Forschungszentrum Julich

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Jülich Research Centre) is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and is one of the largest interdisciplinary research centres in Europe. It was founded on 11 December 1956 by the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia as a registered association, before it became Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH or Nuclear Research Centre Jülich in 1967. In 1990, the name of the association was changed to Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH. It has close collaborations with RWTH Aachen in the form of Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA).