Forschungszentrum Jülich

Key Technologies for Tomorrow

Key technologies in the areas of energy and environment, information technology and health – this characterizes Forschungszentrum Jülich’s profile.

How will we live longer in future while remaining healthy as we age? How will we secure our energy supply and protect the environment at the same time? What does our future as a knowledge society look like? In order to answer these burning questions, society needs solutions from research – solutions based on completely new ways of thinking that can only be achieved with cutting-edge research tools.

These key technologies whose benefits are not restricted to the specific needs of individual disciplines, but instead open new doors for research as a whole, are the mission of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Developing and creating these key technologies together with leading partners in science and industry, using them for its own research, and making them available to science – these are the tasks of one of Europe’s large interdisciplinary research centres.

5,000 employees who work together in an interdisciplinary manner, over 200 cooperation partners in Germany and abroad, a unique infrastructure, and unrivalled expertise in physics, materials science, nanotechnology and information technology – this is Jülich’s potential for creating the “key technologies for tomorrow”.

Excellent researchers who cooperate across the borders of institutes, research centres and even countries are Jülich’s greatest strength. In order to enable them to collaborate with leading partners throughout the world, Jülich participates in strategic alliances both in Germany and abroad.

Young scientists, undergraduates and PhD students are central to the intellectually stimulating environment and vitality of the campus. Jülich offers them a working environment with state-of-the-art instruments and international contacts, as well as the opportunity to research independently at an early stage of their career.

Jülich places great emphasis on the tools used by its researchers: simulation with supercomputers, research with neutrons, imaging techniques for medicine, nanotechnology tools – these modern instruments facilitate breakthroughs to new horizons of knowledge. This infrastructure, valued and used by researchers throughout the world, characterizes Jülich as the home of key technologies.

Research Areas

• Energy & Environment
• Information
• Health