Research at IIST covers a wide spectrum of areas having collaborations with various academic and research institutions within India and across the globe. A number of faculty members also work on research topics focussing on Space applications in collaboration with centers of ISRO. Here we provide the list of Institutions having research collaborations with faculty members in the Institute.
Aerospace Engineering
| National Centre for Combustion Research & Development (NCCRD), IIT- Madras, India. |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. |
| Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany. |
| Institute of Combustion Technology (VT), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Germany. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, IITDM, India. |
| Civil Engineering Department, IIT Palakkad, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, VIT Vellore, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Surathkal, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Trichy, India. |
| Material Science and Technology, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Perumon, India. |
| Civil Engineering Department, IIT Hyderabad, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India. |
| Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, India. |
Avionics
| The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands. |
| Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New Jersey, USA. |
| San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. |
| Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. |
| Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. |
| Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada. |
| Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. |
| University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. |
| Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram, India. |
| Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. |
| Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India. |
| LAAS (Le LAAS-CNRS recrute un administrateur systèmes et réseaux), France. |
| FEMTO-ST Institute, France. |
| U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, India. |
| Human Space Flight Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, India. |
| Space Application Centre, ISRO. |
Chemistry
| TU Delft, The Netherlands(MoU) |
| TIFR, Mumbai, India (MoU) |
| University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India (MoU) |
| Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, India (MoU) |
| Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram (MoU) |
| Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York |
| ISRO propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| IITB, Mumbai |
| IITM, Chennai, India |
| CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) Thiruvananthapuram |
| CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikkudi |
| Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram |
| Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi |
| Sathyabhama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India |
| ZF's Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd. (formerly WABCO), Chennai |
Earth and Space Science
| Univeristyof Tokyo, Japan. |
| National Institue of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan. |
| NASA Langley ResearchCenter (NASA-LaRC), USA |
| Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), India |
| Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), India |
| National Physical Laboratory (NPL), India |
| National Atmospheroc Research Laboratory (NARL) Tirupati, India |
| National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) Hyderabad, India |
| Space Astronomy Group, URSC, India |
| Dept., of Physics, IIT Guwahati, India |
| Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India. |
| ATOMS Collaboration led by Dr. Tie Liu of Shanghai Astronomicalobservatory, China. This is an international collaboration including around 50 researchers from from China (Mainland and Taiwan),US, Korea, Japan, France, Finland, Chile, India, Hungary, Australia. |
| University of Liege, Liege, Belgium |
| Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA) |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai |
| National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of India, Pune |
| Indian Institute ofAstrophysics, Bengaluru |
| Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, CONICET-CICPBA-UNLP, CC5(1897) Villa Elisa, Prov., de Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France |
| Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Chennai |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA |
| Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Paris, France |
| Anton Pannekoek Instituut, University van Amsterdam, Amsterdam,The Netherlands |
| S N Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, India |
| Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain |
| Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India |
| University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. |
| Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands |
| Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy, Garching, Germany |
| Indian Institute ofScience, Bangalore (IISc), India |
| Harvard-Smithsonian Centre of Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Osservatorio Astrofisico do Arcetri, Firenze, Taly |
| Max-Planck Institute of Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany. |
| Universidad NacionalAutónoma de México (UNAM), CDMX, Mexico |
| University of Cologne,Cologne, Germany |
| UKIRT Observatory, University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, Hawaii, USA |
| GLOSTAR international collaboration led by Andreas Brunthaler ofMax Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn. This is a collaboration of around 25 researchers and numerous additionalstudents in institutes / universities in Germany, UK, USA, France, India, Mexico andAustralia |
Humanities
| Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India |
| National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India |
| University Of Kerala, India. |
| Regional English Language Office, US Consulate Delhi, India |
| Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Delhi, India |
| DECU, ISRO Ahmmedabad, India |
| Kerala State Planning Board, Govt of Kerala, India. |
Mathematics
| Monash University, Australia |
| University of Concepcion, Chile |
| Unversity of the Bio-Bio, Chile |
| IIT Madras, India |
| IIT Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India. |
| Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (2 Mathematicians), India |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, India |
| Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India. |
| SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India |
Physics
| Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA |
| Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedababad, India |
| SRM University, AP, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Interuniversity Acceletator Center (IUAC), New Delhi, India |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India |
| ISRO Inertial Systems Unit, Vattiyurkavu, India |
| Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (LPSC), Valiamala, India |
| Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India. |
| Istituto di Struttura della Materia of the National Research Council (CNR-ISM), Rome, Italy |
| Elettra Synchrtron Radiation faciltiy, Trieste, Italy |
| Universite de Bordeaux , Celia-UMR5107, Bordeaux, France |
| Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics / Chemistry Department, University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, India |
| Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India |
| Institute of Physics, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. |