Private company

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

Logo: itg.be4

Biomedical research institute in Belgium

The Institute of Tropical Medicine (Dutch: Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, ITG; French: Institut de médecine tropicale, or IMT) is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. Located in Antwerp, Belgium, ITM also delivers outpatient, clinical and preventive services in tropical pathologies and sexually transmitted diseases.2 It was founded by Emile Francqui and Leopold II of Belgium.1 It employed 453 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was €72.2 million in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1906Founded1
  • Industryresearch1
  • HeadquartersAntwerp, Belgium1
  • Founded inBrussels1
  • Websitewww.itg.be/nl
  • Legal formpublic utility foundation1
  • Kind of organizationFoundation1
  • LEI967600DYLOZH7XGQ31213
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressNationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 04100577013

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Antwerpen Tropisch Instituut1
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Institute of Tropical Medicine (Dutch: Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, ITG; French: Institut de médecine tropicale, or IMT) is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. Located in Antwerp, Belgium, ITM also delivers outpatient, clinical and preventive services in tropical pathologies and sexually transmitted diseases.2

The story

Founded by Emile Francqui and Leopold II of Belgium in 1906, in Brussels.1

Leadership

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ITM has a strong reputation in biomedical, clinical and public health research, advanced education, travel medicine and care for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases as well as capacity-building in developing countries. Peter Piot and his colleagues at the institute were the first to demonstrate that AIDS was a tropical African disease. ITM has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a reference centre for AIDS research. ITM also is a national and international reference centre for a series of diseases and pathogens (such as the Ebola virus).

From Wikipedia’s article on Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Employees over time

  • 20244531

Revenue over time

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Revenue

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp revenue by year172.2M EUR in 2024+38% since 2020
020.0M EUR40.0M EUR60.0M EUR80.0M EUR2020: 52.5M EUR52.5M EUR20202021: 62.7M EUR62.7M EUR2021+19%2022: 64.1M EUR64.1M EUR2022+2%2023: 68.0M EUR68.0M EUR2023+6%2024: 72.2M EUR72.2M EUR2024+6%
  • 202472.2M EUR1
  • 202368.0M EUR1
  • 202264.1M EUR1
  • 202162.7M EUR1
  • 202052.5M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 1906Founded Founded in Brussels1

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