Măgurele is a town situated nearby the capital of Romania, Bucharest, at some 15 kilometers, in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Romania. Its population is 9,200.
The town hosts a number of top research institutes, such as:
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), which will host the ELI-NP program
- The National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics
- The National Institute for Materials Physics
- The National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics
- CETAL – Center for Advanced Laser Technology
- ISS – Institute of Space Science
- The National Institute for Earth Physics – NIEP
- RADO Romanian Atmospheric Research 3D Observatory