Interdisciplinary research at Aberdeen is encouraged through a number of research centres and institutes:
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- Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Scienes and Management (AICSM)
- Centre for Applied Dynamics (CADR)
- Scottish Offshore Materials Centre (SOMC)
- Centre for Planning and Environmental Management (CPEM)
- Northern Studies Centre (NSC)
- Northern Rivers Institute (NRI)
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Centre for Micro- and Nanomechanics (CEMINACS)

