The Institute for High Energy Physics (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, IFAE) of Barcelona, Spain, is a Public Consortium between theGeneralitat de Catalunya (Government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia) and theUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). It was formally created on July 16, 1991,by Act number 159/1991 of the Generalitat. As an organization it is independent from both theUAB and the Generalitat, ruled by its own Statutes, and governed by a Governing Board.It is located on the campus of UAB in Bellaterra, Barcelona.
IFAE maintains its own Titular Personnel alongside Associated Personnel comprising members from the Physics Department of UAB engaged in Particle Physics research. Additionally, IFAE has established an agreement with Universitat de Barcelona, dated 8/7/1992, enabling faculty members of the university involved in Particle Physics research to also serve as Associated Personnel at IFAE.
The IFAE is also ascribed to the UAB as a University Institute (Act number 231/1995 of theGeneralitat) which allows its members to teach in its Doctoral Programme in Physics, and thusbenefits from a productive symbiotic relationship with this major education and research institution.
The institute is dedicated to forefront experimental and theoretical research in the fields ofhigh energy physics and high energy astrophysics as well as in related technologies.