Cambridge Materials Placements for Undergraduates in the Summer (CaMPUS)
| Applications for Summer 2012 are now closed. |
The scheme involves arranging and allocating placements for Cambridge undergraduates during the summer vacation, typically for a period of about 8 weeks. These placements can be: (a) at universities or research institutes in continental Europe, (b) at UK industrial research establishments or (c) in the Materials Science Department in Cambridge. In all cases, the placement is expected to be approximately cost-neutral for the student – ie funds will be provided sufficient to cover all associated travel, accommodation and living expenses. The scheme is administered by the Department Teaching Committee.
Applications must be made (online) between the beginning of December and the middle of January. Students in the following cohorts are eligible to apply:
- IA Materials Science
- IB Materials Science
- Part II Materials Science
Up to three (ranked) choices can be made between:
- European Placements
- UK Industrial Placements
- Research Projects in Cambridge
- DoITPoMS summer school places in Cambridge
For the first three of these, in each case a further (ranked) choice can be made of up to three locations or projects. Selection is competitive, based on CV information supplied (online) by applicants. Each applicant will also input the email addresses of two referees, who will be asked to provide references (online). All applicants will be contacted by the end of February, with either: (i) the offer of a single, specified placement or (ii) the offer to be put on a reserve list (for up to 3 months). In both cases, the offer must be either accepted or declined within two weeks. In the case of a placement offer, acceptance by the student is regarded as binding, unless exceptional circumstances subsequently arise. In the case of students on the reserve list, a placement offer may be made at any time during the 3-month period, and must be accepted or declined within one week. Any student who declines more than two offers is removed from the reserve list.
There will be ~20 European Placements available, distributed around 10 host institutions in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Spain.
There will also be a total of ~17 slots available in the UK, split between placements with UK firms (some of which are based in Cambridge) and activities in the Department, either research projects or participation in the DoITPoMS summer school.
The total number of placements available will therefore be ~37.