International collaborations exist in the frame of the European Fusion Programme, projects of the European Union and an IEA-Implementing Agreement. (IEA: Implementing Agreement for a Co-Operative Programme for Assessing the Impacts of High-Temperature Superconductivity on the Electric Power Sector).
The institute is involved in the following programs within the network of Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren:
Nuclear Fusion (FUSION)
http://www.fzk.de/fusion
Efficient Energy Conversion (REU)
http://www.fzk.de/reu
Structure of Matter (STRUKTUR)
http://www.fzk.de/struktur
assembly ivsupra
http://www.ivsupra.de/
The European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS)
http://www.esas.org/
The director emeritus of ITP is personal Member of the CONsortium of European Companies determined To Use Superconductivity (Conectus).
http://www.conectus.org/
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe is Member of the Japanese International Superconductivity Technology Center
http://www.istec.or.jp/index-E.html
Fusionsmagnete
Institute for electroenergy systems and high voltage engineering of the University Karlsruhe

