The DESY Summer Student Programme 20252025 programme will take place from 22 July – 11 September 2025. The online application is open and will remain open until 31 January 2025.
The DESY Ukraine School 2025/ Українська Літня Школа DESY: please find here more information. The 2025 DESY-Ukraine School will be fully integrated into the DESY Summer Student program, and offer students enrolled at a Ukrainian university the opportunity to come to DESY and obtain first-hand research experience at a large international laboratory. For the general application criteria, please refer to the Conditions. To apply, please use the online Application Form. For previous editions of the DESY-Ukraine Schools, see here for 2024 and here for 2023.
Two things distinguish the DESY Ukraine School from the DESY Summer Student program:
- We have reserved a special contingent of places at the DESY summer student program for students enrolled at a Ukrainian university
- The deadline for the application to the DESY Ukraine School is 15th February (instead of 31st January)
Each summer DESY offers undergraduate students in physics or related disciplines (such as scientific computing and engineering) an opportunity to obtain first-hand research experience at a large international laboratory. Students are invited for an eight-week training period to experience research in one of the various fields pursued at DESY:
- Photon science
- Elementary particle physics & accelerators
- Astroparticle physics
Selected candidates will join in the day-to-day work of research groups at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg or Zeuthen (close to Berlin). Research projects can be categorised into different types of activities: practical work on detectors or experimental equipment, physics data analysis, software development, theory and scientific computing. More details on the available activities can be found here.
While the research project will be the focus point, there will also be a series of lectures (given in English) tailored towards the key topics of DESY research. Visits to the accelerators, experiments and computer centre are also part of the agenda.
Summer students are expected to work 39 hours per week (including project work and lectures). They will get DESY Hostel accommodation provided free-of-cost during the full programme period. The students will receive adequate financial support to cover living expenses.
An announcement poster is available here.