Deadline: 31, January 2019
Each summer DESY offers students in physics or related natural science disciplines the opportunity to participate in its research activities.
About 100 students from all over the world take part in DESY’s research and attend the lecture program.
Each summer DESY offers undergraduate students in physics, related natural science disciplines or computing the possibility to participate in the research activities of the laboratory.
In 2019 the program takes place from July 16 to September 5.
Selected candidates join in the day-to-day work of research groups at the DESY Laboratory in Hamburg or Zeuthen (Berlin) and participate in one of these activities.
While the work in the groups is the main activity, there will also be a series of lectures (given in English) related to the research done at DESY. Visits to the accelerators and experiments are also included in this programme.
Fundings/Allowances
Allowances: DESY Summer Students will be paid a subsistence allowance to cover living expenses for a single person.
Travel expenses:Travel expenses will be subsidized.
Photon Science
Summer students join groups at DESY and European XFEL which address fundamental and applied questions in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, crystallography, materials and geological sciences, computing and engineering. This includes
research with synchrotron radiation on molecules, soft matter, solid-state and nanomaterials, the development of new experimental techniques based on synchrotron radiation and lasers and the theory of interaction of matter and light.
Elementary Particle Physics, Astroparticle Physics and Accelerators
Summer students will work in the analysis, software or detector
related fields of experiments in elementary particle physics
(ATLAS, CMS, ILC, BELLE II, ALPS-II) and astroparticle physics
(CTA, IceCube), development of particle accelerators, theory
of elementary particles and astroparticles, or computing.
- Please take note that due to regulations for paid traineeships in Germany we can only accept students that are enrolled at their university for the whole period of the summerstudent programme.
- Applicants should have completed, by the summer of 2019, at least three years of full-time studies at university level in physics, related natural science disciplines or computing. Please take note that large majority of projects we offer is for physics students. The main target audiences are students who in summer 2019 are at the following two stages:
– they are about to obtain their Bachelor degree
– they have a Bachelor degree and are within the first year of studies for a Master degree.
Applicants who already obtained a master-degree or will obtain the master degree in 2019 are not accepted. - Applicants should not have previously been at DESY as a summer student
Please note that all applicants should have a good working knowledge of English, some basic computing skills and are committed to attend the whole programme.
Duration and dates: The Summer student programme takes place from July 16 to September 5 2019. The students are expected to stay for the full period.
For enquiries
Send an email with your question to [email protected]
How to apply
- Documents to be uploaded:
In the course of this application you will have to upload a few documents. The uploading is to be done on the second page
of the application All documents are preferably in pdf format.
– a CV (curriculum vitae), the CV should be in tabular form only and contain personal data, educational history / relevant work experience, computing and other relevant work skills (usually one or two pages are sufficient for the complete CV).
– University grade certificates (e.g. bachelor certificate, credit points, etc.). - International Applicants from Non-EU and Non-EEA Countries need a working permission for Germany and are requested to upload two further documents:
- 1. The following Certificate of Enrollment has to be filled in and stamped and signed by your university:
Certificate Of Enrollment
It is very important that the whole period of the summer student program is covered and that you use this form (other forms will not be accepted by the German authorities). Therefore, please state that your studies began before July 1st, 2019 and will continue at least until the 1st of October 2019.
- 2. A copy of your valid passport in English language.
You will be asked to upload both documents on the second page of the application form. - If any of the documents required to be uploaded are missing your application cannot be considered.
- Two reference letters:
Please note that you need to ask your two referees for their permission before giving their names and email
addresses in this online form. The referees will get an automatic email notification with instructions where to upload their reference letters.
