Mandate

The CERN Technology (TE) Department is responsible for designing, developing, operating and maintaining superconducting and normal-conducting magnets, magnet and circuit protection systems, cryogenic installations, and ultra-high vacuum systems. It maintains world-class expertise and state-of-the-art knowledge in the associated specialized technological fields such as low and high temperature superconducting technology, machine protection and electrical quality assurance, cryogenic and vacuum technology, and coating and surface treatment techniques. The TE Department performs the research and development in these areas required for the consolidation and upgrade of the existing CERN accelerator complex and for future CERN projects, in full collaboration with European partners and international collaborators. The TE Department is fully committed to the safety, environmental sustainability, and long-term viability of its activities, and to training and developing the next generation of physicists, engineers and technicians in its domains of expertise.