Looking for the upcoming edition? ICPS 2023 is happening in Philippines, click on the link to find out more!

ICPS is the International Conference of Physics Students and is IAPS’ founding event. Each year, a different IAPS Local or National Committee organises the ICPS in their country. The purpose of this conference is to create opportunities for physics students from all around the world to come together, talk about science and life, practice presenting their research and to have a great time!
The first ICPS was organized by students of the Eötvös Loránd University, in Budapest, Hungary in 1986. The event had fewer than fifty participants, but since then, the conference has grown considerably, nowadays bringing together more than four hundred students.
The conference lasts for one week and contains a wealth of scientific, social and touristic programs. Participants get a chance to attend and give lectures on various topics in physics, to check out the laboratories and sights of the host city, to make friends with students from different countries, immerse themselves in exciting cultures and to see another part of the world.
The last ICPS was held in August 2022, in Puebla, Mexico. The 2023 conference will be in the Philippines in Baguio City and Manila. If you want to participate in ICPS you must become a member of IAPS.
Every IAPS National and Local Committee can bid to host the ICPS. The IAPS Annual General Meeting, held in August of each year, will then decide on the organiser of the ICPS. This occurs two years before the ICPS is to take place. If you want to make a bid for ICPS 2025, contact the IAPS Executive Committee at ec@iaps.info.
Previous editions
- 2022 (online), Puebla, Mexico
- 2021 (online) Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2019 Cologne, Germany
- 2018 Helsinki, Finland
- 2017 Turin, Italy
- 2016 Malta
- 2015 Zagreb, Croatia
- 2014 Heidelberg, Germany
- 2013 Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2011 Budapest, Hungary
- 2010 Graz, Austria
- 2009 Split, Croatia
- 2008 Kraków, Poland
- 2007 London, United Kingdom
- 2006 Bucarest, Romania
- 2005 Coimbra, Portugal
- 2004 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
- 2003 Odense, Denmark
- 2002 Budapest, Hungary
- 2001 Dublin, Ireland
- 2000 Zadar, Croatia
- 1999 Helsinki, Finland
- 1998 Coimbra, Portugal
- 1997 Vienna, Austria
- 1996 Szeged, Hungary
- 1995 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1994 St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1993 Bodrum, Turkey
- 1992 Lisbon, Portugal
- 1991 Vienna, Austria
- 1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1989 Freiburg, Germany
- 1988 Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 1987 Debrecen, Hungary
- 1986 Budapest, Hungary