Forschungszentrum Jülich is a German national research centre and a member of the Helmholtz Association, pursuing interdisciplinary research in energy, information and the bioeconomy. It was established on 11 December 1956 by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as a registered association, became the Nuclear Research Centre Jülich in 1967 and took its present company name in 1990. With roughly 6,800 employees in ten institutes and 80 subinstitutes it is one of the largest research institutions in Europe, and it operates supercomputers, an atmospheric simulation chamber, electron microscopes, a particle accelerator and nanotechnology cleanrooms. Its headquarters lie on the outskirts of the town of Jülich, and it cooperates closely with RWTH Aachen University in the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance.
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on the outskirts of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Jülich
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The institution was established on 11 December 1956 by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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on the outskirts of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Jülich
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is one of the largest research institutions in Europe
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