Organization

Academic Personnel and Programs manages systemwide programs and develops policy supporting faculty careers at UC, including recruitment, retention, advancement, compensation, diversity, and affirmative action. We have universitywide responsibility for education abroad and exchange relationships. We provide faculty and students with opportunities to study and work in Washington, DC and Sacramento. We help prepare high school and middle school students for university opportunities. Several of our programs offer publication, media, and digital services to the UC community as well as to California and to the world.  The Academic Personnel and Programs (APP) Annual Report can be viewed here.

The Office of Diversity and Engagement provides vision, direction, leadership and oversight of UC’s engagement in public education. We manage programs, initiatives and services that prepare students to succeed academically and to ensure that they advance smoothly throughout the academic pipeline. We focus on students from communities with low college enrollment rates, applying current research and best practices to enhance the teaching-learning process with public school educators. We contribute to developing overarching strategies and approaches for the UC system that advance access, diversity and inclusion for students and faculty.

UC is a leader in advocating for the purpose and importance of public higher education. By providing timely, accurate, consistent and reliable information about UC and the environment in which it operates, Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP) illustrates UC’s progress, challenges and outcomes in support of its mission.

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Research and Innovation (R&I) is a resource for UC researchers and administrators in research policy, funding for systemwide programs, and the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. We work to build UC-wide partnerships, help shape effective policies and provide a strong voice nationally for research and innovation on behalf of UC. Learn more

Our work is carried out through the following functions: Undergraduate Admissions implements the Regents’ and the Academic Senate’s admission policies and is responsible for the centralized undergraduate application system (ApplyUC) through which over 200,000 students apply for admission annually. Student Financial Support provides critical central support to campus administration of student assistance totaling over $5 billion annually. Student Development and Engagement advises and supports campuses in maintaining positive campus climates that are conducive to student success, diversity, health and wellness, leadership and retention, facilitating student engagement with UC Regents, the UC president and other systemwide administrators.

Budget Analysis and Planning (BAP) manages UC’s annual budget and conducts long range financial planning. Our role includes analysis of the complex factors which influence the university’s budget, development of the annual budget requests to the State, and coordination with the campuses on a wide variety of budget-related issues. We advocate in support of the university’s budget and we work with leadership from across the university system to integrate local and UC-wide priorities into our forecast and planning.

We access capital markets to finance capital and working capital needs for the university’s campuses, laboratories, and medical centers. We provide leadership and support in capital project policy, planning, design, contract and regulatory issues. We also originate and service mortgage loans for certain faculty and senior staff.

Financial Accounting provides numerous systemwide support functions, including financial management and reporting in connection with employee benefits, debts, federal and other extramurally funded projects, endowment funds, and campus foundations. We oversee financial accounting policy, initiate changes to the Payroll/Personnel System, and develop systemwide policy and procedures regarding payroll, disbursements and tax matters. For UCOP, we operate the shared administrative services center.

UC Procurement uses strategic and collaborative sourcing methods supported by tools, training and data analysis to optimize sourcing activities and spend across the UC system, creating significant savings for the University. UC Procurement partners with campus procurement teams across the system to standardize policies and agreements, making it easier to do business with the University. Our Story

The Office of Risk Services is responsible for developing and implementing Enterprise Risk Management systemwide, identifying and developing strategies to minimize the impact of risk, developing a center of excellence for managing risk, reducing costs and improving safety by executing new ideas and strategic plans in a rapid manner. By strategically managing risk we can reduce the chances of loss, create greater financial stability and protect our resources in support of UC's mission.

Risk Summit Schedule at a Glance

Energy and Sustainability supports efficient use of university resources and helps chart a path to carbon neutrality through its leadership and coordination across climate and energy, transportation, green building, zero waste, water and food programs and initiatives. We are leading a bold new effort to change the sources of the energy that UC consumes through our energy services unit.

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The work of ITS touches many aspects of university life. Prospective students use applyUC to apply online for undergraduate admissions. Faculty and staff use  At Your Service Online to access their benefits and retirement plans.

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Operational Services supports the successful deployment and operation of common systems which leverage UC’s scale and improve our administrative efficiency.

The Strategy and Program Management Office (SPMO) serves the Office of the President in three key areas:

1. Leading multi-year strategic planning, performance management, and project portfolio management
2. Providing strategy and program management support to major projects and initiatives
3. Supporting organizational assessment and design

UCOP Operations is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Office of the President. This includes management of the OP Budget, Human Resources, Information Technology, Building Services, Procurement and the Business Resource Center (BRC). We serve as a one-stop service center for all OP clients with the goal of ensuring that the Office of the President models best practices in the areas of customer service, accountability and resource management.

Executive Communications and Engagement handles speeches, remarks and statements on behalf of the university President, and develops and executes major speaking opportunities, events and public engagement for UC leadership that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the University of California.

The University of California's Office of Federal Governmental Relations is located at the UC Washington Center in Washington, DC. As the largest public research institution in the world, the university engages in numerous partnerships with federal education, health care and research agencies. Working with Congress, the administration, federal agencies and national organizations, we advocate for the university and its missions in education, research and public service.

The Office of Institutional Advancement (IA) promotes, expedites, encourages and assists the campuses in increasing private, voluntary support of the university by providing a central hub for inquiries about support, managing reports and analyses of fundraising activities and assuring accountability in the private support program. We work to interpret, coordinate and oversee policy for volunteer and private support, oversee endowment administration matters and issues related to UC's status as a 501(c)(3) entity. Learn more about IA.

Institutional Communications supports internal communications for UCOP and systemwide business functions and initiatives that impact UC’s diverse employee and retiree population. In partnership with UCOP and UC campuses, medical centers and labs, we provide news and information about the benefits of UC employment and the value that the people of UC add to our communities, to the state and beyond.

Legislative Analysis is responsible for coordinating the development of the university's position for state and federal legislation, as well as responses to state and federal legislative, gubernatorial and other official requests. Legislative Analysis provides policy analysis and research to further initiatives consistent with UC's policy agenda. 

Marketing communications builds public awareness of UC’s value and its impact on the lives of people in California and beyond. Working with campus colleagues, OP leaders and our clients, we convey the breadth and depth of UC’s leadership in teaching, research and public service, and foster pride and engagement in the UC community.

State Governmental Relations (SGR) serves to advance understanding and support for UC's tripartite mission of teaching, research and public service. As UC's principal representative to state elected officials and state agencies in Sacramento, we represent university positions on legislative, budgetary and policy matters.

Strategic Communications and Media Relations enhances the public’s understanding of the university and its contributions to California, the nation and the world. The Strategic Communications and Media Relations team interacts with journalists and media outlets, coordinates responses on news coverage and executes proactive communications strategies.

UC Health Communications provides strategic marketing and communications for UC Health, including development of systemwide collaborations among the five academic medical centers and 18 health professional schools.

Most UC innovations require alliances outside of the lab and classroom to make tangible results publicly available. This is can involve some or all of the following activities:

• Identify opportunities: Researchers and lab directors can, with the help of campus technology licensing staff and commercial partners, survey and mine the scientific capabilities and intellectual property residing in UC laboratories so as to identify those that can be translated into products and services of value.
• De-risk technology: Most inventions, even patented ones, require further evaluation, data gathering, proof-of-concept studies, or prototypes to demonstrate commercial potential.
• Plan a business and raise finances: UC startups must develop an entrepreneurial team, do market research to form a business plan, and secure investments.
• Support business incubation: UC startups and nascent business spin-offs need support through the early stages of their creation and growth.
• Market the technology: Campus licensing staff market research and intellectual property to identify potential licensees and/or sponsors who can support patent costs and the technology development required to bring research to market.
• Make early-stage investments: Most technologies require early-stage (proof-of-concept) funding and venture financing

The Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO) supports UC campuses in technology transfer operations. Our group provides information systems, financial management, patent prosecution and intellectual property management services. We create tools to help connect external parties to UC innovations. We support UC inventors, entrepreneurs and best practices at UC campuses to realize the public benefit of UC research.