Centennial Campus houses <strong>leading-edge facilities and laboratories</strong> for engineering, agriculture and life sciences, and textiles, as well as a host of acclaimed centers and institutes.

The Office of Research and Innovation also oversees six <a href="https://research.ncsu.edu/shared-core-facilities/">Shared Core Research Facilities</a> that offer cutting-edge equipment and instrumentation — as well as project consultation and hands-on training. Half of these core facilities are physically located on Centennial.

NC State is one vertex in the Research Triangle, maintaining close ties to <a href="https://www.unc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNC Chapel Hill</a> and <a href="https://www.duke.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duke University</a>. We're also close to a host of other universities in North Carolina and along the Eastern Seaboard, as well as Washington, D.C. and nearby government agencies.