On 26 July 2017, the 8th International Student Summer School “Nuclear Physics – Science and Applications”(NUCPHYS-SC&APPL) was opened in Brasov.

On the first day, participants were welcomed by Vice-Rector of the Transylvanian University of Brasov, Liliana Rogozea and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Marius Moga. Welcoming and introductory lectures were given by Plenipotentiary Representative of Romania at JINR Florin-Dorian Buzatu and Vice-Director of JINR Richard Lednický.
Over 70 students from 10 countries (Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Poland, Serbia, Macedonia, Cuba, Armenia, South African Republic and Ukraine) are participating in the School.

NUCPHYS-SC&APPL is a periodically organized meeting by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in collaboration with universities and scientific centers from the JINR Member States. The first Summer School was organized between 27 June – 11 July 2001 in JINR, Dubna and was focused on the nuclear physics methods and the accelerators in biology and medicine. The next meetings were organized in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2003, 2015), the Czech Technical University in Prague (2007), the Comenius University in Bratislava (2009) and the scope of the School was enlarged in order to cover all the scientific activities of JINR.