Can International Students Secure Internships at US Accelerator Labs?

[sheezeeque]

Hello!
Next year I'm going to be freshman at Czech Technical University, in degree of Experimental Nuclear and Particle physics, oriented on Accelerator Hardware and Detectors. If i look at my past, i find myself always interested in accelerators. I would like to get my Bc. degree here, in Czech and after move on Ms. and PhD. degree to other universities – Stanford, Caltech, EPFL, ETHZ. But, here is a trouble. If i would like to get some experience, maybe in some Internship program, am i limited only to CERN (because my university works with it)? Would US labs (Fermilab, SLAC) reject my applications because of my university?
Thanks in advance!

 

[R.Mesri]

It is possible that US labs would accept your applications, even though you are attending a university in a different country. The most important factor here is the quality of your application and the research that you have conducted. US labs are often looking for the best candidates, regardless of where they come from. If you have a good academic record and have done research that is relevant to their laboratory, then you stand a good chance of being accepted into an internship program. If you do not have experience in accelerator hardware and detectors, then you should look into doing research in those areas before applying to an internship program. This will help show that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in the program. Good luck!