NDSU Centers and Institutes
According to ND State Board of Higher Education Policy, Section 307.1, a “center or institute” means a unit that has as a primary function or activity academic instruction, research, or service beyond the immediate campus community. The terms do not include space designations, or units that simply have the word “center” in their title, or units that provide non-academic services, such as dining centers.
Note that many of the NDSU centers and institutes listed below have been officially reviewed and approved by the ND State Board of Higher Education (NDSBHE), the ND State Legislature, or the ND Centers of Excellence (ND-COE) program. Provided are links to their websites, or, if there is no website, there is an email link for the relevant contact person.
- Advanced Imaging and Microscopy (AIM) Laboratory
- Advanced Traffic Analysis Center - part of Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
- Agricultural Experiment Station Labs, Centers, and Institutes
- Agricultural Experiment Station Research Extension Centers
- Applied Plant Breeding Institute - approved by NDSBHE, 5/3/2007
- Beef Systems Center of Excellence - ND-COE, 10/2007
- Bio-Energy and Products Innovation Center
- Bio-imaging and Sensing Center - approved by NDSBHE, 11/17/2000
- Bison Center of the Northern Plains - approved by NDSBHE, 11/17/2000
- Center for Advanced Electronics Design and Manufacturing - ND-COE, 2/2006
- Center for Advanced Technology Development & Commercialization - ND-COE
- Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies - name change approved by NDSBHE, (formerly Northern Plains Policy and Trade Research Center) 6/22/2001
- Center for Biopharmaceutical Research and Production - ND-COE, 6/2009
- Center for Child Development
- Center for Community Planning and Design
- Center for Community Vitality - approved by NDSBHE, 1/15/2004
- Center for Computationally Assisted Science & Technology (formerly Center for High Performance Computing) - approved by NDSBHE, 4/25/2003
- Center for Disaster Studies and Emergency Management - approved by NDSBHE, 9/18/2008
- Center for 4-H Youth Development - approved by NDSBHE, 2/18/2000
- Center for Global Initiatives - approved by NDSBHE, 11/15/2007
- Center for Heritage Renewal - part of Institute for Regional Studies
- Center for Integrated Electronic Systems - ND-COE, 6/2009
- Center for Life Sciences Research and Applications - ND-COE, 2/2012
- Center for Nanoscale Energy-Related Materials
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering - approved by NDSBHE, 3/22/2002
- Center for Natural Resource and Agroecosystem Studies
- Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy (CNP) - approved by NDSBHE, 12/18/2002
- Center for Protease Research - NIH COBRE
- Center for Rural Studies (joint with UND) - approved by NDSBHE, 6/15/2000
- Center for Science and Mathematics Education - approved by NDSBHE, 3/19/1998
- Center for Sensors, Communications, and Control - ND-COE, 1/2011
- Center for Social Research - part of Institute for Regional Studies
- Center for Surface Protection - ND-COE, 2/2006
- Center for Technologically Innovative Products and Processes - ND-COE, 2/2012
- Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience - NIH COBRE
- Computer Systems Institute
- Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection - created in 1984
- Engineering Research Center
- Family Therapy Center
- Forensic DNA Facility
- FORWARD (Focus on Resources for Women's Advancement, Recruitment / Retention, and Development)
- Germans from Russia Heritage Collection - part of Institute for Regional Studies
- Great Plains Institute of Food Safety, approved by NDSBHE, 11/17/2000
- Group Decision Center - part of Northern Plains Ethics Institute
- Institute for Business and Industry Development, approved by NDSBHE, 10/1989
- Institute for Natural Resources and Economic Development - approved mid-1980's, name change approved 1/1996
- Institute for Regional Studies and University Archives - approved by NDSBHE, 3/8/1950
- Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences - approved by NDSBHE, spring 2005
- International Water Institute
- ND Agricultural Weather Network Center (NDAWN) - approved by NDSBHE, 11/18/2000
- ND Institute for Pharmaceutical Care - approved by NDSBHE, 11/1996
- ND Kids Count - created in 1994; transferred from UND in 2003.
- ND Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- ND Water Resources Research Institute - approved by NDSBHE, 1965
- NDSU Technology Incubator - ND-COE, 3/2007
- Northern Crops Institute - approved by ND Legislature - 1981, Century Code, Chapter 4-14.2
- Northern Plains Ethics Institute - approved by NDSBHE, 2/18/2000
- Oilseed Development Center of Excellence - ND-COE, 5/2006
- Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives - approved by NDSBHE, 10/1992
- Plant Diagnostic Lab
- Robert Perkins Engineering Computer Center
- Small Business Institute
- Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute - approved by ND legislature, 1967
- Value-Added Processing Center - approved by NDSBHE, 3/22/2002
For a listing of North Dakota Centers of Excellence located at NDSU, click HERE.
Information about new centers or institutes or updates to this list should be sent to kay.sizer@ndsu.edu.
Last Updated 8/17/2012
