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ICTP, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, is a research and training institution in Trieste, Italy. It explores fundamental questions in physics and mathematics and promotes engagement with scientists in developing countries. Research areas include high energy, cosmology and astroparticle physics, condensed matter and statistical physics, mathematics, Earth system physics, quantitative life sciences, and science, technology and innovation.

It runs advanced workshops, conferences, schools, and pre- and postdoc education programmes. Each year it brings together more than 6,000 scientists from more than 150 countries. The centre operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO, and is supported by Italy and the United Nations. It is a UNESCO Category 1 Institute.

ICTP was established in 1964 in Trieste by Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam together with Paolo Budinich. It has a permanent faculty of 45 scientists and four partner institutes in Brazil, China, Rwanda and Mexico. The centre has postdoctoral and section leader positions in mathematics open for applications.

Product: Research programmes, advanced workshops and conferences, schools, pre- and postdoc programmes, and scientific prizes in physics and mathematics.