UNSW Centres and Institutes
UNSW Centres and Institutes achieve global impact through research, teaching, and social engagement that complement and exceed that which can be achieved through individual UNSW Schools and Faculties.
Governance of UNSW Centres and Institutes
UNSW Centres and Institutes are governed by the UNSW Centres and Institutes Procedure, which was published in July 2019, following extensive consultation.
The UNSW Centres and Institutes Procedure ensures that all internal Centres and Institutes are established and managed according to sound governance and accountability principles.
Internal Centres & Institutes may involve one or more Faculties. They do not have a separate legal status from UNSW, they can only contract as UNSW. They remain under the control of UNSW, even if they have relationships with external entities. They are governed by and accountable to parties or areas within UNSW.
External Centres & Institutes typically involve a number of organisations that, together with UNSW, have agreed to form a collaborative endeavour to pursue a joint mission. They are established on the basis of external funding, e.g., ARC Centres of Excellence, and have external establishment requirements, including governance, reporting and reviewing requirements, pertaining to bodies that are external to UNSW.
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UNSW Centres gather a critical mass of UNSW academics to work primarily on a focused area while providing high external visibility for their activities. They can be single-discipline or interdisciplinary, involving researchers from one or more faculties.
UNSW Institutes are major joint ventures across several UNSW schools/faculties that facilitate long-term, cross-disciplinary research that addresses significant research and social challenges.
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UNSW Institutes are major joint ventures across several UNSW schools/faculties that facilitate long-term, cross-disciplinary research that addresses significant research and social challenges.
Click on the relevant links to find the Centres and Institutes under each UNSW Faculty or School.
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