NRF Vacation Programme

Vacation Jobs

UNDERGRADUATE VACATION JOBS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
GENERAL INFORMATION
The vacation programme in the Department of Nuclear Physics provides the university undergraduate students with an opportunity to gain experience doing research in experimental nuclear, computational, high energy and theoretical physics.

Successful candidates are expected to have the following characteristics: curiosity and quest for knowledge, objectivity, courage to question, systematic reasoning and open mindedness and dedication for searching the truth.

Each year students are appointed for a month or more during December – January holidays. Succesful students are paid a daily allowance and provided with accommodation by iThemba LABS. In addition, for those coming from afar, iThemba LABS will refund their transportation to the equivalent of a bus ticket.