The SNI PhD School is highly interdisciplinary and international.
The SNI PhD School
In 2012, the Swiss Nanoscience Institute founded a PhD School to promote the education of young researchers in the nanosciences. The research activities address the cutting edge scientific and interdisciplinary approach of nanoscience and technology and root in disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and engineering.
Each doctoral student is supervised by two scientists from the interdisciplinary SNI network and belongs to the successful SNI PhD School. Within this network, scientific exchange and networking is of great importance. All PhD student participate in these meetings of the network as well as in their Winter School and several courses that are specifically designed to meet the requirements of the doctoral students.
The PhD School is highly international. Currently, PhD students from 15 different countries are enrolled.
Timeline 2024/2025
30 April 2024 | Deadline for project proposal submission to Claudia Wirth |
May - June | Review process |
Late June | Information about project acceptance |
July - December | Search for candidates, interviews and hiring, online application tool open |
1 January 2025 | Earliest project start |
| 1 July 2025 | Latest project start |
Upcoming events
Swiss NanoConvention 2024
4-5 Juni 2024, Congress Center Basel
SNI Rhetoric Workshop (by invitation, participation once while being an SNI PhD student):
13-14 June 2024
Annual Event 2024:
4-6 September 2024
SNI Start-up Workshop (by invitation, participation once while being an SNI PhD student)
16-17 October 2024
NanoTec Apéro 2024 with industry partners
30 October 2024
Annual Event 2025:
10-12 September 2025
"I can recommend the SNI PhD School to everybody who is interested in interdisciplinary science."
Dr. Thomas Mortelmans, former doctoral student at the SNI