Nikhef is the national institute for subatomic physics in The Netherlands. Nikhef itself is a collaboration between 5 major Dutch universities and the Dutch Science Funding Agency (NWO). Utrecht University is member of the Nikhef collaboration, and the Institute for Subatomic Physics as part of the Physics Department of the Science Faculty of Utrecht University performs experimental research in high-energy physics in close collaboration with the Nikhef institute. The main focus of the institute is on the ALICE experiment at the LHC.