Requirements
Applicants need to have completed at least three years of full-time studies at university level in areas related to the programme (typically physics, other natural sciences, engineering, or information technology). This means that the main audience for this programme are:
- bachelor students who will obtain their degree by summer 2025,
- students with a bachelor degree enrolled in a master degree programme.
Please mind that applicants who already obtained a Masters degree or will obtain one by summer 2025 are not accepted. Furthermore, applicants should not have been at PSI as a summer student before.
Please take note that all applicants should have a good working knowledge of English and some computing skills. The students are expected to participate during the full period of the 2025 core programme, from 1st July until 8th August 2025. The actual duration (typically 8-12 weeks) and start of the internship depends on the supervising group's (and student's) availability.
Application procedure
PSI covers a broad range of research topics. Applications are therefore organised by center. More information on the six research and two service centers can be found at https://www.psi.ch/en/research/center-labs. Please only apply for one center. Applications to more than once center will be rejected. To apply, please follow the link to the respective job advertisement below. Please provide a tabular CV (max. 2 pages of A4) as well as a short letter of motivation (1 page of A4). The deadline for applications is 28th February 2025.
- PSI Center for Life Sciences (no applications possible this year)
- PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences (index no. 3000-T1)
- PSI Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences (index no. 4000-T1)
- PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences (index no. 5000-T1)
- PSI Center for Photon Science (no applications possible this year)
- PSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data (index no. 7000-T1)
- PSI Center for Corporate Services (index no. 9000-T1)
- PSI Center for Accelerator Science and Engineering (no applications possible this year)
After the deadline, the groups in the respective centers will review the applications. A final decision on acceptance is expected around 11th April 2025.