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International Masterclasses

Designed to give secondary school students an opportunity to personally discover the world of particle physics, the International Masterclasses involve around 13,000 students from 55 countries every year.

Each of the 225 universities or research centers participating in the initiative organize a full immersion day of lessons, exercises and measurements of physical quantities using real data collected from experiments that study the fundamental constituents of the matter and the forces that govern them.

During the morning, researchers working in the field of particle physics will hold introductory seminars. Later in the afternoon the students, assisted by tutors, will carry out practical computer exercises using the same interactive graphic programs that are currently used by elementary particle physicists.

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