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Call for applications, ICTP-EAIFR PhD programme

Apply now for Rwanda's first physics PhD programme; the deadline is 30 June 2019.

17 May 2019

Workshop Addresses Climate Change

ICTP-EAIFR holds its first workshop related to climate change, training scientists from Africa on the latest climate modelling and analyses techniques.

03 May 2019

Physics PhD in Rwanda

ICTP-EAIFR will soon announce a call for applications for its new PhD programme in physics, offered jointly with the University of Rwanda in Kigali.

24 Apr 2019

Pi Day Celebration in Rwanda

ICTP-EAIFR hosts second annual Pi Day Competition at the University of Rwanda, bringing together 114 high school 'mathletes' for a three-hour exam.

16 Apr 2019

EAIFR Employment Opportunity

EAIFR has announced a vacancy for a qualified senior lecturer, associate professor, or professor in solid-earth physics. The application deadline is 15 June, 2019.

27 Mar 2019

Call for Applications 2019

Apply now for ICTP-EAIFR's master's programme in physics; application deadline is 31 March 2019.

07 Feb 2019

New Faculty Members Hired

Two physicists to join ICTP-EAIFR faculty in Spring 2019

23 Jan 2019

Welcome to ICTP-EAIFR!

View a video introduction to ICTP-EAIFR. The institute, based at the University of Rwanda in Kigali, aims to help raise the quality of science research and education in Africa.

22 Oct 2018

Grand Opening!

ICTP-EAIFR inauguration ceremony 18 October 2018

14 Oct 2018

Meeting to Revive African Physical Society

A major scientific meeting to revive the African Physical Society and pay tribute to its late founding father, Francis Allotey

03 Oct 2018

ICTP-EAIFR is Hiring!

Three administrative vacancies are available; application deadline is 30 August.

24 Aug 2018

Upcoming Science Conferences in Africa

The Joint Conference of the Pan African Conference on Crystallography (PCCr2) and the African Synchrotron Light Source (AfLS2) will be held from 28 January to 2 February 2019.

03 Aug 2018

ICTP-EAIFR Receives Prominent Visitors

In preparation for its official opening, ICTP-EAIFR hosts planning meeting of key players

06 Apr 2018

Entrepreneur Workshop for Scientists and Engineers

A workshop for engineers and researchers who want to become 'technopreneurs'

05 Apr 2018

ICTP-EAIFR Holds Workshop on Future Science and Engineering

Two seminars by nanotechnology expert Federico Rosei highlighted applications to renewable energy and career advice for young scientists

26 Mar 2018

EAIFR New Faculty Announced

New faculty member will teach theoretical physics when EAIFR begins classes in September 2018.

24 Nov 2017

ICTP-EAIFR Hires First Director

Omololu Akin-Ojo, a condensed matter physicist from Nigeria, will lead the new institute

02 Nov 2017

Save the Dates

ICTP’s 2018 Scientific Calendar now online

28 Oct 2017