30 budding scientists visit CITC

March 12, 2026 – ‘Dear CITC team, you provided a great explanation, and I learned a lot. Most importantly: I enjoyed it very much; thank you!’ What a lovely comment from Nour (11), a participant in the Weekendschool Nijmegen, who visited CITC.

Introduction to chips and packaging

Along with 29 classmates, Nour spent her Sunday afternoon learning more about chip packaging. The CITC visit followed one to NXP, where the students were first introduced to chips and began programming a microbit.

At CITC, they learned about the importance of chip packaging and what it means to be a researcher. While continuing their microbit project, they also visited the CITC labs and attended a workshop on binary drawing.

‘Tech seed’

The children worked hard and clearly had a good time. According to their teacher, the ‘tech seed’ has been planted – and that is exactly what we had in mind!

CITC aims to provide access to education to everyone, from young children such as the Weekendschool participants to bachelor’s, master’s and PhD Students.