ICTP in Eurasia

ICTP and the Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Turkey, have agreed to create an "ICTP - Eurasian Centre for Advanced Research (ICTP - ECAR)" to foster the advancement of basic sciences in Eastern Europe and Near Asia.

The centre, which will be based at IZTECH, will start its operations in areas of fundamental physical sciences that have strong relevance to technological applications (such as Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, Renewable Energy, Biophysics, Computational Physics, Life Sciences and related fields).

ICTP-ECAR will offer training and research at graduate and post-doctoral levels. In particular, it will support and facilitate research in Turkey and in the Eurasia region (including Balkan, Black Sea, Inner Asia, Middle East and Northern Africa countries) in cutting-edge technologies and scientific developments.

The centre's activities will be modelled on those of ICTP, and will include annual schools, courses, workshops and conferences in the centre's areas of competence combined with an active visiting program.

Founded in 1992, IZTECH is a public research university with a focus on the natural sciences and engineering. It has an enrolment of 2,200 students.