CERN Openlab Summer Students 2020 3179 views

CERN openlab Summer Students 2020 is dedicated to B.Sc. or M.Sc. student (who will have completed at least three years of full-time studies at university level by next spring) in Computer Science or Mathematics, Engineering or Physics with a strong computing profile.

Job Reference: SUM-OPENLAB-2020

Possible Dates to stay:

• 15 June
• 22 June
• 29 June

About the program:

• Openlab summer students will be given a series of IT lectures especially prepared for them by experts at CERN and other institutes.
• Students will have the opportunity to attend the CERN generic student programme lectures.
• Visits to the accelerators and experimental areas are part of the programme, as well as visits to external companies.
• A report on the work project carried out is to be handed in at the end of the stay.

Eligibility:

• Applicant must be a Bachelor or Master student in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics
• Applicant must have completed, by summer 2018, at least three years of full-time studies at university level
• Applicant will remain registered as a student during your stay at CERN. If applicant is expected to graduate during summer 2018, eligible to apply
• Applicant must not have worked at CERN before with any other status (Technical Student, Trainee, User) for more than 3 months.
• Applicant must have good knowledge of English; knowledge of French would be an advantage

Benefits:

• allowance of 90 CHF per day during the contractual dates
• Travel allowance (on a lump sum basis)
• Assistance to find accommodation on the CERN site or nearby
• Health insurance scheme during the stay
• Duration: 9 weeks of stay – 40h/week

Required Documents

• CV (English or French)
• Motivation letter with an indication of the preferred area of work in the field of computing
• Proof of enrolment at a university for the current year
• Once the application is submitted, a confirmation e-mail will sent, which will contain a link to the CERN “Report on candidate” form.
• The link must be forwarded to at least one referee (preferably a professor).