2026 NUPP summer school

Australia/Sydney
University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

AJ Mitchell (Australian National University), Dipan Sengupta (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia), Michael Schmidt (UNSW Sydney)
Description

Approximately 15-20 years ago, NUPP leaders in academia hosted an annual Summer School for PhD students that rotated between hosts and venues across the country. The NUPP community came together at the 2024 AIP Congress and identified professional development of our HDR students as an immediate strategic priority. In 2026, the NUPP Executive Committee aims to reimagine this tradition with a Postgraduate Summer School designed to foster community, deepen knowledge, and equip students with the skills required to thrive in today’s diverse and evolving job markets.

The 2026 NUPP Summer School program will include (tentative):

  • A residential experience designed to build connections between students from experiment and theory, different research areas of interest and home institutions from across the nation.
  • Lectures and workshops from subject matter experts in nuclear and
    particle physics.
  • Mentoring and guidance in careers with input from industry.
  • An excursion to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
    Organisation site at Lucas Heights, NSW. 

 

The summer school will consist of two days of introductory courses in

  • Basics of QFT and the SM
  • Introduction to colliders and detectors
  • Introduction to theoretical nuclear physics
  • Introduction to experimental nuclear physics with a focus on Australian facilities

an excursion to ANSTO and two days of advanced courses on selected topics in

  • statistical data analysis
  • lattice QCD
  • dark matter direct detection
  • flavour physics
  • neutrino physics
  • nuclear structure and reactions
  • opportunities at new large international facilities

 

In addition to the lecture program, there will be social activities, student presentations and a careers night.

We are grateful for sponsorship from

UNSW School of Physics

Registration
Application for NUPP summer school
The agenda of this meeting is empty