The CRC 110 Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD comprises the following scientific institutions:

• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Technische Universität München
• Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• Peking University, Beijing
• Theoretical Physics Center for Science Facilities, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing