The International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) is a long-standing project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), currently co-sponsored by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL) through the Office for Young Astronomers (OYA). The 47th ISYA is co-organized by the OYA, and the National Taiwan Normal University.
Young students attending will broaden their perspective on astronomy from their exposure to an intensive three-week program of lectures on up-to-date astrophysics, both theory and observations, led by an international team of experts. Students will learn about various astronomical fields, from Stellar Physics to Cosmology, and acquire technical expertise to analyse current astronomical data and models. The official language of the School will be English.
We invite applications to attend this School from students in their early MSc/PhD studies in Asian countries. Final-year BSc students intending to enrol in a graduate program in Astronomy and Astrophysics will also be considered. We will accept around 30 young astronomers, and they will be granted scholarships to cover travel from their home cities and the entire board during the School. All selected students must commit 100% of their time to the three-week program and participate in all scheduled activities.
Although the ISYA is not a research conference, we encourage students to submit posters to present a summary of their research projects. Apart from the academic school activities, students will also have the opportunity to experience in and around Taipei through cultural visits, events and travels.
Registration is now open here.
Scientific Program
- Solar System - Wei-Ling Tseng (NTNU)
- Exoplanets - Yasunori Hori (NAOJ)
- Galaxies - Itziar Aretxaga (INAOE, CAB, CSIC-INTA)
- Cosmology - David Mota (University of Oslo)
- Star formation - Patrick Hennebelle (AIM/CEA/CNRS)
- Observational Astronomy - Chow-Choong Ngeow (NCU)
- Time-domain and Multi Messenger astronomy - Ting-Wan Chen (NCU)
- Computational Astrophysics - Hsi-Yu Schive (NTU)
- Black hole Astrophysics - Karen Yang (NTHU)
- Stars - Naoki Yoshida (Univ. of Tokyo)
- Machine Learning - Sheng Yang (Henan Academy of Sciences)
- Career Development - Itziar Aretxaga and David Mota (ISYA Program)
Important Dates
- Applications open: 1 April 2025
- Application deadline: 1 July 2025
- Notification of acceptance: August 2025
- Arrival in Taipei: 16 November 2025
- Closing ceremony: 5 December 2025
- Departure: 6 December 2025
Directors
- Albert Kong - School Director
- Wei-Ling Tseng - Local Director
- Itziar Aretxaga – ISYA Program Director
- David Mota – ISYA Deputy Director
Local Organising Committee
- Albert Kong (NTHU)
- Wen-Ping Chen(NCU)
- Wei-Ling Tseng (NTNU)
- Shih-Ping Lai (NTHU)
- Ting-Wan Chen (NCU)
- Chow-Choong Ngeow (NCU)
- Yueh-Ning Lee (NTNU)
- Chian-Chou Chen (ASIAA)
- Cindy Chiu (ASIAA)