We are pleased to invite you all to join the 3rd European Summer School on Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft.
The 3rd EP Summer School will take place in the ESA-ESTEC premises in Noordwijk (The Netherlands) from the 6th to the 8th October 2026.
The 3-day Summer School will propose a series of lectures about EP and its application given by experts in the field. The program will cover fundamental aspects, various technologies, numerical simulations, diagnostics and examples of missions using EP (detailed program and speakers available here).
The Summer School will be a unique opportunity for young Bachelor, Master and PhD students but also researchers and engineers to learn, meet peers, discuss advances and perspectives as well as to visit the ESA Propulsion Laboratory and other ESA facilities.
The Summer School is open to participants from ESA Member States, Associate Member States and Cooperating States: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Member_States_Cooperating_States
Registration will open on 11/05/2026 and will be limited to 80 participants, first come, first served.
The registration fee for the Summer School is 300 €. The fee includes lectures, lunches, coffee breaks and a two social events.
For this edition there will be 3 scholarships available thanks to ESA Academy.
We look forward to see many of you at this great event!
Stéphane Mazouffre, Thomas Trottenberg, Kaethe Dannenmayer & Eduard Bosch Borràs
Organizers of the 3rd Electric Propulsion Summer School 2026
The event is possible thanks to the contributions of our sponsors:
