BUSSTEPP 2026

7 Sept 2026, 13:00 → 18 Sept 2026, 14:00 Europe/London

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ben Allanach (University of Cambridge (GB)), Enrico Pajer (University of Cambridge), Maria Ubiali (University of Cambridge (GB)), Nico Gubernari (University of Cambridge)

55th British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

BUSSTEPP is a long-established summer school for Ph.D. students in theoretical particle physics who have completed a year of graduate studies. Having built a very strong international reputation for more than 50 years, it has been supported by STFC or its predecessor to provide a comprehensive and in-depth overview of research in elementary particle physics.

Main Programme

Each topic has 4 one-hour lectures, dedicated study time and a one-hour tutorial session.

• Advanced Quantum Field Theory

• Beyond the Standard Model, collider phenomenology

• Amplitudes and gravity

• Cosmology

• AdS/CFT, String Theory

• Lattice Field Theory

• Astroparticle physics, dark matter

• Black holes and gravitational waves