Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP, www.hip.fi) is a joint research institute of five universities – University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta University of Technology, and Tampere University of Technology – which operates under the auspices of University of Helsinki. HIP has a national mandate to practise and promote basic research at international accelerator centra, to facilitate applied research and development, and to participate in graduate education in physics.