University of Pretoria Institutes, Centres and Units
In line with its mission of pursuing recognition and excellence in its core functions of research, teaching and learning, as well as integrating engagement with society and communities, the University of Pretoria consolidates many of its research, teaching and engagement activities in 100 institutes, centres and units in the faculties.
A significant number of South African Research Chairs (funded by the South African Research Chairs Initiative), as well as research chairs funded by industry, are housed in these institutes, centres and units. Research themes spanning expertise across departments or faculties are often also often based in these institutes, centres and units.
Institutes
| African Tax Institute | FABI |
| Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine | Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being |
| Institute for International & Comparative Law in Africa | Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs |
| Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs | Institute of Applied Materials |
| Mammal Research Institute | Section Sports Medicine |
| Technological Innovation | The Genomics Research Institute |
| University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control | UP Biokinetics Rehabilitation |
| Water Institute |
Centres
| African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics | Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership |
| Asset Integrity Management | CEEPA (the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa) |
| Centre for Augmentative & Alternative Communication | Centre for Communication and Reputation Management |
| Centre for Contextual Ministry | Centre for Electromagnetism |
| Centre for Environmental Studies | Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Health Sciences |
| Centre for Evaluation & Assessment | Centre for Geoinformation Science |
| Centre for Human Rights | Centre for Insolvency, Labour and Company Law (CILC) |
| Centre for Intellectual Property Law | Centre for Japanese Studies |
| Centre for Law and Medicine | Centre for Mediation in Africa |
| Centre for Public Theology | Centre for Research in the Politics of Language |
| Centre for Sustainable Communities | Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship |
| Centre for Transport Development | Centre for Viral Zoonoses |
| Centre for Wildlife Management | Centre: Veterinary Wildlife Studies |
| CoE-FS | Equine Research Centre |
| Exotic Leather Research Centre | Extractive Industries Law in Africa Programme (EILAF) |
| Forensic Anthropology Research | Interuniversity Education Law and Education Policy |
| Investment & Trade Policy Centre | Microbial Ecology and Genomics |
| Mining Resilience Research Centre | OIE Collaborating Centre |
| Sci-Enza: Hands-on Science! | Sports Law Centre |
| Telecommunication Engineering for the Information Society | University of Pretoria Natural Hazard Centre, Africa |
Units
| Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Ecological & Evolutionary Physiology of small Mammals (EEPSM) |
| Environmental Chemical Pollution & Health Research Unit | Living Lab for Innovative Teaching at the University of Pretoria |
| Reproductive neuroendocrinology (RNE) | Stable Isotope Facility |
| The Centre for the Study of Resilience | Unit for Academic Literacy |
| Unit for Creative Writing | Whale Unit |
| Zoonoses Research Unit |