Research Centres

Our national chairs and research centres include:

1. Centre for Nanomaterials Science | Department of Chemical Sciences
2. DST/MINTEK Nanomaterials Innovation Centre | Department of Chemical Sciences
3. SARCHi chair – Nanotechnology for Water | Department of Chemical Sciences
4. SARCHi chair – Indigenous Plant Use | Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology
5. SARCHi chair – Sustainable Preservation and Agroprocessing Research (SPAR) | Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology
6. African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) | Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology
7. Synthesis and Catalysis Research Centre | Department of Chemical Sciences
8. DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA) | Department of Geology
9. Paleoproterozoic Mineralization (PPM) | Department of Geology
10. Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation | Department of Zoology
11. Centre for Innovative Food Research | The Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology
12. Postharvest Agroprocessing Research Centre | Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology
13. Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) | Department of Physics
14. Research Centre for Plant Metabolomics | Department of Biochemistry
15. Joint Research Centre for Water, Environmental Science & Technology (JRC-WEST) | Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

Teaching and Learning Centre

• Centre for Cyber Security | Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Community Engagement Centre

• Soweto Science Centre

Updated: 17 February 2025