KCSC Summer School
If you would like to learn (more) about high-performance computing (HPC), you can attend the KCSC “Introduction to High Performance Computing” Summer School. In continuation of what was previously called the PDC Summer School it is held at the main KTH campus in Stockholm towards the end of August each year.
Who can attend
The summer school is open to students and researchers from academia or industry, from all over the world. Applications are typically opened in the spring each year; you can watch out for the announcement on the website or follow KCSC on LinkedIn to be informed when applications open.
University credits for the summer school
Ph.D. students can get normal university credit points through KTH for attending the KCSC Summer School.
Topics covered
The KCSC Summer School gives an excellent introduction to what HPC and parallel computing are and, more specifically, addresses how to develop software for HPC. Participants also learn how to improve programs for parallel scientific applications so that they run more efficiently.
The summer school classes consist of about 20-25 hours of lectures and 10-15 hours of computer lab sessions covering topics such as:
- parallel programming (MPI, OpenMP, GPU),
- modern computer architectures,
- parallel algorithms,
- efficient programming, and
- HPC case studies.
The lectures are given by international experts followed by hands-on sessions in the computer lab, which gives all participants the opportunity to obtain practical experience of the HPC topics covered in the lectures.
Summer school website
- For details about this year's summer school, see the website for our summer school 2026 .
- Information about earlier summer schools under the PDC label can be found on the websites for previous PDC summer schools .
If you need more information
For further information about the PDC Summer Schools, send email to hpc-summerschool@pdc.kth.se .