Around 160 “Nanos” gathered in the summer of 2025 to celebrate the first bachelor‘s degree awarded 20 years ago, revive old contacts, and make new ones. 20 years since the first bachelor’s graduates Anniversary at Volkshaus Basel In 2005, the first students completed their bachelor’s in nanosciences at the University of Basel. To mark the 20 th anniversary, around 160 current and former “nanos” met at Volkshaus Basel in summer 2025 to share memories and cultivate their networks. When the degree program was created in 2002 as part of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Nanoscale Science, it was one of the first inter- disciplinary nanoscience study programs in the world. To date, more than 300 students have completed the bachelor’s and 240 have completed the master’s before setting off on wide-ranging career pathways. At the anniversary event, Professor Andreas Engel — one of the founding fathers of the degree program — and AlumniNano founder Tobias Appenzeller and SNI Director Professor Martino Poggio cast their minds back to the creation of this special degree program and shared thoughts on the present and future of nanosciences in Basel. The evening was rounded off with musical contributions from nano students and a slideshow highlighting the strong sense of community among students and alumni. Article on the anniversary event: https://bit.ly/4cNNxLP Video anniversary event: https://bit.ly/49cFl5x 13 SNI Annual Report 2025