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, Duquesne University 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
  • Duquesne University 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