The Palestinian Advanced Computational School 2026 (PACS) will be held in-person at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo and online, 21st — 27th March 2026, for Palestinian students displaced in Egypt. Additional students will join remotely from Gaza and the West Bank.
We will try our best to cover internet hub costs for students in Palestine.
Travel costs for displaced students from Gaza will be covered at the end of the school.
About
The school aims to expose students to a variety of topics in computational sciences, including physics, chemistry, and biology.
Lecturers are internationally recognized experts in their respective fields.
The school will also present a Q&A session on graduate school applications.
Students are required to arrive by 20th March.
Lecturers
Prof. Enrico Carlon (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Dr. Pedro Jose de la Torre Luque (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Dr. Marwa Mahmoud (University of Glasgow, UK)
Dr. Daniela Paolotti (ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy)
Israa Shamkh (EBO Bio Solution)
How To Apply
The school is aimed at undergraduates and higher-level students studying a relevant science subject. Interested students should register by the 31st January 2026 using the form.
Scientists for Palestine Schools Organizing Committee
- Dr Mahmoud Abdalraman, Northeastern University
- Ana Alexandre, Max Planck Institute for Physics
- Sam Bennett, Imperial College London
- Anas Saleh, University of Iowa
- Dr Roberto Bondesan, Imperial College London
- Dr Adam Chalabi, University of Copenhagen
- Prof. Anne-Christine Davis, University of Cambridge
- Amr Elseweifi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Sameh Othman, Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Dr Donna Rodgers-Lee, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Prof. Thomas Van Riet, KU Leuven
- Stefano Gabici, Astroparticle and Cosmology, Paris
Contact
For questions, please email schools@scientists4palestine.com.
Sponsors
Scientists for Palestine wishes to thank all those who have donated to make the school possible:
- KU Leuven
Note: Scientists for Palestine are grateful to the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo for hosting the spring school. We regret that violent occupation and ongoing genocide prevent it from taking place in Palestine, and do not wish to contribute to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We will return to organizing schools in Palestine in the future.
