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