UNSW Archives holds records relating to centres and institutes of the university, including annual reports, newsletters and other items.

Below is a list of bodies that these records incorporate
. See Online Archives Search to search for histories or items held on centres and institutes.

The Faculties and Boards of Studies web page contains information on those bodies responsible for administering many of the centres and institutes.

 

  • Aboriginal Law Research Unit (1981 - 1986)/Aboriginal Law Centre (1986 - 1997)/Indigenous Law Centre (1997-)
  • Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre (ARRC)
  • ARC Special Research Centre for Third Generation Photovoltaics
  • Asia-Australia Institute
  • Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA)
  • Australian Centre for Construction Innovation (ACCI)
  • Australian Centre for International Business
  • Australian Centre for Management Accounting Development (ACMAD)
  • Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADSC)
  • Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC)
  • Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAIR)
  • Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre
  • Australian Scholarly Editions Centre
  • Australian Theatre Studies Centre
  • Australian Tsunami Research Centre (ATRC) (2009 - 2011) / Australia-Pacific Tsunami Research Centre (2011 -)
  • Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWAR)
  • Bioengineering Centre
  • Building Research Centre
  • Centre for Advanced Empirical Software Research (CAESAR) (1995 - 2001)/Centre for Advanced Software Engineering Research (CAESER) (2001 - 2002)
  • Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
  • Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES)
  • Centre for Applied Economic Research (CAER)
  • Centre for Applied Marketing (CAM)
  • Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (CACS)
  • Centre for Banking and Finance (1988 - 1991) / National Centre for Banking and Capital Markets (1991 - 1997) (NCBC) / Asia Pacific Financial Research Centre (ASPAC) (1997 - 2003)
  • Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1976 - 1994) / Graduate School for Biomedical Engineering (1994 - )
  • Centre for Business Dynamics and Knowledge
  • Centre for Business Information Technology (CBIT) (1988 - c. 1990) / Centre for Information Technology Research Centre (ITRC) (c. 1990 - 1997)
  • Centre for Cardiovascular Research
  • Centre for Chemical Analysis
  • Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR)
  • Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS)
  • Centre for Cognitive Science
  • Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS)
  • Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP)
  • Centre for Continuing Medical Education
  • Centre for Corporate Change
  • Centre for Cross Cultural Social Work Education
  • Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM)
  • Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT)
  • Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP)
  • Centre for European Studies
  • Centre for Experimental Neurology
  • Centre for Export Marketing (CEM)
  • Centre for Franchise Studies
  • Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies
  • Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002)
  • Centre for Health Assets Australasia (CHAA)
  • Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 -)
  • Centre for the History of Health & Medicine
  • Centre for Hospital Management and Information Systems Research (1990 - 2001) / Centre for Clinical Governance in Research and Health (2001 - )
  • Centre for Immunology
  • Centre for Industrial Laser Applications
  • Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research (CIIR)
  • Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES)
  • Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
  • Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema)
  • Centre for Intercultural Jewish Studies
  • Centre for International and Multicultural Health (2000 - 2003) / Centre for Culture and Health (2003 - 2005)
  • Centre for Liberal and General Studies
  • Centre for Manufacturing and Automation
  • Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - )
  • Centre for Medical Education, Research and Development (CMERD) (1973 - 1983) / School of Medical Education (1983 - 2000)
  • Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - )
  • Centre for Minerals Engineering
  • Centre for Olympic Studies
  • Centre for Particle and Catalyst Technologies
  • Centre for Pensions and Superannuation (CPS)
  • Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - )
  • Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems (1991 - 1996) / Photovoltaics Special Research Centre (1996 - 2002)
  • Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering
  • Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE)
  • Centre for Public Health
  • Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
  • Centre for Refugee Research
  • Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992)/Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005)
  • Centre for Safety Science
  • Centre for South Pacific Studies (1987 - 2003)/South Pacific Studies Resource Centre (2003 - 2006)
  • Centre for the Study of Law and Technology
  • Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMART)
  • Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research (CTVR) (1992 - 2003) / Centre for Vascular Research (CVR) (2003 - )
  • Centre for Tourism Policy Studies
  • Centre for Waste Management
  • Centre for Wastewater Treatment (CWT) (1987 - 1997)/Centre for Water and Waste Technology (CWWT) (1997 - 2007) / UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) (2008 - )
  • City Futures Research Centre (CFRC)
  • Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)
  • Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis
  • Communications Law Centre
  • Contemporary Asia Centre
  • Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research
  • Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation
  • Co-operative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control Ltd
  • Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
  • Defence and Security Applications Research Centre (DSARC)
  • Disability Studies and Research Centre (DSARC)
  • Educational Research Unit (1960 - 1968) / Tertiary Education Research Centre (1968 - 1988)
  • Energy Research, Development and Information Centre (ERDIC)
  • European Law Centre (1996 - 2008) / Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (2008 - c. 2011)/Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (c. 2011 - )
  • Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (EERC)
  • Food Industry Development Centre (FIDC)
  • French-Australian Research Centre
  • Fujitsu Centre for Managing Information Technology in Organisations
  • Gifted Education Research, Resource & Information Centre (GERRIC)
  • Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law
  • Human Rights Centre
  • Institute of Administration
  • Institute of Health Innovation (2007 - 2009)/Australian Institute of Health Innovation (2009 - )
  • Institute of Highway and Traffic Research
  • Institute of Languages
  • Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997)/Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003)
  • Institute of Nuclear Engineering
  • Institute of Rural Technology
  • Japanese Economic and Management Studies Centre
  • Joint Microelectronics Research Centre (JMRC)
  • Journalism and Media Research Centre
  • Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering
  • Kingsford Legal Centre
  • Korea-Australasia Research Centre (KAREC) (2000 - 2011) / Korea Research Institute (2011 - )
  • Learning Centre
  • Local History Co-ordination Project (1986 - 1989) / Community History Program (1989 - 1994)/Centre for Community History (1994 - 2002)
  • Mood Disorders Research Centre
  • National Health & Medical Research Council Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology & Clinical Research (1986 - c. 1989) / National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (c.1989 - 2010) / Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (2010 - )
  • National Children's & Youth Law Centre (NCYLC)
  • National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
  • National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) (1990 - 2013) / Centre for Social Research in Health (2013 - )
  • Public Sector Research Centre
  • Research Centre for the Study of Ageing & Retirement
  • Social Welfare Research Centre (c. 1976 - 1989)/Social Policy Research Centre (1990-)
  • UNSW Cancer Research Centre
  • UNSW - UTS Centre for Research on Provincial China
  • Women's Studies Centre
  • World Health Organisation Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel (RTTC) (1973 - 1988) / World Health Organisation Regional Training Centre for Health Development (RTC) (1988 - 1999)

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