Institutes & Centers
UMass Boston boasts 52 interdisciplinary research organizations that bring faculty and students together from across the university to pursue research, teaching, and service on broad scholarly and social topics.
The following free-standing institutes and centers are administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
- Center for Social Development and Education
- Center for Survey Research
- Institute for Asian American Studies
- Institute for Community Inclusion
- Institute for New England Native American Studies
- Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration
- The Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
- Urban Harbors Institute
- Venture Development Center
- William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences
- William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture
The following university-wide institutes and centers are operationally managed by collective leadership teams appointed by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
- Center of Science and Mathematics in Context
- Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
- Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security
- Confucius Institute
- Developmental Sciences Research Center
- Institute for International and Comparative Education
- The Haiti Initiative at UMass Boston
The following institutes and centers are administered by their college or department.
- Adult Literacy Resource Institute
- Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections
- Center for Civil Discourse
- Center for Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks
- Center for Collaborative Leadership
- Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy
- Center for Environmental Health, Science and Technology
- Center for Governance and Sustainability
- Center for Green Chemistry
- Center for Innovation and Excellence in eLearning
- Center for Innovative Teaching
- Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development
- Center for Portuguese Language - Instituto Camoes
- Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters
- Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging
- Center for Social Policy
- Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness
- Center for the Study of Gender, Security, and Human Rights
- Center for the Study of the Humanities, Culture and Society
- Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
- Center for World Languages and Cultures
- Center on Media and Society
- China Program Center
- Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management
- Entrepreneurship Center
- Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research
- Gerontology Institute
- GoKids Boston Youth Fitness and Training Center
- Institute for Learning and Teaching
- Labor Resource Center
- New England Resource Center for Higher Education
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
- Pension Action Center
- The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center & Minority Business Center
