DESY Summer Internship Program in Germany 2025 (Fully Funded)

Daisy Summer Internship

Daisy Summer Internship is a fully-funded internship available for undergraduate students in 2025. This exclusive research center in Germany is named Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, conducting research about the structure of matter via the exploration through particle accelerators. The DESY Summer Internship Program enables students to participate in the scientific projects currently in place and experience it in real life.

• Duration: 8 to 12 weeks

• Internship: Partially, Fully Funded

• Eligibility: Bachelors in physics, mathematics, computer science, or any other related subject.

• Stipend: Entirely paid, with travel and subsistence covered.

Research Opportunities

DESY Summer Internship Program enables students to contribute toward existing scientific projects, contribute to boundary research work in particle physics, and gain experience working along with the accomplished scientists and engineers.

• Experimental particle physics
• Theoretical Particle Physics
• Accelerator Physics
• Data Analysis and Computational Methods
   

Eligibility

• The applicants must have completed three years of full-time university level studies in the fields of physics, other relevant natural science disciplines, or computing by summer 2025.
• DESY Summer Student Program 2025 is available for those who are almost in the final year of Bachelor's level and the ones who have already done their bachelor's and are continuing to do Master's.
• Excluded from the program  persons who will have finished a Master's by summer 2025.
• Repeated applications from former participants of the DESY Summer Student Program are excluded.
• The large majority of projects provided will be oriented on physics students; applicants should expect this profile.
• All applicants wishing to join the DESY traineeship scheme must be in university over the entire duration that they may be having in the program. Complies with the German Employment Act on remuneration of training.
• All applicants who will be applying for the DESY Traineeship 2025 in Germany have to possess proper English in addition to general computing skills.
   

• Deadline:January 21,2025

• Dates: 22 july to 11 september 2025

DESY Research

This summer traineeship program affords students the opportunity to conduct independent research closely cooperating with scientists working on the research project in their field. Of course, the research project forms the core of the program. A series of lectures will also be given in English concerning basic and applied scientific topics directly associated with DESY research. 

Accelerators

Participants may also visit the accelerators and experiments as part of the DESY Summer Student Program. In addition, the students are expected to spend 39 hours a week on the work and lectures that will include project work. There will be a monthly stipend of about 1200 Euros; in addition, reimbursement for travel is also possible. A DESY hostel accommodation will be offered to all participants for the entire period of the program at reduced rates.

How to Apply?

• Select Your Projects: You are given the following choices of projects and you can pick one to complete either online or onsite. The onsite project is not an option for most students but anyone living in Germany has access to it, whereas the online projects can be accessed by almost any student who would want to access them.

Readiness of Documents:

You are required to upload the following list in one PDF file:

• CV (1-2 pages)
• Certificate of University grades
• Transcript of record
• Letters of references (Two)
• International passport photocopy (for non-EU/EEA applicants)
• Fill in the application with all the fields necessary and submit it online via the DESY homepage.
   

Selection

It informs the chosen candidates about their selection through email and at their convenience, they may be approached for working on the preferred projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What are Possible research topics?

Photon science, elementary particle physics and accelerators, and astroparticle physics.

Q: What is the stipend?

About €1,900 per month.

Q: Should I take health insurance?

Yes, as health insurance is mandatory (about €80 a month).

Q: How can I apply if I'm not very fluent in German?

Yes, at DESY the working language is English. You don't need to be fluent in German.

Q: How many students will be selected for this program?

There exist different numbers of participants, however, 100 to 150 students enroll usually.