PhD school announcement: IFAS11 in Lyon, France Oct 2–8, 2026

Dear Colleagues,

We’re organizing the 11th edition of the Indo-French Astronomy School, this time in France. Please share this announcement with any students who might be interested. The school is open to advanced master’s or PhD students. The deadline for registration is July 31st.

Best regards, JK Krogager

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Registration is now open for the eleventh edition of the Indo-French Astronomy School (IFAS11), hosted at the Chateau de Goutelas near Lyon, from October 2nd to 8th 2026

https://ifas11.sciencesconf.org/

IFAS11 is the eleventh edition of a series of schools co-organized by the University of Lyon (CRAL, CNRS UMR5574, LIO) and IUCAA in France and in Pune, India.

The IFAS11 school will bring together students from different horizons, expose them to high-level specialized lectures, and propose them to carry-on a six-days research project. The primary subject of the present school is IFU: 3D spectroscopy. The topics range from data-reduction techniques, data analysis and modelling. The school gives preference to doctoral students and to highly skilled and motivated master's students, without geographic restrictions.

Lectures and hands-on data reduction tutorials will be given during the morning sessions, and research projects will be proposed to the participants, in smaller groups supported by a tutor. The school will be concluded by a presentation of the results of these projects. Around 20 participants will be selected.

Local Organizing Committee Jens-Kristian Krogager and Johan Richard (CRAL)

Jens-Kristian Krogager

Researcher Franco-Chilean Laboratory for Astronomy, Universidad de Chile Astronome-Adjoint CRAL, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Affiliated Associate Professor Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen