UNSW Archives holds records relating to centres and institutes of the university, including annual reports, newsletters and other items.
Below is a list of bodies that these records incorporate. See Online Archives Search to search for histories or items held on centres and institutes.
The Faculties and Boards of Studies web page contains information on those bodies responsible for administering many of the centres and institutes.
Aboriginal Law Research Unit (1981 - 1986)/Aboriginal Law Centre (1986 - 1997)/Indigenous Law Centre (1997-)
Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre (ARRC)
ARC Special Research Centre for Third Generation Photovoltaics
Asia-Australia Institute
Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA)
Australian Centre for Construction Innovation (ACCI)
Australian Centre for International Business
Australian Centre for Management Accounting Development (ACMAD)
Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADSC)
Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC)
Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAIR)
Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre
Australian Scholarly Editions Centre
Australian Theatre Studies Centre
Australian Tsunami Research Centre (ATRC) (2009 - 2011) / Australia-Pacific Tsunami Research Centre (2011 -)
Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWAR)
Bioengineering Centre
Building Research Centre
Centre for Advanced Empirical Software Research (CAESAR) (1995 - 2001)/Centre for Advanced Software Engineering Research (CAESER) (2001 - 2002)
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES)
Centre for Applied Economic Research (CAER)
Centre for Applied Marketing (CAM)
Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (CACS)
Centre for Banking and Finance (1988 - 1991) / National Centre for Banking and Capital Markets (1991 - 1997) (NCBC) / Asia Pacific Financial Research Centre (ASPAC) (1997 - 2003)
Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1976 - 1994) / Graduate School for Biomedical Engineering (1994 - )
Centre for Business Dynamics and Knowledge
Centre for Business Information Technology (CBIT) (1988 - c. 1990) / Centre for Information Technology Research Centre (ITRC) (c. 1990 - 1997)
Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Centre for Chemical Analysis
Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR)
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Centre for Cognitive Science
Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS)
Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP)
Centre for Continuing Medical Education
Centre for Corporate Change
Centre for Cross Cultural Social Work Education
Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM)
Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT)
Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP)
Centre for European Studies
Centre for Experimental Neurology
Centre for Export Marketing (CEM)
Centre for Franchise Studies
Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies
Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002)
Centre for Health Assets Australasia (CHAA)
Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 -)
Centre for the History of Health & Medicine
Centre for Hospital Management and Information Systems Research (1990 - 2001) / Centre for Clinical Governance in Research and Health (2001 - )
Centre for Immunology
Centre for Industrial Laser Applications
Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research (CIIR)
Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES)
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema)
Centre for Intercultural Jewish Studies
Centre for International and Multicultural Health (2000 - 2003) / Centre for Culture and Health (2003 - 2005)
Centre for Liberal and General Studies
Centre for Manufacturing and Automation
Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - )
Centre for Medical Education, Research and Development (CMERD) (1973 - 1983) / School of Medical Education (1983 - 2000)
Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - )
Centre for Minerals Engineering
Centre for Olympic Studies
Centre for Particle and Catalyst Technologies
Centre for Pensions and Superannuation (CPS)
Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - )
Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems (1991 - 1996) / Photovoltaics Special Research Centre (1996 - 2002)
Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE)
Centre for Public Health
Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
Centre for Refugee Research
Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992)/Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005)
Centre for Safety Science
Centre for South Pacific Studies (1987 - 2003)/South Pacific Studies Resource Centre (2003 - 2006)
Centre for the Study of Law and Technology
Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMART)
Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research (CTVR) (1992 - 2003) / Centre for Vascular Research (CVR) (2003 - )
Centre for Tourism Policy Studies
Centre for Waste Management
Centre for Wastewater Treatment (CWT) (1987 - 1997)/Centre for Water and Waste Technology (CWWT) (1997 - 2007) / UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) (2008 - )
City Futures Research Centre (CFRC)
Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)
Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis
Communications Law Centre
Contemporary Asia Centre
Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research
Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation
Co-operative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control Ltd
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
Defence and Security Applications Research Centre (DSARC)
Disability Studies and Research Centre (DSARC)
Educational Research Unit (1960 - 1968) / Tertiary Education Research Centre (1968 - 1988)
Energy Research, Development and Information Centre (ERDIC)
European Law Centre (1996 - 2008) / Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (2008 - c. 2011)/Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (c. 2011 - )
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (EERC)
Food Industry Development Centre (FIDC)
French-Australian Research Centre
Fujitsu Centre for Managing Information Technology in Organisations
Gifted Education Research, Resource & Information Centre (GERRIC)
Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law
Human Rights Centre
Institute of Administration
Institute of Health Innovation (2007 - 2009)/Australian Institute of Health Innovation (2009 - )
Institute of Highway and Traffic Research
Institute of Languages
Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997)/Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003)
Institute of Nuclear Engineering
Institute of Rural Technology
Japanese Economic and Management Studies Centre
Joint Microelectronics Research Centre (JMRC)
Journalism and Media Research Centre
Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering
Kingsford Legal Centre
Korea-Australasia Research Centre (KAREC) (2000 - 2011) / Korea Research Institute (2011 - )
Learning Centre
Local History Co-ordination Project (1986 - 1989) / Community History Program (1989 - 1994)/Centre for Community History (1994 - 2002)
Mood Disorders Research Centre
National Health & Medical Research Council Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology & Clinical Research (1986 - c. 1989) / National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (c.1989 - 2010) / Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (2010 - )
National Children's & Youth Law Centre (NCYLC)
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) (1990 - 2013) / Centre for Social Research in Health (2013 - )
Public Sector Research Centre
Research Centre for the Study of Ageing & Retirement
Social Welfare Research Centre (c. 1976 - 1989)/Social Policy Research Centre (1990-)
UNSW Cancer Research Centre
UNSW - UTS Centre for Research on Provincial China
Women's Studies Centre
World Health Organisation Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel (RTTC) (1973 - 1988) / World Health Organisation Regional Training Centre for Health Development (RTC) (1988 - 1999)