The research committee of University of Gitwe (RCUG) has identified institutional research areas around with the university will plan its core research, namely.
• Infectious Diseases and vectors
• Safe motherhood
• HIV/AIDS and STI
• Herbal medicine and drugs
• Biomedical sciences
• Reproductive and preventive health
• Nursing sciences
• Software and engineering systems
• ICT policy and communication technology
• eLearning, e-Commerce and e-Governance
• Networking administration and security
• Databases
• Applied sciences
• Educational and psychological sciences
• History and Geography