

August 10, 2026
This blog contains the opening speech in the FCC week in Helsinki in June 2026 by prof. Paula Eerola, President of the Research Council of Finland Distinguished Director-General,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honor to address you today at the FCC Week. I am…

The Next Frontier of Fundamental Physics

June 4, 2026
There is a rare occasion to hear a public talk of Director-General of CERN, professor Mark Thompson, in the University of Helsinki Think Corner on Tuesday 9.6. at 17:00. Please see University of Helsinki events calendar for further information. This event is organized in…

The disconnection of the LHC has begun

September 17, 2026
The 27 km circumference of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) contains thousands of magnets of different types – dipoles, quadrupoles, sextupoles, octupoles,…

NA64, a decade of hunting dark matter

September 4, 2026
In particle physics, energy is never lost. When particles collide or decay, all the initial energy they carry must be conserved in the resulting products, and a…