Research at USU
Utah State University is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive university, the highest possible ranking for a university with respect to research activity and productivity. Therefore, you can expect to find exciting and engaging research in every college within the university.
Utah State University is home to a number of nationally and internationally ranked research centers and institutes across a spectrum of disciplines. To learn more, visit the Research Office.
Below is just a sampling of some of USU's research centers, institutes, units, and international programs:
- Agricultural Experiment Station
- Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
- Center for Integrated BioSystems
- Center for Persons with Disabilities
- Ecology Center
- Economics Research Institute
- Engineering Experiment Station
- Institute of Political Economy
- Institute for Social Science Research on Natural Resources
- Space Dynamics Laboratory
- State Arboretum
- USDA Forestry Sciences Laboratory
- Utah Center for Water Resources Research
- U.S. Geological Survey Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Utah Water Research Laboratory
- Center for International Studies
- Enhancing Sustainability of Kibale National Park, Uganda
- NASA/USU/SDL Space Plant Technology Development Program
- USAID/USU Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program
- USU International Irrigation Center