Guided visits

The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona is located in the Campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ​​it has a Clean Room of 1,500 square meters (one of the largest in southern Europe), with service facilities of more than 2,000 square meters and with the Zenon Navarro Exhibition Area. Members of the staff act as guides and the visit includes the following itinerary:

• Presentation of the IMB-CNM: introduction to the micro and electronics technology and the applications of the research.
• Zenon Navarro Exhibition Area: an area with equipment removed from the clean room where you can see the evolution of microelectronics over the years and learn more about the chip manufacturing process.
• Clean Room perimeter corridor: walk through the corridor outside of the clean room and from which you can see what it is like inside and how people have to dress. It is an opportunity to get to know a Unique Science and Technology Infrastructure (ICTS) recognized by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, which implies that the activity carried out in it is unique.

There are two ways to visit the institute:

Visits for the general public: Open Days

On the occasion of the Science Week, we organize scientific guided visits. These are days that are announced a few weeks in advance and you can sign up to come. Subscribe to our Agenda to receive information about the next Open Doors!

• Visit duration: 1 hour.
• Group Size: up to a maximum of 14 people, with no minimum number of people required.

We accept visits from schools, institutes and universities on the Thursdays of each month, as well as organized groups. To organize one, you just have to fill out the visit form and we will contact you to close a date. We recommend submitting the request more than a month in advance.

• Duration of the visit: 2 hours.
• Group size: up to a maximum of 25/30 people.

Get in touch with the Scientific Culture team if you have any doubt or the dates are not suitable for you.