Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking to complete practical training in domains related to Applied Physics, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in disciplines as varied as particle detector physics and their applications, analysis and simulation, data processing, radiation studies, beam instrumentation, optics, lasers, cryogenics, vacuum or thermodynamics to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

In order to qualify for a place on the programme you will need to meet the following requirements: 

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State. 

• You have completed at least 18 months/3 semesters of your undergraduate studies (Bachelor or Master’s) at the time of the next student selection round taking place in February 2026. 

• You remain registered as a full-time student during the internship. 

• You have a good knowledge of English or French.