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 and circulated to target audiences by getting in contact via ECFA-TP-contact@cern.ch.
Intermediate-level schools
| School name | Recurrence | Target audience | Volume | Location | Next edition |
| ESIPAP-relaunched (work in progress) | annual in winter | 1st year Graduate students (few reserved places for exceptional selected master students) | 40-45 places | CERN | |
| 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 UK Instrumentation Training (Online) | bi-annual in late spring | Registration is open to everyone. Courses range from foundational topics to more advanced subjects. Participation in a subset of lectures or topics is happily encouraged. | unlimited | Online | Online (4 May-4July 2026) https://indico.global/e/ukinst2026 |
Advanced 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/ |
| UK DRD3 Instrumentation School | bi-annual in summer | Graduate students and postdocs in particle physics (Follow-on to the Advanced UK Instrumentation Training programme) | University of Oxford | https://indico.global/event/17679/ | |
Also check the DRD Collaboration web pages for dedicated DRD organized schools:
DRD1 – Gaseous Detectors schools: drd1.web.cern.ch/schools
DRD3 – Semiconductors schools: drd3.web.cern.ch/schoolstrainingeducation
DRD5 – Quantum Sensors:
Accelerator physics: iupap-wg14.web.cern.ch/accelerator-schools-and-educational-programs