‘Practical Innovation’ is how UTS describes their approach to research. UTS strives to develop pioneering research solutions which have a real impact on communities both at home and abroad.

The University works closely with industry and leading research organisations on projects that are effective and relevant. Through their outstanding research portfolio, they have quickly developed an enviable reputation which is globally recognised.

UTS programs are taught by world-class researchers and practitioners, and students benefit from the best minds and most current practices in their fields. The University has established a reputation for research in emerging fields, and has identified strength areas across the University.

Priority Investment Research Programs
UTS has established centres and institutes that reflect their strategic direction and produce research that has a national and international impact on areas of global importance.

• Centre for the Study of Choice (CenSoC)
• Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Disease (IBID)
• Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems
• Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Research Centre (C3)
• Centre for Social and Cultural Change in China

Business

• Centre for Corporate Governance
• Quantitative Finance Research Centre
• Centre for Intelligent Information Systems (CIIS)
• Centre for Management and Organisation Studies (CMOS)

Health

• Centre for Health Technologies
• Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE)
• Centre for Health Services and Practice Environmental Sustainability
• Institute for Water and Environmental Resource Management (IWERM)
• Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF)
• Centre for Built Infrastructure Research

Creative and Civil Societies

• Law Research Centre
• Centre for Research in Learning and Change
• Centre for Social, Cultural and Historical Studies (Transforming Cultures)
• Centre for Cosmopolitan and Civil Societies
• Centre for Strengthening Indigenous Communities
• Centre for Contemporary Design Practice

Science and Technology

• Centre for Forensic Science
• Institute of Nanoscale Technology (INT)
• Centre for Intelligent Mechantronic Systems (CIMS)
• Centre for Innovation in IT Services and Applications (iNEXT)
• Centre for Real Time information Networks (CRIN)
• Centre for Human Centred Design Technology

UTS also collaborates with universities across Australia through six Cooperative Research Centres:

• Australasian CRC for Interaction Design Pty Ltd (ACID)
• Contamination Assessment and Remediation of Environments (CARE)
• Cotton Catchment Communities
• Sustainable Tourism
• Technology Enabled Capital Markets
• Water Quality and Treatment

These centres bring together researchers from universities, government laboratories and industry to achieve real outcomes of national economic and social significance.

To find out more about the research degrees offered at UTS, click here.