The following centres and units at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, play an active and influential part in innovation and engagement across the board:
- the Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM);
- Product Development Technology Station (PDTS);
- Centre for Applied Food Security and Biotechnology (CAFSaB);
- Unit for Lean Construction and Sustainability (ULCS);
- Unit for Drug Discovery (UDD);
- Centre for Quality of Health and Living (CQHL);
- Unit for Sustainable Water and Environment (USWE);
- Medical Device Additive Manufacturing (MedAdd);
- Fabrication Lab (FabLab);
- Idea Generator Centre (IGym);
- Centre for Sustainable Smart Cities 4.0 (CSSC);
- Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES);
- Centre for Diversity in Higher Education Research (CDHER);
- the Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDU); and
- Research Unit for Evolvable and Manumation Systems (RGEMS).



