Delft-Leiden Casimir Research School The Delft-Leiden Casimir Research School offers an advanced European scientific atmosphere to ambitious and talented MSc and PhD students interested in physics. The school focuses on academic research, which crosses the traditional boundaries between fundamental and applied research and cooperates between the scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy. The school is initiated by leading physicists from the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) at Leiden University and from the Kavli institute of NanoScience at Delft University of Technology.
The school is named after H.B.G. Casimir, professor in Theoreti-
MSc and PhD studies
cal Physics, whose involvement in fundamental as well as applied
The Casimir Research School accepts about thirty PhD students
physics left many traces in the Dutch scientific landscape. He is
and a selected group of maximum thirty MSc students per year.
best known for his discovery of the so-called Casimir effect and
The duration of the PhD-study is four years, which is strictly
for his visions on science and research-management.
monitored to ensure that most PhD students finish their thesis within this time frame. The MSc study takes two years, although
Combining research
accelerated programmes are individually possible based on previ-
Casimir aims to help gifted students to become great scientists
ously completed studies.
by giving them extra opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge. One method is combining different branches of research. This challenges the students and results in interesting and cutting-edge science.
Graduate School of Science
Graduate School of Science P.O. Box 9502 2300 RA Leiden www.science.leidenuniv.nl/graduateschool Delft-Leiden Casimir Research School Hugyens Niels Bohrweg 2 2333 CA Leiden www.casimir.researchschool.nl