Research institutions
The University's institutes and facilities successfully engage in knowledge transfer projects and international research partnerships in collaboration with a wide range of organisations, including private-sector businesses, schools, hospitals, museums and state archives. In doing so, they make an invaluable contribution towards making University research accessible and applicable to society at large and, particularly, regional business enterprises.

Institutes
- Institute of Applied Ethics in Business, Professional Training and in Continuing Education (ethik WAW)
- Institute of Information Systems and Software Engineering (IFIS)
- Institute for International and Comparative Law
- Institute of IT Security and Security Law (ISL)
- Institute of Eastern Bavaria Area Studies (IKON)
- Institute of Market and Economic Research, including:
a) the Centre for Market-Oriented Research in Tourism (CenTouris) and
b) the Centre for Market Research - Institute for the Didactics of Law
- Institute of Software Systems in Technical Applications of Computer Science (FORWISS Passau)
- Centre for European Law at the University of Passau (CEP)
- Institute of Intercultural Communication at the University of Passau (ink.up)
- Institute of Private Financial Planning at the University of Passau (ifp)
Research centres
- Research centre for Early Modern German Literature
- Research centre for IT Law and Internet Policy (For..Net)
- Research centre for Basic Research in Cultural Studies
- Research centre for Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings (HRCP)
- Centre for Pedagogical Research (German Comenius Society)
- Research centreon the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Mathematics and Informatics Education Unit
- Research Unit for Political Communication