The centre provides cutting-edge research and professional education solutions that promote domestic and international tourism development. The research emphasis here is on sustainable adventure and ecotourism.

This centre engages in rigorous research which focuses on innovative, growth-orientated entrepreneurship in a variety of contexts such as entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial finance and sustainable entrepreneurship in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The study of innovation surrounds new information and communication technologies.

This centre which is interdisciplinary in nature engages in applied transportation and logistics research in order to develop innovative strategies and practical solutions that address business problems encountered by enterprises in the management of the end-to-end supply chain.

This centre uses a variety of research methodologies and cutting-edge techniques, including in the fields of neuroscience, neuromarketing, and research on social processes in consumer behaviour to gain an in-depth understanding of consumption and consumers’ behaviour and the factors influencing consumer decision making at the point of purchase.

This centre engages in cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora and aims to promote a better understanding and insight into historical, current, and future social developments of black people throughout the world. The centre supports all kinds of scholarly activities over a broad range of topics including the genocidal massacre of the Namibian and Congolese people.

The institutes of mining at the Graduate University of Southern Africa is a major research institute which is involved in applied research to support the mining industry. This includes testing of precious stones and metals and engagement in research in occupational health and hygiene.

This centre addresses critical global issues of hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation by generating vital knowledge and policy-relevant solutions through extensive research focusing on food, nutrition, and health. In addition, the centre engages in crop and livestock systems and climate impacts and adaptation, big data for food security, water resources, and aquaculture and fisheries.

The purpose of this centre is to advance scholarly understanding of leadership, especially situational leadership, nationally and internationally through innovative leadership research. The Centre for Leadership Studies (CLS) takes an interdisciplinary approach to leadership. CLS will offer best-in-class learning solutions tailored to individual organizations for ensuring leaders are successful and effective.