Science School in Physics and Chemistry
STEM education and the training of future scientists, innovators, and high-tech entrepreneurs play a key role in Ukraine's future recovery. The Ukrainian education system excels at identifying gifted youths and at nurturing them in specialised STEM schools and a highly-developed culture of science olympiads and research competitions. This experience should be studied and supported at the highest level, recognizing it as a national asset. Collaborative projects in STEM education between Ukraine and the EU will benefit both parties greatly and promote Ukraine's further integration into the EU.
The Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry is a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions. The goal is to foster the students’ interest in science, to give them insights into potential research careers, and to inspire them to apply their talents to shape Ukraine’s future. During their week in Vienna, participants will engage with cutting-edge research groups of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the University of Vienna, and TU Wien.
The participants of the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry are recruited from two of Ukraine’s most successful STEM high schools: the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in Kyiv and the Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum.
Building on the success of the Vienna Science School 2023, Projekt MmF will organise two programs for gifted high school students from Ukraine in 2024: the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry and the Simons Science School in Mathematics.
Program
Sunday, September 8
12:00 - 17:00 Arrivals in Vienna, check-in at Hotel Geblergasse
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at Sägewerk
Monday, September 9
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
09:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Austrian Parliament
16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour in the Vienna City Center
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at GRND Restaurant
Tuesday, September 10
Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).
09:00 Arrival to ISTA
09:15 - 10:00 Lab tour 1
10:30 - 11:15 Lab tour 2
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion panel "From Olympiads to Research"
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA cafeteria
13:00 - 14:00 Lecture by Prof. Maksym Serbyn
14:00 - 15:00 Campus tour
15:00 - 17:00 Hike to Klosterneuburg
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, September 11
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
09:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Research group Climate Dynamics and Modeling of the University of Vienna
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Thursday, September 12
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
09:00 - 12:00 Atomic Institute of the TU Vienna
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 United Nations Office and International Atomic Energy Agency
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Friday, September 13
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
09:00 - 11:00 Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Machine Learning in Chemistry by Dr. Esther Hide (TU Vienna)
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner with scientists
Saturday, September 14
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
09:00 - 12:00 Excursion to Schönbrunn Palace
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Hiking Grinzing-Nussdorf-Wanderweg
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Sunday, September 15
07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
15:00 - 19:00 Departure to Ukraine