The course hosted by University of Neuchatel will be held by Prof. Dr. Ove Stephansson and Prof. Dr. Arno Zang, German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ Potsdam. The event aims at providing training on recent developments of rock stress and its measurement in the Earth’s Crust as well as on its applicability in science and industry. Guest lecture will be held by Valentin Gischig on a case example of integrated stress measurments.