Date and place
The 46th CERN School of Computing (CSC 2025) is organized by CERN in collaboration with the Lund University Physics Deparment and will be hosted at the Lund University premises.
Students should aim to arrive in Lund by afternoon or early evening of Sunday 6th of July and leave on Saturday 19th of July morning. The tuition (lectures, exercises, and other part of the official programme) will take place from Monday 7the of July and will end by a closing dinner on Friday 18 of July.
We will be accommodated at the Elite Hotel Ideon in Lund, a 15 min walk from the Physics Department.
Lectures and exercises will take place in the Physics Department and Medicum lecture rooms and labs.
Applications and selection
We are committed to achieving an inclusive and stimulating environment at our schools, and we encourage all qualified persons to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of nationality, gender, age, ethnic origin, individual differences of belief, sexual orientation, or disability.
The School is aimed at postgraduate (i.e.. minimum of Bachelor degree or equivalent) students, engineers and scientists with a few years' experience in particle physics, in computing, or in related fields.
Students who have attended Thematic CERN Schools of Computing, and who are interested in deepening their knowledge on the topics covered by this school, are also welcome to apply.
The deadline for application is Wednesday 9 April.
To apply, please fill in the application form and provide the requested information. We encourage applicants to submit their application as early as possible as we have limited places we might be forced to close the registration if we are getting too many applications.
In order to login, you may use a CERN account, an EduGAIN-enabled account, or a public service account (GitHub, Google, Facebook or LinkedIn account). Alternatively, you can create a CERN lightweight account, and then login with your email ("Guess access"). You will also need to create an Indico account during the application process, if you do not already have one.
Applicants should ensure that they have:
- completed the application form online, and
- uploaded a signed formal letter of reference (on formal headed paper from the applicant's institute/organization) from their professor or supervisor. (If you are a CERN empoyee, we accept a mail from your supervisor, sent to the CSC team, not later than the last day of application).
- If your professor or supervisor does not wish to provide you with a letter directly, s/he can email us your letter of reference instead. This should be sent directly to Computing.School@cern.ch, with the subject: Reference Letter CSC 2025: [name of applicant]
The letter of reference needs to be received by the school (whether uploaded or emailed) by Wednesday 9th of April at the latest.
This reference letter is a crucial part of your application for the School. It is your responsibility to ensure we receive it in due time.
The number of participants is limited to 70. As we usually receive many more applications than places available, only selected applicants are invited to attend the school.
Participant selection is done by members of the CSC Advisory + Programme Committee, and is based on the profile and the motivation of the applicants. The goal of this competitive process is to select participants who have enough education and work experience to profit fully from the school, and for whom the academic programme of the school is relevant to their work or research.
Applicants will be informed of the selection decision no later than Wednesday 23 April.
Selected applicants will receive an invitation letter from the school via Indico. Payment of the registration fee will confirm your place, at which point you will be considered a participant.
Insurance
Participants must have health and accident cover that includes adequate protection (including emergency medical treatment, hospitalisation and repatriation in case of illness or accident), and against disability or death resulting from illnesses and accidents, for the country in which the School takes place.
Participants shall hold CERN free and harmless from any cost or expense resulting from the situation where adequate insurance cover is not in place.
Travel
You can reach Lund by train, bus, car and plane. All information on how to get to Lund can be found here.
You should arrive at the Elite Hotel Ideon for registration during the afternoon or early evening of Sunday 6th of July 2025.
You are responsible for organising your own travel to and from the School location. The School does not organize travel tickets for participants. The travel cost to and from the School is not included in the school fee.
Once your application is accepted and you get an invitation letter, we strongly encourage you to make your travel arrangements without delay.
It is your responsibility to obtain any visa that may be required in order for you to travel to the host country and participate in the school. The cost of a visa is not included in the school fee.
If you require a visa to enter the Schengen area, please contact the organisers of the school without delay at Computing.School@cern.ch, so that a Letter of Invitation may be organised by the host institute. Without such a letter, you may not be able to apply for a visa successfully.
Accommodation and meals
Participants will be housed in the Elite Hotel Ideon in twin rooms.
Elite Hotel Ideon
Scheelevägen 27
223 63 Lund
+46 (0)46 – 287 11 00
Email: info.ideon@elite.se
If you have any accessibility requirements, please e-mail us at Computing.School@cern.ch and we will be in touch to discuss options.
Accommodation from 6 July until 19th of July is included in the School fee. Check in at the hostel starts at 15.00 and Check out is at 10.
All meals are included in the School fee. The first meal will be the dinner on Sunday 6 July, and the last meal will be breakfast on Saturday 19 July.
Dinners will mostly be served at the restaurant of the Elite Hotel Ideon and lunches at the Medicum Cafeteria, with vegetarian options available. Social dinners will be taking place at local restaurants.
We will ask you in your application form about any specific dietary requirements you may have, and do our best to accommodate accordingly, given the local catering options available.
Sustainability
Organizing the school in an environmentally responsible way is one of our goals.
During the school, we will:
- Serve meals and drinks with washable plates, glasses and utensils; or with recycled and/or biodegradable ones
- Have vegetarian dishes available as an alternative to dishes based on meat
- Limit the amount of printed materials (and in particular, only provide the printed version of the school booklet to those who want to have one)
- Separate and recycle waste
Please help us:
- Consider travelling to the school by any less polluting means of transport, if possible
- Bring your own reusable water bottle or cup
