The Low Temperature Laboratory organized an intensive, 10-day long European Advanced Cryogenics School in 15.9. - 25.9. 2003. The School provided training at doctoral level for 46 European students from 11 different countries, in the field of cryophysics and engineering. The scientific and technical topics of the school were selected to give the students the capacity to use, develop and design cryogenic instruments, needed for basic research and industrial applications. In addition to five days of theory lectures, the program included laboratory demos (LTL, Nanoway Ltd., and Picowatt) and visits to both government laboratories (VTT, MIKES) and private enterprises (Elekta Neuromag Ltd.).
The School followed the format developed for the first European Advanced Cryogenic School, organized by Dr. Henri Godfrin in Grenoble in September 2002. Mikko Paalanen acted as the Chairman of the School. The main lectures of the School were given by Peter Berglund, Fons de Waele (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), Nikolai Kopnin, Matti Krusius, Jukka Pekola, George Pickett (Lancaster University), John Saunders (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College) and Hermann Suderow (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid). In addition, 21 other scientists were involved in other parts of the program.
The school was financially supported by ERASMUS program (-IC-1999-1-ERASMUS-EPS- 1), Helsinki University of Technology, Finnish National Graduate School in Material Physics, Low Temperature Laboratory, Elekta Neuromag Oy, and by MIKES.