Starts 2 Jun 2025 08:00
Ends 29 Aug 2025 18:00
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PWF Latin America - Physics Latam: General Relativity and Cosmology
Online
Physics Latam will offer an online course in General Relativity & Cosmology for undergraduate and graduate students in Latin America.
The General Relativity and Cosmology, will be taught online from 2nd June to 29th August 2025 by Daniel Galviz at the Yau Mathematical Science Center (Tsinghua University) and Diego Hidalgo at the University of Iceland. Physics students from different universities in Latin America will be trained in general relativity and its applications to cosmology. Every approved student will receive an ICTP-PWF certificate at the end.
The application procedure is now open HERE. For more information visit our Website.
Goals and deliverables
Help students in Latin America by teaching lectures on theoretical physics, gravitation and cosmology.
Help students to become familiar with advanced and current research topics in theoretical physics. Students will solve weekly assignments on these topics.
Top students without MSc./Ph.D. will be mentored to pursue studies abroad, giving advice and recommendations about scholarships at international programs.
Lecturers
Daniel Galviz, YMSC (Tsinghua University)
Diego Hidalgo, University of iceland
Teaching Assistants
To be defined
Guest Speakers
Claudia de Rham, Imperial College London
Jose Edelstein, Santiago de Compostela University
Monica Guica, IPhT-Saclay
Hong Liu, MIT
Pierre Vanhove, IPhT-Saclay
Anthony Zee, KITP - UC Santa Barbara
Project coordinator
Daniel Galviz, YMSC (Tsinghua University)
Daniel Galviz, YMSC (Tsinghua University)