Organized research units (ORUs) provide unusual opportunities for students and faculty to do basic and applied research in a variety of disciplines. The following ORUs operate outside of the established academic teaching departments at UCSB. See also National Institutes & Centers, Campus Centers & Projects, MultiCampus Research Units, and the complete alphabetized list of all research units.

• Center for Chicano Studies
   
• Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science
   
• Institute for Crustal Studies
   
• Institute for Quantum and Complex Dynamics
  
  Center for Nonlinear Sciences
  Center for Terahertz Science and Technology
   
• Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)
  
  Center for Communication and Social Policy
  Center for Evolutionary Psychology
  Center for Global Studies
  Center for Information Technology and Society
  Center for Middle East Studies
  Center for Nanotechnology in Society (see National Centers)
  Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
  Center for the Advanced Studies of Individual Differences
  Center on Police Practices and Community
  East Asia Center
  Health Data Research Facility
  MesoAmerican Research Center
  Michael D. Palm Center
  Social Science Survey Center/Benton Survey Research Laboratory
   
• Marine Science Institute (MSI)
  
  Coastal Research Center
  Ecoinformatics Center
  Marine Biotechnology Center
  National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) (see National Centers)
  Ocean and Coastal Policy Center
  UCSB Natural Reserve System
   
• Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI)
  
  Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
  Center for Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders
  Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration
   

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