Research Units and Centers

Research Units

Several research groups report directly to the vice president for research. Their work ranges from rocks to rockets and from entrepreneurial studies to electric buses.

• Applied Research Laboratories
• Bureau of Business Research
• Center for Agile Technology
• Center for Electromechanics
• Center for Strategic and Innovative Technologies
• Imaging Research Center
• Institute for Advanced Technology
• Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• IC² Institute
• Texas Advanced Computing Center

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Organized Research Units are set up under rules of the university and the University of Texas System's Board of Regents [PDF]. The list of Organized Research Units is available on the Provost's Office Web site.

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View all of the university research centers, institutes and groups by topic.

Arts and Humanities

• Advanced Communication Technology Lab (ACT Lab)
• Center for American History
• Center for African and African American Studies
• Center for Asian American Studies
• Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies
• Center for East Asian Studies
• Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin American
• Center for Mexican American Studies
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Center for Studies in Texas History
• Center for Sustainable Development
• Center for Women's and Gender Studies
• Creative Research Lab
• Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
• Institute for Classical Archaeology
• Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins
• Linguistics Research Center
• Mesoamerican Center
• Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory
• Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
• Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
• Texas Language Technology Center

Computers/Information Science

• Advanced Communication Technology Lab (ACT Lab)
• Applied Research Laboratories
• Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
• Center for Agile Technology
• Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Center for Computational Geosciences 
• Center for Excellence in Distributed Global Environments (EDGE)
• Center for Information Assurance and Security
• Center for Perceptual Systems
• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
• Center for Strategic and Innovative Technologies
• Center for Subsurface Modeling
• Computational Visualization Center
• Computer and Vision Research Center
• Computer Engineering Research Center
• Geographic Information Science Center
• Institute for Advanced Technology
• Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute
• Texas Advanced Computing Center
• Texas Language Technology Center
• William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record

Life Sciences

• Animal Personality Research Institute
• Aphasia Research Laboratory
• Auditory Cognition and Speech Perception Laboratory
• Biochemical Institute
• Cain Center for Nursing Research
• Center for Advancement of Research and Education in Infectious Diseases
• Center for Learning and Memory
• Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology
• Center for Perceptual Systems
• Drug Dynamics Institute
• Evolutionary Psychology Research Laboratory
• Female Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory
• Imaging Research Center
• Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Institute for Neuroscience
• Laboratory for the Cognitive Neuroscience of Categorization and Decision Making
• Laboratory of Multicultural Processes and Mental Health
• Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders
• Occupational Health Psychology Laboratory
• Population Research Center
• Sexual Learning Laboratory
• Space and Shape Perception Lab
• Texas Institute for Drug and Diagnostic Development (TI-3D)
• Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research

Social Sciences

• Accessibility Institute
• Addiction Research Institute
• Adolescent Health and Development Laboratory
• Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
• Cain Center for Nursing Research
• Center for African and African-American Studies
• Center for Asian-American Studies
• Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies
• Center for East Asian Studies
• Center for American Architecture and Design
• Center for Applied Research in Economics
• Center for the Study of Black Business, History, Entrepreneurship and Technology
• Center for Cognitive Science
• Center for Criminology and Criminal Justice Research
• Center for Ethical Leadership
• Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations
• Center for Health and Social Policy
• Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin American
• Center for Mexican American Studies
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Media
• Center for Perceptual Systems
• Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies
• Center for Public Policy and Dispute Resolution
• Center for Science and Mathematics Education 
• Center for Social Work Research
• Center for Women's and Gender Studies
• Children’s Research Laboratory
• Communication in Adults Research Group
• Cultural Diversity Institute
• Female Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory
• Gender and Racial Attitudes Lab
• Health Behavior Research and Training Institute
• Human and Animal Personality Lab
• Human Factors Research Project
• Infant Cognition Laboratory
• Institute for Grief, Loss and Family Survival
• Institute for Transnational Law
• Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
• Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
• Langlois Social Development Laboratory
• Life Care Institute
• Mood Disorders Laboratory
• Personality and Interpersonal Processes Laboratory
• Public Policy Institute
• Studies on Alcohol, Health and Risky Activities (SAHARA) Laboratory
• National Center for Educational Accountability
• Policy Research Institute
• Population Research Center
• Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
• Science Technology and Society
• Similarity and Cognition Laboratory
• Southwest Partnership Center for Nursing Research in Health Disparities
• Strauss Center for International Security and Law
• Texas Center for Disability Studies
• 21st Century Project
• Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
• University of Texas Inequality Project
• William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

Natural/Physical Sciences

• AASTRA (American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agent)
• Airborne Geophysics
• Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lab
• Biochemical Institute
• Brackenridge Field Laboratory
• Center for Complex Quantum Systems
• Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Center for Computational Geosciences 
• Center for Electrochemistry
• Center for Energy Economics 
• Center for International Energy & Environmental Resources
• Center for Learning and Memory
• Center for Materials Chemistry
• Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology
• Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
• Center for Numerical Analysis
• Center for Particles and Fields
• Center for Perceptual Systems
• Center for Relativity
• Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
• Charles A. Dana Center for Mathematics and Science Education
• Children’s Research Laboratory
• Cosmochemistry Group
• Culture Collection of Algae
• Environmental Science Institute
• Fusion Research Center
• Gulf Coast Carbon Center 
• Hobby-Eberly Telescope  (HET)
• Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry Team
• Institute for Fusion Studies
• Institute for Geophysics
• Institute for Theoretical Chemistry
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Latin American Forum on Energy & the Environment
• Marine Science Institute
• McDonald Laser Ranging System
• McDonald Observatory
• Plant Resources Center
• Star Formation Group
• Texas Institute for Drug and Diagnostic Development (TI-3D)
• Texas Natural Science Center
• Virtual Reality Laboratory
• Visual Neuroscience Laboratory
• Weinberg Theory Group
• Whole Earth Telescope

Business

• AIM Investment Center
• Bureau of Business Research
• C. Aubrey Smith Center for Auditing Education and Research
• Center for Applied Research in Economics
• Center for Business Decisions and Analysis
• Center for Business, Technology and Law
• Center for Customer Insight
• Center for Energy Finance Education and Research
• Center for Energy Economics 
• Center for International Business Education and Research
• Center for Law, Business, & Economics
• Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies
• The Real Estate Finance & Investment Center
• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
• Center for Risk Management and Insurance
• EDS Financial Trading and Technology Center
• Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship
• Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Center for Private Equity Finance
• IC2 Institute
• Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Engineering

• Acoustics Program
• Advanced Manufacturing Center
• Applied Research Laboratories
• Biomedical Engineering Laser Laboratory (BELL)
• Bureau of Engineering Research
• Center for Aeromechanics Research
• Center for Biological and Medical Engineering
• Center for Construction Industry Studies (CCIS)
• Center for Electromechanics
• Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
• Center for Excellence in Distributed Global Environments (EDGE)
• Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Materials
• Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
• Center for Research in Water Resources
• Center for Space Research
• Center for Transportation Research
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab (CFD)
• Computational Fluid Physics Lab (CFPL)
• Construction Industry Institute
• Construction Materials Research Group (CMRG)
• Flowfield Imaging Lab (FIL)
• Geotechnical Engineering Center
• High Performance Substrate/High Performance Systems (HPS Research)
• Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Laboratory 
• Laboratory for Computer Architecture Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication (LFF)
• Laboratory for Image & Video Engineering (LIVE)
• Laboratory for Intelligent Processes and Systems
• Manufacturing & Design Lab (MAD)
• Microelectronics Research Center
• Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory
• Offshore Technology Research Center
• Parallel and Distributed Systems Lab
• Phil M. Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory
• Solar Energy Laboratory
• Texas Materials Institute
• Wireless Networking and Communications Group
• Wireless Systems Innovations Laboratory