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Institutes, Centers, Museums, and Field Stations
Research at Berkeley is undertaken within several types of organizations—academic
departments, institutes and centers, museums, and field stations. Academic
departments offer courses and grant degrees, as well as sometimes housing
laboratories and other research infrastructure. They are organized according
to academic disciplines (e.g. sociology, economics, physics). Research
Centers and Institutes, also referred to as Organized Research Units
(ORUs), are dedicated solely to the research enterprise.
They are organized around broad substantive research topics (e.g. international
affairs, information technology, the environment). As such, they draw
into their research programs faculty and students from multiple departments
and disciplines. Berkeley has more than 80 such research units. Berkeley's
8 museums are also research sites, whose common characteristic is their
collections of physical objects. In addition, Berkeley manages a number
of biological "field stations." Most are in remote locations within California
ideal for the study of ecosystems, botany, zoology, and forestry.
For information about research activities within an academic department, go
directly to that department's webpage from this
list of departments.
For information regarding Institutes, Centers, Museums, and Field Stations,
use the drop down lists above to search alphabetically and by subject.
If you know the name of the unit use the A-Z list. Institutes and Centers
are grouped together depending upon their primary subject focus (Biological
Science, Engineering, Humanities, Mathematical and Physical Science, Regional
and Area Studies, and Social Science).
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