UMD: A Globally Connected University
Global Research Centers

UMD has a vast array of research centers whose work has international dimensions.
Many are partnerships with important national agencies or institutions in nearby Washington, DC:
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Joint Global Carbon Cycle Center (UMD Department of Geographical Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Joint Global Change Research Institute (UMD/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
- Joint Quantum Institute (UMD/National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Joint Space Science Institute (UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (UMD/U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory/University of Florida, UC Irvine, Yale University)
- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (UMD College of Behavioral and Social Sciences/U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (UMD/National Science Foundation)
Some represent state or campus-wide research initiatives:
- The Future of Information Alliance
- Language Sciences and Culture
- Maryland Cybersecurity Center
- Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
- Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance
Some are collaborations between UMD colleges/schools:
- Center for East Asian Studies (Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences)
- Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Information Studies)
- National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Maryland School of Public Policy)
- UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Institute for Physical Science and Technology (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Maryland Cybersecurity Center (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- UMD NanoCenter (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
Many are located in one of UMD’s 12 colleges and schools, or other divisions:
- College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
- School of Architecture Planning & Preservation
- College of Arts & Humanities
- The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
- Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
- National Foreign Language Center
- Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies
- Center for Literary and Comparative Studies
- Center for Global Migration Studies
- Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
- Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
- International Program for Creative Collaboration & Research (Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
- Roshan Center for Persian Studies
- College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
- The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development
- The Baha’i Chair for World Peace
- The Lisa and George Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace
- Center for Addictions, Personality and Emotion Research
- Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing
- Center for Heritage Resource Studies
- Center for Innovation
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management
- Center for International Economics
- Center for Research on Military Organization
- Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) Laboratory
- Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland (INFORUM)
- International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS)
- Laboratory of Comparative Studies of Functional Brain Neuroanatomy
- Maryland Population Research Center
- Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Robert H. Smith School of Business
- College of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences
- A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Alfred Gesso Rotorcraft Center
- Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
- Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
- Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
- The Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology
- Center for Risk and Reliability
- Institute for Systems Research
- Maryland Hybrid Networks Center
- Maryland Robotics Center
- Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute
- Smart Materials and Structures Research Center
- iSchool (College of Information Studies)
- College of Education
- School of Public Policy
- School of Public Health
- University Libraries
- East Asia Collection
- The Gordon W. Prange Collection of Japanese print publications issued during the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949