Skoltech Photonics Winter School 2026
Science in action

February 2–6
Registration opens in Autumn
The Photonics Winter School offers a unique challenge for ambitious undergraduates. Engage directly with leading experts in guided lectures focusing on cutting-edge topics and fundamental theories essential to the field. Then, apply this knowledge immediately in state-of-the-art labs while tackling relevant experimental problems.

Synthesize your new understanding into a mini-research project tackling frontiers in modern photonics. It's about diving deep, learning quickly with peers, and experiencing authentic research environments firsthand.

Ideal for Bachelor's students eager to push their boundaries into the exciting world of photonics research before deciding on your next academic or career steps.

  • Date:
    February 2–6, 2026
  • Location:
    Skoltech campus
  • Language:
    English, Russian
  • Registration deadline:
    To be added
  • Cost of participation:
    Free
  • Accommodation:
    Fully provided
Thematic areas
Learn the state of art in modern photonics and make a team project in one of the following areas:
  • Integrated photonics
  • Metamaterials

  • Functional nanomaterials

  • Polaritonics

  • Biophotonics

  • Sensorics
Program
Lectures on advances and challenges in modern photonics

Distribution to teams, introductions to the labs

Project implementation

Project implementation

Project defence

Venue
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is located on the territory of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Moscow, Russia. Skoltech is a private graduate research institute established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT. Skoltech cultivates a new generation of researchers and entrepreneurs, promotes advanced scientific knowledge and fosters innovative technology to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Skoltech applies the best Russian and international research and educational practices, with particular emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation. Skoltech’s model leverages on the integration of basic and applied research and education. The Institute’s close link with the industrial and business ecosystem fosters frontier research and generates a flow of innovative solutions for the benefit of the Russian economy.
For reaching Skoltech and navigation on Skolkovo territory, please, use Skolkovo guidelines.
Organizers
Yuriy Gladush
Assistant Professor,
Skoltech
y.gladush@skoltech.ru
Alexandra Samoylova
Education Program Coordinator,
Skoltech
a.samoylova@skoltech.ru
Contacts
Address
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, the territory of the Innovation Center "Skolkovo", Bolshoy Boulevard, 30, p.1, Moscow 121205, Russia