The Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Foundation was established in 1999 in the framework of a collaboration agreement reached by the Education and Industry Departments of the

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, the

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, the Regional Government of

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, the City of Donostia and the

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participated in the venture during 2000-2003. In 2004 Naturcorp Multiservicios joined the project, followed by

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in 2005. The DIPC was born as an intellectual center aimed at fostering and providing for the development of highest level basic research in material science. Since its early days, the DIPC has been an open institution, bound to the University of the Basque Country, committed to the internationalization of all basic science engaged in the Basque Country related to physics and material science.

External links

DIPC website
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