Accelerator schools and educational programs

Disclaimer: The following list of accelerator schools may not be exhaustive; Please send additional suggestions to christine.darve@ess.eu

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In-person and Hybrid schools (by alphabetic order):

African School of Fundamental Physics and its Applications (ASP)
CERN BeamLine for School(BL4S)
CERN Accelerator School (CAS)
The Cockcroft Institute & John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (JAI)

– Cockcroft Institute Lectures (YouTube playlist)
EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI):

•ESI2026 : 9th EIROforum School on Instrumentation: 1–5 Jun 2026, @EMBL / ILL / ESRF – AI in large-scale scientific research
•ESI2024 : 8th School on Instrumentation: 13 – 17 May, 2024, @ Garching – Developing for the future – Benefits of science to society from creativity to innovation – Prepa: (ESI2023 )
• ESI2021 : 7th EIROforum School of Instrumentation 2021: 7-11 June 2021@ virtual – Handling crisis from pandemics to climate change
•ESI 20219: 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation : 13–17 May 2019  @ ESTEC – Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer. 
•ESI 2017: 5th EIROforum School on Instrumentation: 19–23 Jun 2017  @ European XFEL – Gravitational Waves. 
•ESI2015: 4th EIROforum School on Instrumentation: 15–19 Jun 2015 @ ESO & EUROfusion – Advanced electronics
•ESI 2013: 27-31 May 2013, CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)
•ESI 2011: 15-22 May 2011, ILL and ESRF (Grenoble, France)
•ESI 2009: 11-15 May 2009, CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)
European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA):

– 2027 ECFA Winter Instrumentation School in Particle Physics
EURO-LABS

– Advanced Training School on Operation of Accelerators – ATSAO 2024

– Advanced Training School on Operation of Accelerators – ATSOA 2025

I-FAST – Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology –

Challenge Based Innovation (I.FAST-CBI)

International Accelerator School (IAS)

IAS: Superconducting Science and Technology for Particle Accelertors: 10–20 Jul 2023 CA

International School on Beam Dynamics and Accelerator Technology (ISBA)

organized by KEK and KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

–> ISBA23: 2-12 August 2023

–> ISBA25: 1-10 September 2025

International Centre for Theoretical Physics(ICTP)–

-> School on Synchrotron Light Sources and Their Applications: 15-26 Jan. 2024–

-> School on Synchrotron Light Sources and Their Applications 13-24 Jan. 2025

Japanese Accelerator Schools:

– The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) (KEK)
– SOKENDAI / Accelerator Science
– Homepage: SOKENDAI /

Joint University Accelerator School (JUAS)

LASCALA Master (Erasmus Mundus)

LIV.INNO (Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science)

Nordic Particla Accelerator Program (NPAP)

United States Particle Accelerator School (USPAS)

Science in School (SiS)

– Accelerators are everywhere, perhaps closer than you think…

– Accelerate your teaching with links to cutting-edge science

– Build a linear accelerator model

– A particle accelerator in your salad bowl

– Build your own particle accelerator

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