Undergraduate Summer Projects

Every year, the School of Physics and Astronomy offers a number of projects with research groups at the school for undergraduate students to take over the summer. The projects are a great way to experience what it is like to do reasearch and cover a diversity of fields such as medical physics, astronomy, experimental quantum optics, material science and computational methods in physics.

Projects duration is set to 8 weeks, with the start and end date to be agreed individually and flexibly between the student and the supervisor. Students will receive a bursary of £300 per week. Students can take a two week break during the internship, to be negotiated with the supervisor.

Application process

Due to funding and administrative restrictions, only students who are registered at the University of Nottingham will be eligible to apply in 2026.