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Our History
From a humble beginning to international reknown
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Institutional Partners
ICTP is supported by Italy and the United Nations
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ICTP operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ICTP is a UNESCO Category 1 Institute. Find out more about our partners at the links below:
ICTP & Italy
Partners in development
ICTP & the IAEA
Atoms for Peace partners
ICTP & UNESCO
Supporting science and education in the developing world
Our History
Discover the story of ICTP from its establishment in 1964
In 1964, Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam established ICTP in Trieste, Italy, acting in collaboration with Italian physicist Paolo Budinich.
Global Outreach
Supporting research and training activities in developing countries.
ICTP strives to boost science in developing countries to an international level by encouraging North-South collaboration, and to stimulate networking of scientists in disadvantaged regions to reach a critical mass of researchers through South-Sout