Centers and Institutes
College of Agriculture
- Agricultural Safety Institute (inactive) -- Richard Cavaletto, BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department
- CAFES Center for Sustainability -- Hunter Francis, College of Agriculture, Food and Enviromental Science
- Dairy Products Technology Center -- Phillip Tong, Dairy Science Department
- Irrigation Training & Research Center --Stuart Styles, BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department
- Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute -- Rich Thompson, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
- Planning, Design and Construction Institute -- William Siembieda, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
- California Center for Construction Education -- Barbara Jackson, Construction Management Department
Orfalea College of Business
- Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Louis Tornatzky and Jon York, Orfalea College of Business
College of Engineering
- Center for Sustainability in Engineering -- Linda Vanasupa and Alypios Chatziioanou, College of Engineering
- Electric Power Institute -- Taufik, Electrical Engineering Department
- Global Waste Research Institute -- Nazli Yesiller, College of Engineering
- National Pool Industry Research Center -- Damian Kachlakev, College of Engineering
College of Liberal Arts
- Central Coast Center for Arts Education -- Susan Duffy, College of Liberal Arts
- Graphic Communication Institute -- Harvey Levenson, Graphic Communication Department
College of Science and Mathematics
- Center for Coastal Marine Sciences -- Dean Wendt, College of Science and Mathematics
- CESaME: Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education -- Susan Elrod, College of Science and Mathematics
University-Level
- Coastal Resources Institute -- James Vilkitis, Research and Graduate Programs
- Collaborative-Agent Design Research Center (CADRC) -- Joanna Synder, Research and Graduate Programs
- Environmental Biotechnology Institute -- Chris Kitts, Research and Graduate Programs
- Poly GAIT (Laboratory for Global Automatic Identification Technologies) -- Tali Freed, Research and Graduate Programs
- Renewable Energy Institute -- Margot McDonald, College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Collaborative Unit
- Brock Center for Agricultural Communication, -- Richard Gearhart, Colleges of Liberal Arts and Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences