Organized research units (ORUs) provide unusual opportunities for students and faculty to do basic and applied research in a variety of disciplines. The following ORUs operate outside of the established academic teaching departments at UCSB.

Chicano Studies Institute

Earth Research Institute

University of California Center for the Environmental Implication of Nanotechnology

Vernon and Mary Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration

Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)

Center for California Language and Cultures

Center for Digital Games Research

Center for Evolutionary Psychology

Center for Information Technology and Society

Center for Middle East Studies

UC Center for New Racial Studies

East Asia Center

Leonard and Gretchan Broom Center for Demography

MesoAmerican Research Center

Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies

Marine Science Institute (MSI)

Coastal Research Center

Marine Biotechnology Center

Ocean and Coastal Policy Center

 

Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI)

Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering (CSCBE)