{"id":16475,"date":"2021-10-07T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethrat.ch\/eth-bereich\/forschungs-anstalten-psi-empa-wsl-eawag\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:15:51","slug":"research-institutes-psi-wsl-empa-eawag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ethrat2.flake.work\/en\/eth-domain\/research-institutes-psi-wsl-empa-eawag\/","title":{"rendered":"Research institutes | PSI, WSL, Empa & Eawag"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Research institutes | PSI, WSL, Empa & Eawag<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The ETH Domain\u2019s four research institutes conduct basic and applied research in their respective fields, provide scientific and technical services and thus work on sustainable solutions to central issues from society, the economy and science. They are at the service of the two Federal Institutes of Technology for teaching and research according to their possibilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Basic and advanced training<\/h3>\n

The four research institutes educate students and specialists in their scientific and technical fields, offer courses of their own and participate in the teaching of other academic institutions, particularly in the education of doctoral students. In addition, the research institutes offer advanced training, particularly for specialists who deal with questions from their respective fields in everyday working life in private companies or public institutions.<\/p>\n

Knowledge and technology transfer<\/h3>\n

For this purpose, they cooperate closely with the Federal Institutes of Technology and other Swiss and foreign education and research institutions. Moreover, a constant knowledge and technology transfer takes place through joint projects with partners from industry or from the Confederation, from cantons and municipalities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The PSI is the largest research centre for natural sciences and engineering in Switzerland. It carries out top-level research in the fields matter and materials, energy and the environment, and humanity and health. By carrying out fundamental and applied research, the PSI has been working on sustainable solutions for central questions of society, the economy and science since 1988.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It operates large-scale research installations that are unique in Switzerland \u2013 and in some cases in the world \u2013 such as the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ, the Swiss Light Source SLS, the Swiss Muon Source S\u03bcS and the SwissFEL X-ray Free Electron Laser. Each year over 2,500 researchers from Switzerland and all over the world come to perform experiments at the PSI. In addition to its research, the PSI operates the only installation in Switzerland for the treatment of specific types of cancer using protons.<\/p>\n

Of the 2,100 or so staff members of the PSI, over 770 are scientists. The education of young persons is a central concern of the PSI: about one quarter of the staff are postdocs, doctoral students or trainees. Schoolchildren nurture a fascination with natural sciences in the iLab school laboratory, and professionals receive initial and further training at the PSI training centre. The psi forum visitors centre welcomes over 10,000 visitors a year to inform them about research at the PSI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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