The University of Memphis has been designated by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission as a location for centers and chairs of excellence. The units listed below receive special funding by the state in recognition of their status.

Centers of Excellence

• Center for Applied Psychological Research
• Center for Earthquake Research and Information
• Center for Research in Educational Policy
• Center for Research Initiatives and Strategies for the Communicatively Impaired
• Center of Excellence in Egyptian Art and Archaeology

• Arthur Andersen and Company Alumni Chair in Accounting
• Bornblum Chair in Judaic Studies
• Federal Express Chair in Management Information Systems
• W. Harry Feinstone Chair in Molecular Biology
• Morris S. Fogelman Chair in Real Estate
• Helen and Jabie Hardin Chair of Economics/Managerial Journalism
• Jabie Sanford Hardin III Chair in Combinatorics
• Herbert Herff Chairs in Biomedical Engineering I and II
• Herbert Herff Chair in Law
• Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair in Art History
• William A. and Ruth F. Loewenberg Chair in Nursing
• Plough Chair of Excellence in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
• William M. Morris Chair in International Economics
• Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair in English
• Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair in Philosophy
• Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair in Psychology
• Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair in Urban Education
• Sales and Marketing Executives, Inc. Chair in Sales
• Sparks Family Chair in International Business
• Thompson-Hill Chair in Accounting
• University of Memphis Chair in Free Enterprise Management
• Robert Wang Chair in International Business
• Wunderlich Chair in Finance
• Chair of Excellence for Fogelman Family
• Chair of Excellence in Sustainable Real Estate in Fogelman College of Business and Economics