Haikou Winter School on Fundamentals and Frontiers of Ultracold Atoms and Molecules will take place in the tropical coastal city of Haikou, China, from December 4th to 19th, 2025. The school is organized by the Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University and supported by special fund for theoretical physics from the National Natural Science Foundation. The program is structured as follows:

Arrival: December 4th to 5th (morning), InterContinental Haikou Seaview hotel

Workshop: December 5th (afternoon) – 8th. A forum brings together leading experts to present and discuss recent exciting progress in the field of ultracold atoms and molecules. Each invited talk will be 30 minutes of slides + 10 minutes of questions. It will take place at InterContinental Haikou Seaview hotel.

Winter School: December 9th - 18th. Lectures designed for graduate students and early-career researchers, covering foundational concepts and experimental techniques in the field. All lectures will be conducted in English. It will take place at the Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University

Departure: December 19th

The winter school will cover the following topics:

Ultracold polar molecules

Ultracold collisions and chemistry

Laser cooling of atoms and molecules

Bose-Einstein condensates and Fermi gases

Atom arrays

Precision measurements

Organizing commitee: Xin-Yu Luo (罗鑫宇), Jinlong Yu (余金龙), Yi Zhang (张屹), Yulu Zhang (张玉鲁), Rui Lin (林蕊), Qingyu Cai (蔡庆宇)