1.Nobel Prize
1988|Sir James Whyte Black｜Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine；
2. Research Centre
Visual Research Centre (Dundee Contemporary Arts)；
Dental Health Services & Research Unit (DHSRU)；
Centre for Peer Learning；
Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT)；
White Top Research Unit；
Centre for Scottish Culture；
Centre for Scotland's Land Futures；
Scottish Centre for Comics Studies (SCCS)；
Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy；
Scottish Centre for Global History；
Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery；
Cell and Developmental Biology；
Cell Signalling and Immunology；
Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance；
Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression；
Computational Biology；
Drug Discovery Unit；
European Screening Centre Newhouse；
Geomicrobiology Group；
Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit；
Molecular Medicine；
Molecular Microbiology；
Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group；
Plant Sciences；
Cancer Research；
Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine；
Imaging & Technology；
Neuroscience；
Population Health Sciences；
Molecular Medicine ；
Mother and Infant Research Unit ；
Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID)；
Concrete Technology Unit (CTU)；
Offshore Renewables Institute；
Space Technology Centre；
Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) (a collaboration with the James Hutton Institute)；
Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (under the auspices of UNESCO)；
Centre for Oculomotor Research；
Dundee Ocean and Lake Frontiers Institute and Neutrals (DOLFIN)；
Geddes Institute for Urban Research (joint with School of Science & Engineering)；
Language Research Centre (LaRC)；
Scottish Institute for Policing Research；