The HPSS2014 is the successor of a sequence of schools and student programs:
- COSY Summer School 2002, CSS 2002
- COSY Student Program 2004, CSP 2004
- COSY Summer School 2006, CSS 2006
- Hadron Physcis Summer School 2008, HPSS 2008
- Hadron Physcis Summer School 2010, HPSS 2010
- Hadron Physcis Summer School 2012, HPSS 2012