The Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine is affiliated with Université de Montréal, which is the fifth most dynamic Canadian university in terms of research, and ranks second in Canada for the size of its student body. Researchers at the centre are professors in the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and School of Public Health.
Some of the Centre’s researchers are also professors at Polytechnique Montréal, one of Canada's top engineering teaching and research institutions. Others teach at Université du Québec, which is part of a network of 10 universities distributed throughout the Province of Quebec.