Building the future through creativity, collaboration, and research success
One of Canada's Top 15 Research Universities 
$12M for new vaccine manufacturing at USask’s VIDO-InterVac
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Signature area (noun), \ˈsig-nə-ˌchu̇r ˈā-rē-ə\: areas of outstanding achievement enabled by our research capacity, investments, history and sense of place. (USask)
- Agriculture
- Energy and Mineral Resources
- Indigenous Peoples
- One Health
- Synchrotron Sciences
- Water Security
Using the best tools,
The best minds need the best support. USask has some of the most advanced research facilities, centres, and networks in the world.
Facilities
The Canadian Light Source synchrotron, the International Vaccine Centre, and the Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences are some of our exceptional facilities.
Centres
With the Global Institute for Food Security and the Global Institute for Water Security and numerous other centres -- USask is changing the world.
Reaching new heights,
USask scientists and scholars are winning awards and breaking new ground in research.
Our expertise
USask has stellar research talent, including Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Canada Research Chairs, Industrial Research Chairs, Centennial Research Chairs, Saskatchewan Research Chairs, and named chairs.
Award winners
Our researchers are garnering attention from all sides. Sometimes, it's OK to brag.
Canada First Research Excellence Fund Programs
USask is only university to have been awarded two CFREFs. Exclusivity has its benefits.
Newest publications
See our latest findings, hot off the presses.
Office of the Vice-President Research
Connect to all the essential information. Find contacts, forms, ethical guidelines, and much more!
Sharing our knowledge and talent with the world,
Expand your mind by expanding your horizons
Watch stories of great USask cross-cultural opportunities and international student successes.
USask International Office Connect to your next adventure. Get in touch, today!
Building strong foundations,
How can students like you
get involved in research?
Get involved, today!
Whether in the lab or out in the field, great adventure awaits you. Search for great undergraduate research opportunities, here.
Read student success stories
Getting involved in research can seem intimidating. Students can make a difference. We feature stories of graduates and post docs in our Young Innovators series. Undergrads are integral to research, too.
Everything you want to know about research but are afraid to ask
The journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step, but where do you start?
Remembering our origins,
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An evolution in healthcare
How do you improve medicine? One evidence-based step at a time.
Targeting cancer
The Cobalt-60 'cancer bomb' saved the lives of millions. We have USask researchers to thank.
Deo et Patriae
For 110 years, research has been at our core. Take a walk through time.
And turning our ideas into solutions.
With an entrepreneurial approach, Research Excellence and Innovation turns ideas and technologies developed here into solutions for the benefit of society, industry and the environment.
Be inspired
We're putting the genius in ingenius, and the ingenius in your company.
Ideas into commercial success
Go from napkin-back to ready-to-launch with our Innovator's Guide!
Find help
Put U of S Researchers in your corner to help your business succeed.
Fast License to success
Access USask technology faster and easier -- get a license in a snap.
Student entrepreneurs
Students are learning the art/science of entrepreneurship.