Childcare at PSI and Surrounding Area

PSI offering

The Nanolino daycare center is located on the grounds of the Paul Scherrer Institute. Nanolino offers all-day care (7:30-18:00) for children from the age of three months until the end of elementary school. We have 4 mixed-age toddler groups where we provide integrated care for kindergarten children and school children. We also offer after-school care for kindergarten children and school children.

Contact and Information: www.psi.ch/kita, email: kita@psi.ch, Phone: +41 56 310 2181

List: Supplementary Family Childcare in the region
The PSI Committee for Equal Opportunities has drawn up a list of childcare services in the region. The list is updated periodically and is available as a PDF file (German only) under the following link

Supplementary Family Childcare (as of September 2024, German only)

Taking care of sick children:

The Swiss Red Cross Aargau offers a service (max. 2 days) by taking care of sick or injured children whose parents are working and cannot stay away from work. Some health insurance companies (e.g. the ÖKK) cooperate with the SRC and pay for this service. (info sheet , only available in german)

Contact:
Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz Aargau, Regionalstelle Baden, Mellingerstr. 22, 5402 Baden, Phone: 056 222 33 66, Email: srk-baden@srk-aargau.ch

Holiday offers in the university area Zurich, also for children of PSI employees

The kihz foundation (Kinderbetreuung im Hochschulraum Zürich) offers interesting theme weeks during the school holidays for children aged 5 to 12 years, during which the children are looked after all day. This offer is also open to children of PSI employees living in the Zurich area.

More detailed information about this kind of holiday care as well as registration forms can be found following these links: