ESS-HPT 2018 „The European Summer School in High Pressure Technology“ is a 2 week intensive course in the field of high pressure technology. This year 18 Eurpean students (with 10 different nationalities) and 20 professors will participate. This course includes the wide range of high pressure technology and supercritical fluid from the basis and fundamentals till applications at industrial scale including necessary design of apparatus, plants and processes.