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JRC sites across Europe

6 sites across 5 EU countries

Our headquarters are located in Brussels (Belgium). We have research facilities across 5 EU countries

  • Belgium (Geel)
  • Germany (Karlsruhe)
  • Italy (Ispra)
  • The Netherlands (Petten)
  • Spain (Seville)
Map of Europe with JRC sites
The JRC in Brussels (Belgium)
The JRC headquarters, situated in Brussels-Belgium, host the office of director-general, who is responsible for the overall scientific, technical and financial management of the JRC.
The JRC in Geel (Belgium)
Geel is one of the six scientific sites of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Since 1962, the JRC facility in Geel brings together multi-disciplinary expertise for developing new measurement methods and tools such as reference materials.
The JRC in Karlsruhe (Germany)
The Karlsruhe site is the core of JRC research for nuclear safety and security. However, some other related research programmes are also carried out at the JRC sites in Belgium (Geel), the Netherlands (Petten) and Italy (Ispra).
The JRC in Ispra (Italy)
Ispra is considered as one of Europe's leading research campuses with many laboratories and unique research infrastructures.
The JRC in Petten (Netherlands)
The JRC facility in Petten brings together multi-disciplinary expertise for providing European policy support and technology innovation related to several areas
The JRC in Seville (Spain)
The JRC site in Seville works closely with sister services of the European Commission to provide socio-economic and techno-economic support of EU policies.