Centers & Institutes
The University of Connecticut is home to over eighty-five Centers and Institutes which have been established to promote scholarly activity and/or support teaching, research, diversity or the outreach mission of the institution.
The University recognizes that Centers/Institutes require a commitment of resources and has developed guidelines regarding criteria for their establishment and review. These guidelines and a schedule for the review of Academic Centers/Institutes can be found on the Provost’s Office website.
Links: Guidelines: WORD Doc | | Academic Center/Institute Review Committee: WORD Doc | PDF
New Centers/Institutes require the Provost’s approval. For any additions or edits to the listing of Centers/Institutes below, please contact Cathi Dunnack in the Provost’s Office.
Academic Centers & Institutes
- Asian American Studies Institute
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP)
- Bioinformatics & Biocomputing Institute
- Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology (BECAT)
- Center for Actuarial Sciences
- Center for Applied Genetics and Technology (CAGT)
- Center for Applied Research in Human Development
- Center for Behavioral Education and Research
- Center for Biochemical Toxicology
- Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
- Center for Education Policy Analysis
- Center for Environmental Health
- Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE)
- Center for Globalization and Commerce at Stamford
- Center for Health Communication and Marketing
- Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP)
- Center for Integrative Geosciences
- Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
- Center for Internet Data & Research Intelligence Services (CIDRIS)
- Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
- Center for Land Use Education & Research (CLEAR)
- Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
- Center for Learning in Retirement
- Center for Nursing Research
- Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research
- Center for Population Research
- Center for Public Health and Health Policy
- Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies
- Center for Regenerative Biology
- Center for Research in Mathematics Education
- Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action
- Center for the Study of Culture, Health and Human Development
- Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research (CEVR)
- Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED)
- Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (CCEA)
- Connecticut Center for Economic Education
- Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos (CEHDL)
- Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI)
- Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center
- Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI)
- Connecticut Institute of Water Resources
- Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
- Connecticut Transportation Institute
- Connecticut Writing Project
- Electrical Insulation Research Center
- Food Marketing Policy Center
- GE Capital Global Learning Center
- Human Rights Institute
- Humanities Institute
- Industrial Psychology Applications Center
- ING Center for Financial Services
- Institute for African American Studies
- Institute for Urban School Improvement
- Institute for Violence Prevention and Reduction
- Institute of Comparative Human Rights, UNESCO Chair and
- Institute of Materials Science
- Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
- Insurance Law Center
- Labor Education Center
- Marine Sciences and Technology Center
- Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work
- National Undersea Research Center (NURC)
- Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
- (A.J.) Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- Reading-Language Arts Center
- Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
- Roper Center
- University of Connecticut Stem Cell Institute
- Wildlife Conservation Research Center