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) or the ND State Legislature. Provided are links to their websites, or, if there is no website, there is an email link for the relevant contact person.
- 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 Plan Breeding Institute - approved by NDSBHE, 5/3/2007
- Beef Systems Center of Excellence
- 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
- Cell Biology Center
- Center for Advanced Electronics Design and Manufacturing
- 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 Child Development
- Center for Community Planning and Design
- Center for Community Vitality - approved by NDSBHE, 1/15/2004
- 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 and Leadership - approved by NDSBHE, 11/15/2007
- Center for Heritage Renewal - part of Institute for Regional Studies
- Center for High Performance
Computing - approved by NDSBHE, 4/25/2003
- 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 Social Research - part of Institute for Regional Studies
- Center for
Surface Protection
- Center for Visual Neuroscience - NIH-COBRE
- Computer
Systems Institute
- Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume
Collection
- 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
- 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
- ND State Data Center
- ND Transportation Technology
Transfer LTAP Center - approved by NDSBHE, 1984
- ND Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- ND Water Resources Research
Institute - approved by NDSBHE, 1965
- 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
- 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
Information about new centers or institutes or updates to this list should be sent to kay.sizer@ndsu.edu.
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