International Schools for Young Astronomers

 

EAS directory of European Summer/Winter schools

CADC directory of astronomical meetings (including schools)

 

School name

Short

Organizer

Country

Location

Start

Period.

(years)

Total number

Duration

(weeks)

Particip.

Level

Upcoming

International Schools for Young Astronomers

ISYA

IAU

any

any

1967

1-2

31

3

30

BSc-PhD

Sep-Oct 2010

NEON Observing Schools

 

OPTICON, EAS

Europe

Asiago, OHP, IAC, CAHA

2000

1-2

7

2

20

PhD-PostDoc

June 2010

NEON Archive Observing Schools

 

OPTICON, EAS

Europe

ESO, Garching

2004

2

3

1.5

20

PhD-PostDoc

2010

Vatican Observatory Summer Schools

VOSS

 

Vatican

Castel Gandolfo

1986

2

11

4

25

 

May-Jun 2010

Canary Islands Winter Schools of Astrophysics

 

IAC

Spain

Tenerife, Canary Islands

 

1

20

2

70

PhD-PostDoc

Nov 2009

SAAS Fee Schools

 

SAAS

Switzerland

 

 

1

39

1

 

 

 

European Summer Schools on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics

 

 

Italy

Catania, Sicily

2001

2

4

4

100

PostDoc

Sep-Oct 2009

L’Aquilla Summer Schools

 

 

Italy

L’Aquilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Les Houches Summer School Sessions

 

France

Les Houches

 

 

1.5

 

PhD- PostDoc

 

VLTI Training Schools

 

ESO

Europe

Europe, any

2002

 

2

 

 

 

Heidelberg Summer Schools

 

IMPRS

Germany

University of Heidelberg

2006

1

4

1

 

Aug 2009

Summer School NOVICOSMO

 

SISSA

Europe

 

Sep 2009

NVO Summer Schools

NVO

NVO

USA

USA, any

2004

1-2

4

1

40

 

Sep 2010

Euro-VO AIDA Schools

Euro-VO

Germany

ESO, Garching

2009

1

Jan 2010

Byurakan International Summer Schools

BISS

BAO/ArAS

Armenia

Byurakan

2006

2

2

2

30

BSc-PhD

Sep-Oct 2010

IRAM Summer Schools

IRAM

IRAM

 

Europe

 

 

4

1

40

 

Sep 2009

Nordita Winter Schools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

PhD

Jan 2010

European Research Course on Atmospheres

ERCA

 

France

France, any

1993

1

17

4.5

50

PhD

Jan-Feb 2010

Scientific Writing for Young Astronomers

SWYA

EDP Sci. /  A&A

Belgium

Blankenberge

2008

1

2

1

PhD

May 2009

 

Note: most of the numbers are typical ones

 

A number of other schools are being organized on specific topics in astronomy/astrophysics or devoted to special projects (SKA, CoRot, etc.)