We first discuss the basic features of electroweak 1-loop corrections in the
Standard Model. We also give a short and elementary review on Higgs boson
searches, grand unification, supersymmetry and extra dimensions.Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX, 7 eps figures, uses ws-procs9x6.cls, lecture given
by A. Bartl at the VII School on Non-Accelerator Astroparticle Physics,
Trieste, Italy, July 26 - August 6, 200