Instrumentation and Accelerator Schools
Regular schools of Instrumentation and Accelerator physics are offered at different levels of expertise. This page attempts to summarize the known schools and give guidance on their level, in collaboration with the organizers. The definitions of Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels are explained under Curriculum
Schools not listed here can be registered with the “Advertise your school” tool provided on this page and appear in the list below.
Intermediate-level schools
| School name | Recurrence | Target audience | Volume | Location | Next edition |
| EDIT (Excellence in Detector and Instrumentation) | annual in summer | Graduate students and postdocs in particle physics | 48-50 places | rotate locations in Europe, Asia, and North America | CERN (3-13 March 2026) https://indico.cern.ch/event/1472419/ |
| D.TECT (DESY Training on Experimental Concepts & Techniques) | annual in summer | 1st year Graduate students (few reserved places for exceptional selected master students) | 42 places | Hamburg (DESY) | https://indico.desy.de/event/51237/overview |
Advanced schools
| School name | Recurrence | Target audience | Volume | Location | Next edition |
Also check the DRD Collaboration web pages for dedicated DRD organized schools:
DRD1 schools: https://drd1.web.cern.ch/schools
DRD3 schools: https://drd3.web.cern.ch/node/59