Research Institutes & Centres

The University has established a number of world-class research institutes in partnership with government and industry.

The Institutes, comprising a research community of approximately 1200 staff and students, are a strategic convergence of worldleading researchers across many Faculties and Disciplines, who can be supported by modern infrastructure and an innovative culture.

Although Research Degree students need to enroll with a specific Faculty and Division, supervisors who are affiliated with our Research Institutes and Centres will be able to offer their students considerable advantages, including international collaborative linkages, coordinated internal partnerships and exceptional facilities and resources.

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Environment Institute

Focus: Management of natural resources under changing climate and economic conditions

Environment Institute website

Key Research Centres:

• Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD)

• Centre for Energy Technology (CET)

• Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity (ACEBB)

• Water Research Centre

• Marine Biology Program

• Landscape Futures Program

 

Robinson Institute

Focus: Reproductive health, stem cell research and health across generations

Robinson Institute website

Key Research Centres:

• Research Centre for Reproductive Health (RCRH)

• Research Centre for Early Origins of Health and Disease (EOHaD)

• Centre for Stem Cell Research (CSCR)

• Australian Research Centre for Health of Women & Babies

 

Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources

Focus: Petroleum engineering, mining engineering, petroleum and minerals, geoscience and geothermal energy

Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources website

Key Research Centres:

• Centre for Energy Technology

• Centre for Tectonics Resource and Exploration (TRaX) 

• Centre for Geothermal Energy

 

Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing

Focus: optical fibres, lasers, luminescence, surface chemistry, proteomics and virology.

Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing website

Key Research Centres:

• Centre of Expertise in Photonics

 

Waite Research Institute

Focus: Plant and animal sciences, viticulture and oenology, agronomy, soil science and agricultural economics

Waite Research Institute website

Key Associated Research Centres:

• Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

• Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (the Plant Accelerator)

• Centre for Soil Plant Interactions

• FoodPlus Research Centre

• Wine Innovation Cluster

 

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The multi-disciplinary focus of our Institutes and Centres provides a collaborative platform for research partnerships across the University and with other research organisations.

The University is also an active participant in Commonwealth-funded Research Centres - being the site of three National Research Centres and a participant in a significant number of Cooperative Research Centres. It is also home base for many specialist research centres and units in a wide range of disciplines.