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Research at Rochester

A quest for life ever better

Rochester researchers are scientists and scholars, inventors and conservators, artists and analysts. They know many of the best breakthroughs in knowledge and creativity occur by crossing boundaries.

What sets Rochester apart

Students and faculty collaborate using advanced technology to do leading-edge work in areas ranging from virtual reality to nanofabrication.

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Student researchers

Rochester students conduct research in the lab, in the field, and all over the world.

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Faculty researchers

Our researchers broaden our understanding of the world and embrace creativity, ingenuity, and technology to help frame and solve the greatest challenges of the future.

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State-of-the-art technology

The University is home to world-class research facilities and technologies that empower bold ideas.

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Research centers A–Z

Our innovative centers and institutes facilitate collaboration as researchers tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Our cross-discipline areas of distinction

Biomedical and healthcare innovation

Our biomedical, nursing, and medical research spans an array of illnesses, conditions, and therapies. That research intersects with unique academic experiences and the delivery of cutting-edge clinical care.

Improving health
Senior biomedical engineering student Sophea Urbi Biswas adjusts an electroencephalography cap on fellow lab member Jin Dou, a biomedical engineering PhD student.
Pablo Sierra, associate professor, Department of History and 2022 recipient of the Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching leads the class ”Colonial Latin America” in Bausch & Lomb Hall.

Just and equitable societies

With our academic strengths focused on policy, theory, and practice in equity and justice, we continue to confront some of most consequential issues facing societal health and well-being.

Tackling inequities

Music excellence and innovation

We’re poised to simultaneously embrace the future of music while furthering traditional music performance at the highest levels of excellence.

Reimagining artistry
Professor of Conducting & Ensembles Neil Varon leads a rehearsal of the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra in Kodak Hall.
Students and staff are pictured in the Mary Ann Mavrinac Studio X in Carlson Library.

The digital future

Building on our strengths in fundamental science and engineering, quantitative social science, medicine, and music, the University of Rochester is at the forefront of discovery in the digital age.

Accelerating change

Transformational materials and technologies

We’ve long been a world leader in light, optics, imaging, vision, quantum science and engineering, and high-energy-density sciences. New breakthroughs will reshape industries and impact every aspect of our lives.

Revolutionizing society
LLE Senior Scientist and Assistant Professor of Physics Dustin Froula, Graduate Student in the Plasma and Ultrafast Physics Group Sara Bucht and Associate Professor of Optics and LLE Senior Scientist Jake Bromage, are pictured in their lab at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics December

At the forefront of the AI revolution

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how we learn, discover, heal, and create. From supercomputers and data centers, to medical breakthroughs and societal impacts, our researchers are leveraging and studying AI every step of the way.

AI at Rochester
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Research resources across the University

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Central research office

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides critical support and oversight for the University’s research community. The office is currently monitoring the 2025 federal transition and its impact on our research community.

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We have many degree and certificate options, including undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Medicine

Medicine of the highest order

Learn about the research our Medical Center is doing, and discover our medical-focused schools.

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