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.
- Animal Resources Center
- Applied Research Laboratories
- Bureau of Business Research
- Center for Agile Technology
- Center for Electromechanics
- Center for Identity
- IC2 Institute
- Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
- 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
- Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life
- 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 International Energy and Environmental Policy
- 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 Politics and Governance
- 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
- RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service
- Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
- 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
- Gulf Depositional Synthesis Project
- 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)
- Center for Aeromechanics Research
- 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)
- 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