Research into a wide range of contemporary fields is conducted at more than 30 academic centers and institutes associated with Duquesne. Through these centers and institutes, Â鶹ֱ²¥ expands its academic offerings to provide: degree programs that integrate courses from more than one school; instructional support for students and faculty; and research programs with centralized resources and forums for specialized academic communities.

Adult Learning

  • Center for Adult Learners

Business Education, Leadership and Economic Development

  • Center for International Regulatory Assistance
  • Investment Center
  • Pittsburgh Central Keystone Innovation Zone
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 
  • Technology Transfer (Office of Research) 

Interdisciplinary Centers

  • Aging Research and Teaching Consortium
  • Center for African Studies
  • Center for Catholic Faith and Culture
  • Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research
  • Center for Global Engagement
  • Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research
  • Center for Spiritan Studies
  • Center for Teaching Excellence  
  • Chronic Pain Research Consortium
  • Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law
  • Global English Institute
  • Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy
  • Michael P. Weber Learning Skills Center
  • Research Institute for Energy and the Environment

Education

  • Reading Clinic
  • UCEA Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice
  • WW Teaching Fellowship (Institute for Citizens and Scholars)

Law

  • Alfred and Bridget Peláez Writing Center
  • Center for Legal Information
  • Paralegal Institute
  • Thomas R. Kline Center for Judicial Education
  • Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education

Liberal Arts

  • Center for Healthcare Ethics
  • Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research
  • Center for Women's and Gender Studies
  • Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center

Music

  • City Music Center

Nursing

  • Center for Research for Underserved and Vulnerable Populations

Pharmacy

  • Academic Research Center for Continuing Dental Education
  • Academic Research Center for Pharmacy Care
  • Academic Research Center for Pharmacy Practice
  • Academic Research Pharmaceutical Information Center
  • Center for Pharmaceutical Technology
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥ Pharmacy (Hill District)

Sciences

  • Center for Biotechnology
  • Center for Computational Sciences
  • Center for Environmental Research and Education
  • Center for Metals in Biological Systems (cMBS)
  • Center for Microwave and Analytical Chemistry
  • Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law