At any given time, more than 6,000 funded research programs are in progress at UCLA. Interdisciplinary Organized Research Units, research centers, institutes, and laboratories focus on key research in a specific area.

Specialized Research Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories

Additional research centers, institutes, and laboratories advance scholarship in all fields. The breadth of research conducted on campus is reflected in diverse undertakings from behavior to computing, demography to disease, and language to politics. This sampling of current research entities offers a view into the scope of research units.

Social Sciences

California Center for Population Research

Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing

UCLA Anderson Forecast

Health Sciences

Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services

Center for Reproductive Science, Health, and Education

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Engineering and Physical Sciences

Center for Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems

Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics

UCLA Logic Center