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Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam and by Italian physicist Paolo Budinich, ICTP is a unique institution that explores fundamental scientific questions at the highest level, promotes active engagement with scientists in developing countries, and advances international cooperation through science.
ICTP alumni serve as professors at major universities, chairpersons of academic departments, directors of research centres and ministers of science and technology in nations throughout the developing world. Many of them have been recognized in their own countries and internationally for their contributions to science and science policy. The impact of ICTP extends well beyond the Centre’s facilities to virtually every corner of the Earth.
To learn more about ICTP's activity, download the ICTP brochure and its most recent annual report.
The mission of ICTP rests
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) and ratified by an act of the Ita
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.
In 1964, Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam established ICTP in Trieste, Italy, acting in collaboration with Italian physicist Paolo Budinich.
ICTP is widely regarded as an extraordinary environment for advancing knowledge in the physical and mathematical sciences, with a permanent faculty of 45 distinguished scientists who conduct rigorous world- class, curiosity-driven research in fron
