Research Centers Reporting to Office of the President

- Applied Ethics Research Center (UEAM)
- Audio-Visual Research and Production Center (GİSAM)
- Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA)
- METU BILTIR Center
- Center for Research and Assessment of Historic Environment (TAÇDAM)
- Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM)
- Center of Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (BIOMATEN)
- Central Laboratory
    - Molecular Biology-Biyotechnology R&D Center
    - R&D-Training Center
- Construction Industry Training and Research Center (ISEM)
- Confucius Research and Application Center
- Continuing Education Center (SEM)
- Disaster Management Implementation and Research Center (AFET)
- E-Government Research and Application Center (EDMER)
- Entrepreneurship Research Center (GIMER)
- International Human Rights and Security Research Center
- METU-Southeast Anatolia Project Research Center (GAP)
- METU Center for Wind Energy (RÜZGEM)
- Modeling and Simulation Research Center (MODSIM)
- Petroleum Research Center (PAL)
- R&D and Production Facility for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (METU - MEMS)
- Research Center for Science and Technology Policies (TEKPOL)
- Society and Science Research and Application Center (TBM)
- Welding Technology and Non-Destructive Testing Research Center (KAYNAK)
Research Centers Reporting to Faculties, Graduate Schools or Departments

- Centre for European Studies
- Coastal Harbor Engineering Research Center
- Distance Learning Research Center
- Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Economic Research Center
- Faculty of Architecture Center for Research, Design and Planning (FARDEP)
- Geology-Geophysics Research Center
- Ground Mechanics Research Center
- Housing Research Center
- International Relations-Region Research Center
- Machine Design and Manufacturing Research Center
- Management and Administration Research Center
- Plant Biotechnology Research Laboratory
- Public Politics and Urban Research Center
- Software Research and Development Center (SRDC)
- Special Structures and Tall Buildings Research Center
- Transportation Research Center
- Water Resources Research Center
Research Centers in Coordination with other Organizations

- Turkish Air Force - METU Coordination Center for R&D and Advanced Studies
- METU-KOSGEB Technology Development Center
- International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT)
- TÜBITAK Units
- Space Technologies Research Institute (UZAY)
- High Energy Astrophysics Research Unit
- SAGE Defense Industry Control Laboratory
Other

- METU Areas of Interest