06 March 2014 - The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire  or CERN), one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research, with the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe, has donated computer equipment to the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, to strengthen the Philippines capability in experimental as well as theoretical high-energy physics. 

On February 27, Philippine Ambassador to Switzerland Leslie Baja was  invited to the official ceremony at the CERN Headquarters in Geneva to formalize the  consignment of the donations.  The ceremony was opened by CERN Director-General Professor Rolf Heuer and Ambassador Baja.  Ambassador Baja expressed his appreciation and  enthusiasm for the project.

CERN will send 50 servers and  40 network switches to the UP Physics Institute.  The equipment will be used for various high energy physics research programmes in the Philippines and for the University’s development of digital resources for science.

On October 26, 2011, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the University of the Philippines and CERN’s CMS-LHC (Compact Muon Solenoid-Large Hadron Collider) Experiment.   UP Diliman Chancellor Dr. Caesar A. Saloma signed on behalf of UP,  and Professor Albert de Roeck signed on behalf of CERN. END