University of Pretoria Institutes, Centres and Units

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