The University of Aberdeen was formerly made up of five faculties, but was recently reorganised into three colleges:
- College of Arts and Social Sciences
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine
- College of Physical Sciences
The Colleges run over 50 research centres, the most notable of which are as follows:
- Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO)
- Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES)
- Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research
- Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management
- Arkleton Centre
- Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research
- Bone Research Group
- Cardiology Research Group
- Centre for Applied Dynamics Research
- Centre for European Labour Market Research (CELMR)
- Centre for Rural Health - formerly Highlands & Islands Health Research Institute
- Centre for the Study of Public Policy
- Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy
- Civil Law Centre
- Centre for Computer-Based Learning in Land Use and Environmental Sciences (CLUES)
- Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health
- Elphinstone Institute
- Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)
- Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
- Industrial Psychology Research Centre
- Scottish Centre for International Security
- Research Centre in Knowledge Technologies
- Music Research Group
- Nordic Policy Studies Centre
- Northern Studies Centre
- Centre for the Novel
- Oil & Gas Centre
- Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice
- Topology Research Centre
- Thermofluids and CFD Research Group
