Joint appointments and other forms of less formal affiliation are a powerful means of enabling complex projects, achieving a critical mass of expertise, and attracting the very best people to the Chicago area. Following is a representative list of organizations with which the University has affiliations or joint appointments:
- Adler Planetarium
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Brookfield Zoo
- Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA)
- Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
- Center for Research Libraries
- CERN
- Chapin Hall
- Chicago Biomedical Consortium
- Chicago Counsel on Science and Technology
- Consortium on Chicago School Research
- Disciples Divinity House
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Field Museum
- Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence (GLRCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Incorporated Research Institutes of Seismology
- Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
- Joint Center for Policy Research
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Museum of Science & Industry
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- NASA/Johnson Space Center
- NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- NORC
- Orthogenic School
- Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- The South Pole Telescope (SPT)
- Toyota Technological Institute
- UNAVCO