Research Centres

The University of Adelaide is home for over 50 specialist research centres working on key challenges across many industry sectors.

We are also a proud host and partner of a number of National Centres of Excellence.

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  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence

    are prestigious hubs of expertise which aim to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of Australia in areas of national priority.

    • ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Tera-Scale

  • ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs and Training Centres

    The ARC Industrial Transformation Research Program (ITRP) fund and research training centres.

  • Centres of Research Excellence

    Centres of Research Excellence are funded by the , Australia's peak body for supporting health and medical research. They support collaboration and develop capacity in clinical, population health and health services research.

  • Cooperative Research Centres

    bring together researchers from universities, the CSIRO and other government laboratories, and private industry or public sector agencies. These long-term collaborative arrangements support research & development and education activities that achieve outcomes of national economic and social significance.

    The University is a core partner, supporting participant or associate in 12 Cooperative Research Centres.
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    • Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC (supporting participant)
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    • Cyber Security CRC (essential participant)
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