Gemini Observatory Competitors

The University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu offers an intellectually challenging higher education experience in a supportive setting with the lowest bachelor’s degree tuition in Hawai‘i. Enjoy small class sizes and get to know classmates and professors personally while completing academic programs designed for career success. Financial aid, scholarships, flexible class schedules and distance learning opportunities make it even more convenient to complete your degree, get out and accomplish your dreams.

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned science and engineering research and education institution, where extraordinary faculty, students and staff seek answers to complex questions, discover new knowledge, lead innovation, and transform our future. Caltech's 124-acre campus is located in Pasadena, California.

ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and is supported by 16 member-states along with the host state of Chile and with Australia as a Strategic Partner. ESO's main mission, laid down in the 1962 Convention, is to provide state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and astrophysicists, allowing them to conduct front-line science in the best conditions. By building and operating a suite of the world's most powerful ground-based astronomical telescopes enabling important scientific discoveries, ESO offers numerous possibilities for technology spin-off and transfer, together with high technology contract opportunities and is a dramatic showcase for European industry. Whilst the Headquarters (comprising the scientific, technical and administrative centre of the organisation) are located in Garching near Munich, Germany, ESO operates, in addition to the Santiago Centre, three unique observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor.