Whether you’re an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral student, opportunities abound for you to participate in cutting-edge research projects in every program of study.
Our 12 schools and 34 research facilities attract world-class faculty, guests, speakers, visiting scholars as well as government, corporate, foundation, and non-profit financial support.
Catholic University faculty and students are immersed in a culture of research, addressing big problems like human trafficking, immigration, mental health, and poverty.
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Perhaps the most tangible evidence of the University’s abiding interest in research is the presence of our many research facilities on campus.
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University Research Day celebrates intellectual curiosity across disciplines. This is an annual event that brings students and faculty together to share their work and learn about the breadth of scholarly endeavors taking place beyond their own areas of study.
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Catholic University faculty built the first scientific wind tunnel laboratory in the United States (1901) and a state-of-the-art chemistry lab (1913) that shaped research for decades. That pioneering spirit continues today in the work of faculty across disciplines.
Faculty in Catholic University’s Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences do groundbreaking research in partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the fields of solar physics, astrophysics, and planetary science.
Catholic University fills an important niche: doctoral programs in philosophy and social work that are among the nation’s oldest; the only university music school in Washington, D.C.; the largest architecture school in the area; and a law school that is a pioneer in clinical education.
The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) assists university inventors in commercializing and managing the patent activities resulting from discovered inventions.
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Services (OSP) helps faculty submit proposals to government and private sources for support of research and training, and provides ongoing administrative support.
The Catholic University of America Press publishes 35 to 40 books each year in theology, philosophy, literature, history, and political theory.
Catholic University is the only American university with ecclesiastical faculties granting canonical degrees in canon law, philosophy, and theology. Theological College, the University seminary, prepares men for the priesthood who come from many dioceses of the United States.