On 14 April 2025, an annual international training programme for decision-makers in research and international scientific cooperation (JEMS-26) started at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. JEMS is designed to provide participants with a broad understanding of the Joint Institute’s scientific programme, international cooperation, educational activities, history, and social infrastructure in the shortest possible period of time, five days.

Russian participants of the 26th training course represent Kamchatka State Technical University, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Pacific National University (PNU), North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU), Tomsk State Pedagogical University (TSPU), Samara National Research University, North Ossetian State University (NOSU), National Research State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN), Southern Federal University (SFedU), Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), MISiS National University of Science and Technology, Tver State University (TSU). Kazakhstan and Belarus participants come from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (INP) and the Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University (INP BSU).

JINR University Centre Director Dmitry Kamanin opened the training programme with an overview lecture on the Joint Institute’s scientific infrastructure. He highlighted several distinctive features of this course. To begin with, the participants represent a large number of universities, and most of them are new to JEMS. Secondly, the visitors show great interest in career guidance and working with school physics teachers, in particular, in the format of information centres, which is reflected in the programme. Thirdly, for the first time, the course is taking place at the new UC building, which is well equipped and regularly used as a platform for a variety of educational events.

The JEMS-26 training will take place from 14 to 18 April 2025. On the first day, the guests visited the Superheavy Element Factory at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and the NICA Accelerator Complex at the Laboratory of High Energy Physics. The week’s programme will include an introduction to the research programmes and infrastructure of FLNP, MLIT, DLNP, LRB, and BLTP. On the final day, the JINR Scientists’ Club will host a round table with the Institute’s Directorate, where the course will be summarised, and participants will share the results of the training.