Venue

The Technical University of Kenya (TUK) in Nairobi is the natural choice for the school since it hosts the Materials Modelling Group led by Prof. George Amolo. Over the years, they have been able to train and mentor a new generation of young scientists in the field of computational materials science, who now form a strong and interconnected community all over Kenya. TUK is therefore the central node of an existing network of collaborations in Kenya in the field. The Kenyan network has also tight links with international recognized experts from Africa and Europe thanks to the two-decade experience of the African School for Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA), a panafrican series of biannual schools in computational materials science. 

Besides a precursor regional ASESMA school in 2023, the first edition of the school on fundamentals of DFT was already successfully held in July 2025 at TUK with the support of Physics Without Frontiers.

Building on this success, a second edition is already planned for 2026.

Participants will be hosted at YMCA central hostel in Nairobi, located about 20 minutes’ walk from the venue.
It is a safe and clean environment, offering large green areas with very good facilities (ample space for discussions and social activities, including a swimming pool and a fitness center). Students share two-bed en-suite rooms.