# List of tribology organizations

This is a list of organizations involved in research in or advocacy of tribology, the scientific and engineering discipline related to friction, lubrication and wear.

## Government

* Argonne National Laboratory
* NASA – Glenn Research Center
* National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
* National Research Council (Canada)
* Southwest Research Institute

## Advocacy and Professional societies

* American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)
* American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)
* American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
* International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)
* Institution of Engineering and Technology
* Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
* Institute of Physics
* Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) (USA)

## Publications

* Lubricants
* Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
* Tribology Letters
* Tribology Transactions
* Wear

## Higher education
### Austria

* TU Wien

### Australia

* Curtin University
* University of New South Wales
* University of Western Australia

### Belgium

* Ghent University
* KU Leuven

### Brazil

* University of São Paulo
* Federal University of Uberlandia
* Federal University of Espírito Santo

### Canada

* Dalhousie University
* University of Waterloo
* University of Windsor

### China

* Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Tsinghua University
* Qingdao University of Technology

### Chile

* Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

### Czech Republic

* Brno University of Technology

### France

* Ecole Centrale de Lyon
* INSA Lyon / University of Lyon
* University of Poitiers

### Germany

* Clausthal University of Technology (ITR)
* Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
* Leibniz Universität Hannover (IMKT)
* Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
* RWTH Aachen University
* Technische Universität Berlin
* Technical University of Munich

### India

* Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
* Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
* Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
* Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
* Indian Institute of Technology Rupnagar
* National Institute of Technology Srinagar
* Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
* Indian Institute of Technology Indore

### Japan

* Kanazawa University
* Kobe University
* Nagoya University
* Niigata University
* Tokyo University

### Korea

* KAIST
* Korea University
* Yonsei University
* Kookmin University

### Malaysia

* International Islamic University Malaysia
* Universiti Malaya
* Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
* Universiti Teknologi MARA
* Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
* Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
* Universiti Sains Malaysia

### Netherlands

* Delft University of Technology
* University of Twente

### New Zealand

* Auckland University of Technology

### Norway

* Norwegian University of Science and Technology

### Pakistan

* National University of Science and Technology

### Portugal

* Aveiro University
* University of Coimbra

### Slovenia

* University of Ljubljana

### Sweden

* Luleå University of Technology
* Uppsala University
* KTH Royal Institute of Technology

### Switzerland

* EPFL
* ETH Zurich

### United Kingdom

* Bournemouth University
* Cardiff University
* Imperial College London
* National Physical Laboratory
* University of Bradford
* University of Cambridge - Tribology Research Group
* University of Central Lancashire - Jost Institute for Tribotechnology
* University of Leeds - Institute of Functional Surfaces
* University of Leicester - Mechanics of Materials Research Group
* University of Loughborough - Dynamics Research Group
* University of Oxford - Solid Mechanics & Materials Engineering
* University of Sheffield - The Leonardo Tribology Centre
* University of Southampton - National Centre for Advanced Tribology (nCATs)
* University of Strathclyde

### United States

* Auburn University - Multiscale Tribology Laboratory and the Undergraduate Tribology Minor
* Georgia Institute of Technology - Tribology Research Group
* George Mason University - Tribology and Surface Mechanics (TSM) Group
* Gonzaga University - Tribology Research Laboratory
* Iowa State University - Convergent Manufacturing, Processing and Advanced Surface Science (CoMPASS) Laboratory
* Lehigh University - Surface Interfaces and Materials Tribology Laboratory
* Louisiana State University - Center for Rotating Machinery
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan Automotive Laboratory
* Miami University - Ye Research Group
* Northwestern University - Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology
* Pennsylvania State University - Tribology/Materials Processing Lab
* Purdue University - Mechanical Engineering Tribology Laboratory
* Rice University - Additive Manufacturing, Performance and Tribology Center
* Rochester Institute of Technology - Tribology Laboratory
* Texas A&M University - Rotor Dynamics Laboratory Tribology Group
* University at Buffalo - Dynamics, Control and Mechatronics
* University of Akron - Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories
* University of California, Berkeley - Tribology Group
* University of California, Merced - Tribology Group
* University of Dayton - Tribology Group
* University of Delaware - Materials Tribology Laboratory
* University of Florida - Tribology Laboratory
* University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Tribology and Microtribodynamics Laboratory
* University of Pennsylvania - Carpick Group
* University of Texas at Arlington - Turbomachinery and Energy Systems Laboratory
* University of Utah - Nanotribology and Precision Engineering Laboratory
* University of Nevada Reno
* University of Wisconsin - Madison - Eriten Research Group