Summer Student at Fermilab and Other US Laboratories ~ UNIPI

Language: English

Period: 27 July – 25 September 2026

Application Deadline: 15 April 2026

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 6

Tuition fees: No tuition fees to be paid

Physics students will be trained in the reserarch groups working on the new Fermilab initiatives, the Mu2e, Icarus, SBND experiments, as well as future neutrino physics experiments as Dune, or in the Fermilab group which collaborates with the CMS experiment at CERN, or in the theory group. Some students may be trained in other US laboratories or universities outside Fermilab.

Engineering students will be trained in the Fermilab accelerator division, technical division or computing division or in groups working on applied research in other US laboratories or universities.

Each intern will be supervised by one Mentor, an employee of the US laboratory. The mentor is responsible of the entire training program of the intern for the 9 weeks of permanence on the us soil. Each intern will present a written report which will be object of evaluation by a University of Pisa committee.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 10 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 40 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Batavia, Illinois US, at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Kirk and Wilson Road.

Aim

Provide a 9-week hands-on training in a International particle physics laboratory

Who can apply

Master students in Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Material Science, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Application

Admission Requirements

Being enrolled in a Master program in Physics or Engineering.

Required documents

Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
Enrolment Form
Curriculum Vitae
FermiLab Form (the FermiLab Form is available HERE )
Letter of Intent with a description of the research interests and personal motivations to participate in the program
One or more Letters of Recommendation by a mentor should be sent directly by the mentor to the following address fermilab.summerschool@gmail.com

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Fees

Tuition fees: There is no tuition fee to be paid.

Contacts

Coordinator
Dott. Simone Donati simone.donati@unipi.it

Website https://fermilabschool.df.unipi.it/

Summer/Winter School Office support.summerschool@unipi.it

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