Research Units & Centers
The University of Texas at Austin supports cutting-edge research in all disciplines, offering more than 200 dedicated research units and centers. Several research groups report directly to the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors, but most units are based in individual colleges and schools, where they engage in interdisciplinary research that complements the academic goals of their departments.
Research Units by College/School
- Cockrell School of Engineering
- College of Education
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Natural Sciences
- College of Pharmacy
- Dell Medical School
- Jackson School of Geosciences
- LBJ School of Public Affairs
- McCombs School of Business
- Moody College of Communication
- School of Architecture
- School of Information
- School of Law
- School of Nursing
- School of Social Work
Units Reporting to the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors
- Animal Resources Center
- Applied Research Laboratories
- Austin Technology Incubator
- Biomedical Imaging Center
- Defense Research Advancement
- Energy Institute
- Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
- IC² Institute
- Bureau of Business Research at the IC² Institute
- Texas Advanced Computing Center