Combustion Institute-Summer Schools

The Combustion Institute-Summer Schools (CI-SS) initiative provides interested parties, mainly graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, the opportunity to receive an intensive educational experience. Participants also meet world-leading scientists and work to build their own international network. The Combustion Institute, in cooperation with host organizations around the world, assemble CI-SS programs to harmonize and promote the global growth of combustion science and technologies.

CI-SS was established to promote scientific education that corresponds with the combustion-related needs of society. Programs can vary in duration, from a couple of days through a few weeks, based on educational goals. To preserve the freedom of scientific endeavors and encourage diversity, The Combustion Institute invites universities, sections, and other qualified organizations in multiple countries to host summer school programs in accordance with the defined policies.

The proven success of the CI-SS initiative continues to foster the next generation of combustion scientists. Reference the Events Calendar to find upcoming events. If your organization is interested in hosting a summer school program, download the application guidelines.  


Past Combustion Institute-Summer Schools

20 August – 25 August 2023
UCI Combustion Institute-Summer School 2023: “Experimental Combustion: Past, Present, & Future”
University of California, Irvine, United States
Event Website

10 July – 14 July 2023
2023 Tsinghua-Princeton-Combustion Institute Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China
Lecture Notes

9 July – 14 July 2023
The 9th International Combustion Institute Winter School
Ágora Tech Park and UFSC Joinville, Brazil
Event Website

25 June – 30 June 2023
The 2023 Princeton-Combustion Institute Summer School on Combustion and the Environment
Princeton University, United States
Event Website

5 June – 9 June 2023
Summer School on Fire Safety Science – Wildland/WUI Fire Behavior
University of Maryland, United States
Lecture Notes

21 May – 25 May 2023
KAUST CI-Summer School: Carbon Free Combustion
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Event Website

11 July – 15 July 2022
2022 Tsinghua-Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China
Lecture Notes

19 June – 24 June 2022
2022 Princeton-CI Summer School on Combustion
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

11 July – 17 July 2021
2021 Tsinghua-Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China
Lecture Notes

15 June – 19 June 2021
International Combustion Institute Summer School (ICISS) on Near-Wall Reactive Flows
Hessen, Germany
Event Page

20 June – 25 June 2021
2021 Princeton-Combustion Institute Summer School on Combustion
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

10 November – 15 November 2019
First Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School (APCISS 2019) 
Región de Valparaíso, Chile
Event Page

14 July – 20 July 2019
2019 Tsinghua-Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China
Lecture Notes

7 July – 12 July 2019
2019 Cambridge Combustion Summer School
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lecture Notes

23 June – 28 June 2019
2019 Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

16 December – 21 December 2018

First Australian Combustion Summer School (ACSS-2018)
University of Sydney, Australia
Lecture Notes

24 June – 29 June 2018
2018 Princeton CI-SS
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

01 April – 07 April 2018
Clean Combustion Summer School 2018
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Lecture Notes

16 July – 22 July 2017
2017 Tsinghua-Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China

25 June – 30 June 2017
2017 Princeton – CEFRC – Combustion Summer School
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

23 September – 27 September 2016
International Combustion Institute Summer School on Physics of Turbulent Combustion
The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Lecture Notes

10 July – 15 July 2016
2017 Tsinghua-Princeton Summer School on Combustion
Tsinghua University, China

19 June – 24 June 2016
2016 Princeton – CEFRC – Combustion Summer School
Princeton University, United States
Lecture Notes

19 June – 23 June 2016
International Summer School 2016 in Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
International Conference Centre of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece

6 June – 10 June 2016
International Combustion Institute Summer School
Alleehotel Europa, Bensheim, Germany

30 May – 3 June 2016
International Combustion Institute Summer School
University of Toronto, Canada

25 January – 28 January 2016
Combustion Institute Winter School on Combustion
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

12 December – 23 December 2015
International Combustion Institute Winter School
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

8 June – 12 June 2015
V Brazilian Combustion/ICISS Summer School 2015
São Paulo, Brazil

31 May – 5 June 2015
International Combustion Institute Summer School (ICISS) in Combustion Fundamentals and New Technologies
Conservatorio delle Orfane a Terra Murata Isola di Procida, Italy