Centers and Institutes

The Center for Alcohol and Other Drugs Resources and Education (CADRE) provides education and recovery services and support.

The nationally-recognized Center for Catholic Education promotes, enhances, energizes and supports Catholic schools.

The Center for Cybersecurity and Data Intelligence helps address the growing need for trained cybersecurity workforce and new, better methods for mitigating cybersecurity threats.

The Center for Early Learning advances early care and education through relationship building and shared resources.

The Center for Flame Retardant Materials Science is a collaboration between the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) Power and Energy Division and three UD academic departments.

The Center for Leadership offers transformative leadership development programs tailored to your needs.

The Center for Project Excellence supports and engages students from all business majors, applying student power to help area businesses solve complex problems.

The Center for Social Concern works to unite faith and action for justice through opportunities for reflective volunteerism, community engagement, cross-cultural immersion, education and advocacy.

The Center for the Integration of Faith and Work provides a variety of activities and programs that surface the religious and spiritual dimensions of the workplace, concentrating particularly on the Catholic and Marianist traditions.

The Center of Excellence for Computational Intelligence and Machine Vision (Vision Lab) strives to invent new technologies for sensor-based information extraction and automatic decision-making and to train students to become outstanding candidates to learn, lead and serve in the areas of machine intelligence and autonomous systems.

Center of Excellence for Thin-Film Research and Surface Engineering (CETRASE) focuses on researching improvements of sensors, electronics, electro-optics and energy systems.

UD's Counseling Center provides individual and group therapy, psychiatric services and more to support your mental and emotional health. Daily Drop-In Hours allow students to quickly and easily access a mental health professional.

The L. William Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership provides a distinctive approach to entrepreneurship education, being an incubator for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

In the Richard and Susan Davis Center for Portfolio Management, students teams gain real-world portfolio management experience and develop essential leadership skills while managing a portion of the University's endowment.

The Dialogue Zone offers a variety of programs and services to help students, faculty and staff engage in difficult conversations.

The Diversity in Engineering Center connects engineering students, faculty, staff, industry and community partners with opportunities for academic success, professional networking and inclusive communities.

The ETHOS Center provides service-learning experiences through technical immersions, student activities, research and hands-on projects.

The Fiore Talarico Center for Professional Selling is a state-of-the-art experiential learning center that allows you to gain real-world experience making high-stakes sales calls, coupled with authentic critiques from working sales professionals.

The Fitz Center for Leadership in Community addresses community identified challenges by cultivating reciprocal, collaborative and inclusive partnerships and learning environments to catalyze a more healthy, just and equitable future for the Dayton region.

The Global and Intercultural Affairs Center provides leadership, strategic direction, coordination and support for the internationalization and global learning of campus, as well as innovative programs and services to enhance global and intercultural education and support student success.

The Hanley Center for ESG Investing provides opportunities to enhance students' knowledge of capital markets, machine-learning models and investment practices while managing the Hanley Sustainability Fund investing in companies that are committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

The Hanley Sustainability Institute works toward a goal of a more sustainable campus and community, and becoming a leader in sustainability education and research, while also providing opportunities for students to gain real-world experience and participate in faculty-mentored research.

The Human Rights Center creates a positive change through research, education and dialogue, and is committed to bridging the gap between theory and practice.

The Industrial Training and Assessment Center (ITAC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct free energy assessments for small- to mid-sized manufacturers to help save energy, improve productivity and reduce waste.

The Innovation Center is home to engineering design, entrepreneurial learning and creativity, connecting industrial, entrepreneurial and community clients with real-world challenges to student teams who are ready to find solutions.

The Institute for Pastoral Initiatives fosters conversations about faith formation and service to the Church through programs like the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation.

the International Marian Research Institute (IMRI) honors the University's and the Marianists' commitment to advancing Marian studies through research, publications, the Marian Forum and more.

The Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center is the University of Dayton's laboratory for innovation in learning and teaching.

The University of Dayton Lidar and Optical Communications Institute is a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence for laser radar (lidar) research and graduate study.

The Multi-Ethnic Education and Engagement Center (MEC) serves as a resource for the entire campus community, providing staff, facilities, services and special programs to support the academic experience of students.

The Pre-Health Resource Center (PHRC) supports students in discerning their passionate purpose and navigating the path to acceptance into health professional schools.

The Science and Engineering Catalyst Center (SECC) is designed to foster interdisciplinary research, scholarship, curriculum development and entrepreneurial activities to address emerging challenges on regional, national and global levels.

Our on-campus Student Health Center includes board-certified primary care physicians and registered nurses. In addition, Emergency Medical Services are available 24 hours a day.