Research Institutes
The institutes, comprising a research community of approximately 1200 staff and students, bring together world leading researchers, supported by modern infrastructure and an innovative culture, to tackle state and national research priorities.
New Adelaide University opens in 2026
The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are combining their strengths to create a new university for the future, Adelaide University, opening in January 2026.
Defence and Security Institute
The Defence and Security Institute plays a key role in the Australian capabilities essential to our nation’s defence, security, and prosperity.
Environment Institute
The Environment Institute exists to deliver outstanding research across environmental sciences. To achieve this the Institute puts water and climate scientists together with biodiversity, marine, landscape and genetics work, and more.
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence is driving a fourth industrial revolution and our new Australian Institute for Machine Learning will ensure that South Australia benefits from this revolution.
Sustainability, Energy and Resources
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER)'s key fields of research are Earth Sciences, Energy Technology and Resource Engineering. This interdisciplinary research institute is addressing scientific, technological, environmental and social challenges.
Photonics & Advanced Sensing
The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) brings together experimental physicists, chemists, material scientists, biologists, experimentally driven theoretical scientists and medical researchers to create new sensing and measurement technologies.
Robinson Research
The Robinson Research Institute is a collective of internationally renowned researchers in human reproduction, pregnancy and child health.
SAiGENCI
The South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAIGENCI) is an independent cancer-focused medical research institute located in South Australia; focussing on cancer research and clinical trials, which will include new cutting-edge technologies in immunotherapies and genomics.
Waite Research
The Waite Research Institute (WRI) was established to support collaboration between the Waite Campus partners to drive research for the benefit of Australia's agriculture, food and wine industries.