The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has had its administrative and financial offices at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore for six years starting in 2015.

Sottostazione Elettrica del Porto Vecchio in Trieste, new site of the IUPAP’s secretariat offices, where the International Foundation Trieste headquarters are located.

To identify a new host for the IUPAP Central administrative office, an open invitation was sent to the community at large by the end of 2020. Many generous offers were received from across the world, demonstrating the global commitment to IUPAP to which the Union is most grateful. After a careful examination, the offer from the Trieste International Foundation for the Progress and Freedom of Sciences (FIT) was selected by the Executive Council. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) were directly involved in the proposal submitted by FIT. IUPAP is looking forward to benefit from the competency of the Foundation and further strengthen its links with the international physics community based in Trieste.

18th IUPAP General Assembly, held at the ICTP, Trieste, in 1984