The Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings is the 5th in an ongoing series offered by Perimeter Institute and PIMS. The summer school is targeted at 40 advanced graduate students in high energy physics with interests in at least one of the research areas of particle physics, cosmology and/or string theory. 

The 1st, 2nd and 4th editions of this summer school were held at the University of British Columbia. The 3rd edition was held at Perimeter Institute. 

Broadly, the lecture courses at the school will revolve around the following themes: In particle physics, the content is aimed at helping students gain the basic tools to journey through the LHC era; in cosmology, the content is aimed at giving students the necessary background to follow the developments coming from WMAP; in string theory, the content is aimed at the developments directly connected to particle physics and cosmology. 

Particle Physics

• Nima Arkani-Hamed
  Harvard University
• Tao Han
  University of Wisconsin
• Graham Kribs
  University of Oregon
• Maxim Perelstein
  Cornell University
• Maria Spiropulu
  CERN
• James Wells
  MCTP, University of Michigan

Cosmology

• William Kinney
  University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
• Joao Magueijo
  Perimeter Institute, CITA, Imperial College 
• Patrick McDonald
  CITA, University of Toronto 
• Ue-Li Pen
  CITA, University of Toronto
• James Taylor, University of Waterloo
• Mark Wyman
  Perimeter Institute

String Theory

• Frederik Denef
  University of Leuven
• Liam McAllister
  Princeton University
• Gary Shiu
  University of Wisconsin