Cleanroom technology – User License Course (1.5 ECTS), 11-13 November 2026

Course overview

Course Instructor

Roushdey Salh, Department of Physics, Umeå University.

Course description

A cleanroom is an environment typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, with a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by the number of particles per cubic meter at a specified particle size.

The course will introduce the participants (users) to the cleanroom environment and provide them with the necessary knowledge for correctly use of the cleanrooms and operate the facilities and run their own experiments in the cleanroom environment without direct supervision. The course contents are validation and monitoring of the cleanroom, cleanroom maintenance, gowning, cleanroom good practice. No entry permission will be given to the cleanroom without attending the cleanroom technology course.

Users should be able to demonstrate during the course that they are able to use the cleanroom correctly and perform measurements in clean environment in order to gain their Licenses. The License enables the user to book online any special facility in the cleanroom. Users are always recommended to participate in the supplementary cleanroom seminars in the Physics department for updating their information.

Course Vision

• To provide the main view over the construction and rules of cleanrooms.
• To reach a higher level of understanding of contamination control.
• To be able to use the cleanroom independently.

Course Date

11-13 November 2026

Qualifications required

No previous knowledge or preparations are needed.

Level

MSc students, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.

Language

On-demand (English or Swedish)

Credits

Participants receive 1.5 ECTS credits for completing the course.

Number of participants

10-20 participants/course, a minimum of 4 participants. Priority will be given to participants with a long-term cleanroom use plan.

Course layout

Day 1: Full day lectures.

Part I: Generation and behavior of airborne particles.
Part II: Introduction to cleanroom: description, use and maintenance.

Day 2: Full day lectures and practice.

Part I: Cleanroom rules.
Part II: Practical training in the cleanroom.

Day 3: Full day lectures and practice.

Part I: Cleanroom rules.
Part II: Practical training in the cleanroom.

Application

Application deadline: 5 November 2026

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