The College of Arts and Sciences includes a number of centers and institutes addressing a broad range of interests and industries where Western Michigan University students and faculty are working to solve real-world problems.
- Ethics in Society, Center for the Study of
- Clifford Center
- Confucius Institute
- Environment and Sustainability, Institute of the
- Great Lakes Center for Maritime Studies
- Health Data Research, Analysis and Mapping, Center for
- Humanities, University Center for the
- Intercultural and Anthropological Studies, Institute for
- Mallinson Institute for Science Education
- Medieval Institute
- Nanotechnology Research and Computation Center
- Science and Mathematics Program Improvement
- W. E. Upjohn Center for the Study of Geographical Change