CEMAS (Research Center for Cooperation with Eurasia, the Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) is a university institution dedicated to the planning and implementation of research activities funded by external resources. The various initiatives follow a multidisciplinary approach, aimed at enhancing the multiple professional skills and scientific sensitivities of the professors and researchers who join the Center. CEMAS aims to address issues of national and global relevance through independent research and open dialogue. Over the years, it has conducted research programs in the following areas:

Migration studies 
Human and civil rights
Development cooperation with Eurasia, the Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan Africa
Development economics International relations
Sociology and communication
History and anthropology
Languages and civilizations
Fashion and costume sciences
Environmental biology
Surgical science