For Teachers
Every year, CERN offers various professional development programmes for teachers to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in particle physics and related areas, and experience a dynamic, international research environment. All programmes are facilitated by experts in the field of physics, engineering, and computing and include an extensive lecture and visit itinerary.
Furthermore, CERN’s teacher programmes enable you to meet with teaching colleagues from your country or from all around the world. We offer teacher programmes in either English or in one of the national languages of CERN Member States, lasting between 3 days and 2 weeks.
National
Teacher Programmes
One-week programmes in the national languages of CERN Member and Associate Member States
International Teacher Programmes
Two-week programmes in English open to in-service science teachers from around the world
Online
Teacher
Programmes
Recordings of past online teacher programmes including programme timetables, and materials
Testimonials
“My students will see how the fundamentals they learn in the classroom are CURRENTLY being applied on a global level and at CERN to study, design, create, diagnose, treat … frankly how what they learn is applied to all areas of STEM and life. It’ll make it so much more engaging and worthwhile to them instead of seeing science as “another subject they’re made to do”.
Teacher taking part in the UK Teacher Programme 2026
“This programme showed me how different areas of physics—such as nuclear physics, electromagnetism and thermodynamics—come together in real, large-scale research. As a result, I will teach these topics in a more integrated way, emphasising their connections rather than treating them as separate subjects.”
Teacher taking part in the Belgian Teacher Programme 2026