Based on the facilities of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna/Russia and, in particular, in the framework of the DIAS-TH (Dubna International Advanced School for Theoretical Physics) program of the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers established in the period 2004-2006 in Dubna an international center of training of young scientists under the name "Helmholtz International Summer Schools" (HISS). The topics of these summer schools were chosen in cooperation with the host, the Helmholtz centers GSI Darmstadt and DESY Hamburg/Zeuthen as well as with cooperating research groups at German Universities. All participants of this program considered these activities as highly valuable tools in the education of young scientists. By this reason, the Helmholtz association of German Research centers decided to continue and further develop this program in three subsequent periods of three years 2007-2009, 2011-2013, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019.

The general aims of these summer schools is to acquaint young scientists with the most topical developments in the field "Structure of Matter". Hereby the HISS Dubna program is directed, in particular, to the extension of existing research networks of the Helmholtz research centers to include East-European Universities and Research Institutes.

Detailed information is avaiilable at the homepage of the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (http://theor.jinr.ru/meetings/).