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.

You can now submit project proposals for new PhD School projects. Please read the flyer carefully and send your applications to Claudia Wirth by 26 April 2026 (new deadline!)

If you have any questions about the SNI PhD School, please contact Andreas Baumgartner.

Information event for PIs
9 April 2026, 16.00 h in the Neuer Hörsaal, Department of Physics

Rhetoric Workshop (by invitation only, participation once during the doctoral studies)
16–17 April 2026

Annual Meeting 2026
02–04 September 2026

Startup Workshop (by invitation only, participation once during the doctoral studies)
15-16 October 2026