BUSSTEPP 2026

7 Sept 2026, 12:30 → 18 Sept 2026, 14:00 Europe/London

MR 9 (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Amanda Stagg (University of Cambridge), Ben Allanach (University of Cambridge (GB)), Enrico Pajer (University of Cambridge), James Parke (University of Cambridge), Maria Ubiali (University of Cambridge (GB))

55th British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics at The University of Cambridge

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 strong reputation for more than 50 years, it has been supported by STFC and its predecessors to provide a comprehensive and in-depth overview of topics of interest to research in theoretical elementary particle physics.

Participants will be housed in Newnham College, Cambridge.

Fees are £1043.11 for the whole school per person, which includes accommodation, coffee breaks, breakfasts and dinners, as well as the teaching programme. There will be four individual one-hour special guest lectures and student talks scheduled. Sunday September 13 will be a rest day. 

Main Programme

Each topic has 4 or 5 one-hour lectures, dedicated study time and a one-hour tutorial session. 

• Advanced Quantum Field Theory - Peter Millington (University of Manchester)

• Phenomenology - Melissa van Beekveld (Nikhef)

• Amplitudes and gravity - Giulia Isabella (UCLA)

• Cosmology - Daniel Baumann (Amsterdam)

• AdS/CFT, String Theory - Toby Wiseman (Imperial)

• Lattice Field Theory - Marina Marinkovic (ETH-Zurich)

• Black holes -  Alejandra Castro (Cambridge)

Detailed Timetable (lectures in Meeting Room 9, Pavilion B)

Cambridge Map

Site Map

To come to registration, come through the Gatehouse, past reception through Pavilion A (the central core) and into Pavilion B over the bridge. Registration is in meeting room 9 (signs for MR 9). Another tutorial room will be in MR 11 in Pavilion B. Coffee breaks will be in the marquee on the walk between the gatehouse and Pavilion A.

Monday 7 September

12:30 → 13:30 Registration

Physical registration at the conference

Friday 18 September

11:00 → 12:00 Last lecture: Final lecture then school closes

School closes