Master of Science / CERN

Every year, CERN offers students from all over the world the opportunity to work on a project on site as part of the summer-student project - including payment. In 2017, I had the opportunity to work directly on a research project for 13 weeks. These projects deal with various aspects of current particle physics. For example, I was allowed to perform studies for the planning of a future experiment called SHiP, which dealt with the expected muon flux at parts of the detector. For this, I generated simulations with the researchers on site and worked at the interface of detector design and particle physics. in doing so, parts of the code as well as the results were part of later studies. The project is accompanied by 8 weeks of lectures and courses of various experts (even one or two Nobel laureates) from the field. Especially for people interested in particle physics this offers very exciting insights. But above all, the environment on site is also very special. Rarely does one have the opportunity to experience so much and make unique contacts within such an international group of young people - and all this in the direct vicinity of Lake Geneva and the Swiss mountain landscapes.