This five day school aimed at ETH and EPFL PhD students provides access to a state-of-the-art synchrotron beamline (BM01) where experts will give theoretical and practical insight into the use of advanced scattering and diffraction characterization techniques for materials research. The school will take place from May 13-17, 2024 at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.