Teaching and Education

The NUM division is deeply involved in the organization of several schools on different levels of education, e.g.:

• PSI Master School: annual school and practical training on the level of Master students and at best PhD students with the focus on the use of photons, neutrons and muons for condensed matter research
• PSI summer school on particle physics: biennial school on the level of PhD students and PostDocs on dedicated topics from the field of particle physics
• MaMaSELF: NUM is a partner institution in the Erasmus Mundus Program MaMaSELF that aims at teaching the application of "Large scale facilities" for the characterisation and development of materials.
• HERCULES: Several NUM staff members regularly give lectures at the European School on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation for condensed matter studies, HERCULES.

NUM provides various practical training courses and "hands on sessions" at SINQ and SμS in collaboration with ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne, University of Basel, Copenhagen University and Danish Technical University. For further information please contact us regarding SINQ courses or SμS courses.

Particle Physics Practical Course: Thanks to the collaboration with PSI, it is possible to offer students of the University Zürich, ETH Zürich and the University of Heidelberg the unique opportunity to experiment with real beams (primarily pions and muons) using the world's most intense proton beam. The students learn how to build a small, real experiment, including apparatus design, construction as well as data-taking and the final statistical analysis.

The various NUM laboratories do offer several options for student practical internships. These internships are tailored towards undergraduate students and are designed to give students an opportunity to work on topical research projects that are integrated in the research activities in NUM. This will allow successful candidates to hone their research skills even before starting the endeavor of graduate school and to gain experience with  experimental techniques and scientific work early on.

For further information please have a look here.

The NUM division offers students the possibility to do their educational research at our facilities. For current open positions targeted at Bachelor or Master students please consult the webpages of the different NUM laboratories. Further general information may be obtained here.

The NUM division offers numerous positions for PhD students in the various laboratories and divisions. Please have a look at the current job openings. NUM-related positions start with a "3" as first digit of the index number. For further information, please contact us.

The seminars organized by NUM can be found in the PSI event calendar. In addition the NUM and the SYN division organize the dedicated condensed matter colloquium.

Several of our staff members give lectures at various universities, as summarized here: