The MA African Studies is involved in a number of research groups engaging with Africa:
- Afrikaans – Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the Study of South Africa
- BantUGent – UGent Centre for Bantu Studies
- CARAM – Centre for Anthropological Research on Affect and Materiality
- CRCG – Centre for Research on Culture and Gender
- CRG – Conflict Research Group
- DiaLing – Diachronic and Diatopic Linguistics
- ECC – Economies, Comparisons, Connections
- GAP – Africa Platform of Ghent University
- GhentCDH – Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities
- MULTIPLES – Research Centre for Multilingual Practices and Language Learning in Society
A complete list of research groups working at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy can be found here.