Swiss Nanoscience Institute

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel is a center of excellence for nanosciences and nanotechnology. It was founded in 2006 by the Canton of Aargau and the University of Basel.[1]

SNI network

The SNI network includes various departments at the University of Basel, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), the Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich (D-BSSE), the CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique) in Allschwil and the Technology Transfer Center ANAXAM.

Membership of the SNI comes from participating in SNI projects.

Programs

In 2002, the University of Basel launched the Bachelor's and Master's degreed programs in nanosciences. The annual Bacherlor's program cohort is between 20-40 students and includes biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.

In 2013 the SNI initiated a PhD School. Approximately 40 PhD are enrolled in the SNI PhD School.

Besides fundamental research, the SNI supports an applied research program called Nano-Argovia. Approximately 10 projects in collaboration with industrial partners from Northwestern Switzerland are supported per year, Nano-Argovia program: applied research projects: https://www.nano-argovia.swiss

The SNI also includes two service units: The Nano Imaging Lab and the Nano Fabrication Lab.

See also

References
  1. "Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) | Department of Physics". physik.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2021-06-09.

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