The CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre is affiliated with Université de Montréal, which is the third 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 and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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.