Schülerpraktikum/Pupils Internship

ESO is offering the opportunity for pupils in grades 9,10, and 11 to join us for a one-week internship between April and June 2027 at our headquarters of Garching bei München in the framework of their school programme.

ESO will offer a comprehensive programme showing several aspects of the work being done at ESO including:

• Astrophysical research
• Laboratory experiments in optics, mechanics, electronics
• Software development for telescope and instrument control
• Data reduction
• Project management

Requirements:

The internship shall be part of the compulsory school programme, therefore ensuring adequate social security, medical cover and accident insurance coverage for the period of the internship.

Language skills:

The internship requires good communications skills (oral and written) in English.

Practical information:

• The internship is free of charge.
• ESO shall not bear any costs for the intern's transportation to and from ESO premises.
• The internship days are typically from 09:00 until 17:00 with one-hour break for lunch. A small variation around those hours could be needed depending on the activities proposed.
• ESO does not have a canteen on-site but a food distributing machine and micro-wave ovens in the cafeteria. There are some bakeries and Imbiss on the campus.