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  • Academic Outreach & Continuing Education

    Coordinates distance learning, correspondence, continuing education, Evening & Weekend Campus, and programs for children and seniors.

  • Accounting

    Prepares students for careers such as the independent practice of public accounting, controllership, and general accounting management.

  • Admissions & New Student Enrollment

    Admissions information for prospective undergraduate students.

  • Advanced Traffic and Logistics Algorithms and Systems Center (ATLAS)

    Conducts research and development, technology transfer and enhances education in advanced transportation and logistics.

  • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

    Offers programs leading towards the BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees

  • Affirmative Action Office

    Upholds the UA's policy to provide equal opportunity in its admissions, employment, educational programs and activities.

  • Africana Studies Program

    A program of learning and study about the people of African descent in the Americas and around the globe.

  • Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

    Offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

  • Agricultural and Resource Economics

    Prepares students to assume responsible positions in the management of the world's natural and human resources.

  • Agricultural Education

    Education focusing on the integration, application and dissemination of knowledge in the agricultural and applied sciences.

  • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Engaged in teaching, research, and outreach in many fields within environment and natural resources; family, youth and community; human nutrition, food safety, health; marketing, trade and economics; animal systems; and plant systems.

  • AHSC Curricular Affairs

  • AHSC Human Resources

  • AHSC Public Affairs

    Performs media and government relations for the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

  • AHSC

    Provides health care education, research, and patient care. Includes the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.

  • Alumni Association

    UA heritage, travel, events, career connections, clubs, homecoming information, and more.

  • American Indian Studies

    The Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in American Indian Studies seeks to develop a wider scope of understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

  • Anesthesiology

    Provides the full spectrum of clinical anesthesiology services at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

  • Animal Care

    Assures that all research, testing, or educational instruction involving animals is conducted in a humane manner in accordance with federal laws and regulations, including the Animal Welfare Act.

  • Animal Sciences

    Provides programs in Dairy, Stress Proteien Biology, Equine, Beef, and the Race Track Industry Program.

  • Anthropology

    Offers academic training in cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

  • Applied Mathematics

    An interdisciplinary graduate program for students who wish to continue their studies of mathematics.

  • Architecture and Landscape Architecture

    Accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).

  • Architecture

    Known for an interest in desert architecture and an emphasis on integrating environmental analysis into building design.

  • Arid Lands Resource Sciences

    A graduate program of study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Arid Lands Resource Sciences.

  • Arizona Arthritis Center

    Committed to both care and research to improve the quality of life for people living with arthritis.

  • Arizona Cancer Center

    A National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

  • Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

    The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies’ mission is to promote advanced scholarship in the various fields of Judaica, translate faculty research into dynamic undergraduate instruction, and contribute to the community through educational outreach.

  • Arizona Health Sciences Center

    Provides health care education, research, and patient care. Includes the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.

  • Arizona Health Sciences Library

    Electronic access to many full-text resources. The library supports Arizona health care providers and is open to the general public.

  • Arizona Public Media

    Arizona Public Media is affiliated with PBS and NPR and is an educational broadcast and production resource of The University of Arizona. The group consists of TV Stations KUAT Channel 6, KUAS, the UA Channel, PBS Kids, V-me, Create & KUAT-DT; with radio stations KUAT-FM & KUAZ-AM.

  • Arizona Research Laboratories Division of Neurobiology (ARLDN)

    An academic and research unit devoted to research and education in neurobiology.

  • Arizona Research Laboratories

    ARL is a group of researchers solving critical scientific problems and generating knowledge for the future. The organization's structure and values promote innovation through dynamic interdisciplinary collaborations.

  • Arizona Respiratory Center

    An organization of physicians, scientists, and scholars all seeking to understand and eradicate respiratory diseases.

  • Arizona State Museum

    The museum brings the cultural history of the southwest to life.

  • Arizona Student Media

    Offers multi-media and journalism training through the AZ Daily Wildcat, the Wildcat Online, KAMP Student Radio, and TV3.

  • Arizona Student Unions

    Catering, food service, meeting space, student leadership opportunities and more.

  • Arizona Wildcats

    UA Wildcat sports teams.

  • Army ROTC

    Prepares students for careers as officers in the Army.

  • Art Museum

    Changing exhibitions and a growing permanent collection of art ranging from 15-century to contemporary art.

  • Art

    Provides programs designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for professional careers in studio art, graphic design and illustration, art history, and art education.

  • Arthritis Center

    Committed to both care and research to improve the quality of life for people living with arthritis.

  • Asian Pacific American Student Affairs

    Provides academic and personal support through program implementation, leadership opportunities, and advocacy for APA student issues.

  • Assistive Technology

    Facilitates full access for disabled students, faculty, staff, and visitors through the provision of reasonable accommodations, adaptive athletic and fitness programs, assistive technology, innovative programming, education, and consultation.

  • Associated Students of The University of Arizona (ASUA)

    Student Government.

  • Astronomy

    Offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

  • ASUA (Associated Students of The University of Arizona)

    Student Government.

  • ASUA Bookstore

    Provides clothing & gifts, books, computers, textbooks, supplies, and mobile communications.

  • Athletics (Intercollegiate/NCAA)

    UA Wildcat sports teams.

  • ATLAS Center

    Conducts research and development, technology transfer and enhances education in advanced transportation and logistics.

  • Atmospheric Sciences

    Provides graduate training and research in the atmospheric sciences and related fields.

  • Attorneys Office (General Counsel)

    Provides legal counsel to the University.

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  • Campus & Facilities Planning

    Provides planning services in support of the development of the campus physical and spatial environment.

  • Campus Health Services

    Provides quality medical services, psychological care, and health promotion & prevention services for students.

  • Campus Recreation

    Provides programs, services, educational opportunities and facilities that meet the recreational, fitness and wellness needs of our students and the community.

  • Cancer Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

    Students in this program may choose areas of special concentration such as biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology or microbiology.

  • Cancer Center

    A National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

  • Career Services

    Campus employment services to help students find jobs on or off campus. Career-planning workshops, counseling, planning tools, resource library and tips on resume-writing and interviewing.

  • Cashier's Office

    The college treasury. Fees are collected and financial aid is disbursed through this office.

  • CatCard

    UA photo identification card.

  • CCIT Telecommunications

    Provides telephone & network connections & services for UA departments.

  • Cell Biology and Anatomy

    A basic science department that provides courses in the medical curriculum and a number of graduate and undergraduate courses in the life sciences.

  • Centennial Hall/UAPresents

    The UA's performing arts series brings the world's finest music, dance and popular events to Southern Arizona each year. Most performances are held in the historic Centennial Hall.

  • Center for Computing & Information Technology

    Provides computing and campus-wide telecommunications services.

  • Center for Creative Photography

    Exhibits by new photographers and renowned artists including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.

  • Center for East Asian Studies

    Dedicated to the study of the civilizations and culture of China and Japan.

  • Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)

    Provides English language training at all levels and at all skills to students and trainees from throughout the world.

  • Center for Insect Science

    A multicampus, interdisciplinary program fostering collaborative research and education on a broad array of topics dealing with insect science.

  • Center for Judaic Studies

    The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies’ mission is to promote advanced scholarship in the various fields of Judaica, translate faculty research into dynamic undergraduate instruction, and contribute to the community through educational outreach.

  • Center for Middle Eastern Studies

    Promotes Middle East studies-related teaching and research and fosters understanding of the Middle East through an extensive program of outreach to schools and the wider community.

  • Center for the Study of Higher Education

    Offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, finance, organization and administration, science and technology policy, and student affairs.

  • Center for Transfer Students

    From pre-transfer academic advising to admission information, the Transfer Center serves as a resource throughout the transfer process.

  • Central Receiving

    Central Receiving receives, inspects, and documents incoming freight and identifies damages to goods upon receipt.

  • Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Offer BS, MS, and PhD Degree Programs in Chemical Engineering, and MS and PhD Degree Programs in Environmental Engineering.

  • Chemistry

  • Chicano/Hispanic Student Affairs & Resource Center

    Offers innovative retention programs that encourage academic achievement, personal development, and integration into the University academic community.

  • Children's Research Center (Steele Memorial)

    A place where internationally recognized researchers work together to solve the medical problems that plague our children. Our pediatricians play a unique role in the community - as physician's, researchers, and teachers - working to give children a better chance at good health.

  • Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

    ABET accredited BS degree and Masters and PhD programs. Civil engineers conceive, design, construct, manage and maintain physical facilities and infrastructure.

  • Classics

    Studies the cultures, history, languages, literatures, and material remains of the ancient Mediterranean world.

  • Cognitive Science

    The study of human mental processes with a fundamental goal of determining the nature of human intelligence.

  • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Engaged in teaching, research, and outreach in many fields within environment and natural resources; family, youth and community; human nutrition, food safety, health; marketing, trade and economics; animal systems; and plant systems.

  • College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

    Accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).

  • College of Education

    Prepares students for careers as elementary and secondary school teachers, and non-teaching, entry-level human services positions in social services agencies, programs for the disabled, and group homes.

  • College of Engineering

    Plays a pivotal role in providing the research, technology, and engineering expertise necessary for growth and diversity in the economy. Graduates of the college are the entrepreneurs developing high-tech companies, creating jobs, and improving our quality of life.

  • College of Fine Arts

    Offers programs to prepare students for careers in the performing, visual and media arts. Opportunities range from performing and production to teaching, exhibition, administration and technology.

  • College of Humanities

    Through the study of language, literature, and culture, programs in Humanities emphasize the importance of critical, creative, thinking and writing. Students prepare for careers in education, public service, international business and the foreign service.

  • College of Law

    A nationally prominent law school with a rigorous academic program that prepares lawyers for leadership and service throughout the nation and world.

  • College of Medicine Admissions

  • College of Medicine

    While providing knowledge and skills basic to the practice of medicine, the College of Medicine inculcates students with fundamental attitudes of compassionate patient care and a spirit and desire for lifelong independent learning and scholarship.

  • College of Nursing

    Prepares students for the nursing profession and graduate school. The UA College of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, and affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing.

  • College of Optical Sciences

    Our BS, MS, and PhD programs focus on providing students with a broad education in all areas of optics and on educating students with practical experience and competitive technical skills.

  • College of Pharmacy

    Offers Pharm D,M.A. and PhD degrees. A member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.

  • College of Public Health

    Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

  • College of Science

    Conducts programs which span the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences. Emphases are on teaching a fundamental understanding of scientific knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and applying that knowledge to solving problems.

  • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Focuses on the understanding of human beings, the groups they form, and the societies and cultures they create. SBS provides research and a diverse interdisciplinary education for students.

  • Commission on the Status of Women

    Works to ensure the full participation and achievement of women and other underrepresented groups on campus.

  • Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies

    Educates by developing curriculum and promoting research addressing the histories, politics and cultures of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

  • Committee on Neuroscience

    Provides students with the knowledge and tools that they will need to embark on careers as educators and researchers in the field of neuroscience.

  • Communication

    Offers studies leading to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

  • Community Outreach and Development

    Offers information about the more than 500 distinct outreach programs, services, courses and events at the UA. These include educational, creative, research or service-oriented activities.

  • Community Relations

    The point of contact between the University of Arizona and its neighbors within the community.

  • Commuter Student Affairs

    CSA provides off-campus housing information, including weekly housing & roommate listings, and information on campus events & involvement opportunities.

  • Computer Science

  • Continuing Education & Academic Outreach

    Coordinates distance learning, correspondence, continuing education, Evening & Weekend Campus, and programs for children and seniors.

  • Cooperative Extension

    Information about community outreach programs throughout the state.

  • Creative Photography, Center for

    Exhibits by new photographers and renowned artists including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.

  • Critical Languages Program

    Created in order to meet the need for instruction in less commonly taught languages.

  • Curricular Affairs, AHSC

  • Custodial Services

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  • Dance

    Prepares students for careers as performers, choreographers, movement specialists and teachers and develops scholarly foundations for specialized and advanced degree work.

  • Dean of Students

    Serves as the primary link between students, faculty and administrators while providing high quality programs for students. Provides assistance to people who have questions about code of conduct or academic integrity concerns and acts as first point of contact for emergency situations involving students.

  • Department of Multicultural Programs & Services

    Provides services to minorities and economically disadvantaged students including tutoring, peer advising, study groups, computer labs, and cultural centers.

  • Department of Emergency Medicine

  • Department of Immunobiology

    Offers graduate training leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Immunobiology.

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  • Early Academic Outreach

    College preparation programs and services for middle and high school students in southern Arizona.

  • East Asian Studies

    Dedicated to the study of the civilizations and culture of China and Japan.

  • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

    Study and research in areas including molecular genetics and organismal function as they relate to evolution and ecology; population and community ecology; and biological diversity, phylogeny and macroevolution.

  • Economic Development, Office of

    Promotes the prosperity of Tucson, Southern Arizona, U.S.-Mexico border region and Arizona.

  • Economic Science Laboratory

    One of the world's leading laboratories in the study of economic behavior, the testing of economic theories, and the study of market performance.

  • Economics

    Students can pursue a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.).

  • Education

    Prepares students for careers as elementary and secondary school teachers, and non-teaching, entry-level human services positions in social services agencies, programs for the disabled, and group homes.

  • Educational Leadership

    Prepares individuals for leadership roles at all levels of public education.

  • Educational Psychology

    Prepares students for roles in research, teaching, school counseling and many other areas in which educational psychology is applied.

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Eller College of Management

    Delivers business and leadership education through undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing innovation, integrity, and cutting-edge research balanced with experiential learning.

  • Eller Graduate School of Management

  • Eller MBA

  • Emergency Medicine Department

  • Employee Benefits

    Offers a comprehensive benefits program to UA employees.

  • Engineering Experiment Station

    Assists College of Engineering and Mines faculty in identifying potential sponsors for their various research programs and in assisting faculty members in meeting the college's public service responsibilities.

  • Engineering

    Plays a pivotal role in providing the research, technology, and engineering expertise necessary for growth and diversity in the economy. Graduates of the college are the entrepreneurs developing high-tech companies, creating jobs, and improving our quality of life.

  • English as a Second Language (CESL)

    Provides English language training at all levels and at all skills to students and trainees from throughout the world.

  • English

  • Enrollment Management

    Coordinates enrollment management efforts to move the University toward its enrollment goals.

  • Entomology

    Offers several programs of study leading to both Masters and Ph.D. degrees and offers an interdisciplinary graduate program in insect science.

  • Epidemiology Graduate Program

  • Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Office

    Upholds the UA's policy to provide equal opportunity in its admissions, employment, educational programs and activities.

  • Equipment Services

    Provides audiovisual equipment and maintenance to support faculty in the classroom.

  • External Relations

    Encompasses UA communications; community, corporate, and government relations; marketing; public relations; and special events.

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  • Facilities Design & Construction

    Manages the design & construction projects on campus.

  • Facilities Management

    Provides support for the maintenance and operation of UA facilities.

  • Family and Community Medicine

  • Family and Consumer Sciences

    Offers programs for careers in retailing, family studies, and family and consumer sciences education. Its close ties with the community ensure that programs reflect the changing needs of society

  • Family Studies and Human Development

    Offers two bachelor of science degrees for undergraduates majoring in family studies and human development or family and consumer sciences education (FACS), as well as advanced study at the graduate level.

  • Fast Copy

    Fast high-quality copying, faxing, and graphic design services available in the Student Union.

  • Federal Relations

    The main point of contact between the UA and Congress and federal agencies in carrying out the federal initiatives of the UA.

  • Finance

  • Financial Aid Office

    Offers students a full array of scholarships, grants, waivers, loans and work-study.

  • Financial Aid, College of Medicine

  • Financial Services Office

    Responsible for the UA's Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivables, Bursar, CatCard, Travel, Investments, Debt Management, Tax Compliance and Annual Financial Reports.

  • Fine Arts

    Offers programs to prepare students for careers in the performing, visual and media arts. Opportunities range from performing and production to teaching, exhibition, administration and technology.

  • First Year Colloquia

    To help students discover their interests, the university offers a series of freshman colloquia - small, one-credit classes on a variety of subjects taught by top faculty members.

  • Flandrau: The UA Science Center

    Hands-on science exhibits, exciting shows in the planetarium theater & science workshops.

  • Foundation

    A non-profit corporation that raises funds for the benefit of the University of Arizona.

  • French and Italian

    Offers a B.A. in French (Literature; Teaching; and Business) and two in Italian (Language and literature; Italian studies).

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  • General Counsel

    Provides legal counsel to the University.

  • Genetics

    The study of how genes are inherited, how they control the phenotype of cells and organisms, and how they evolve.

  • Geography and Regional Development

    Offers a BA degree in Geography, a BS degree in Regional Development, and an MA and PhD degrees in Geography.

  • Geosciences

    Focuses on research and education dealing with the nature, genesis, and history of the Earth and its crust, and with the evolution of the environment and biota at the Earth's surface.

  • German Studies

  • Global Change

    Provides graduate students with a broad understanding of critical concepts and state-of-the-art skills in the rapidly emerging field of global change.

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  • Health Education and Behavioral Sciences Program

    Designed for individuals who will become professional health educators in community health, public health, school health and biomedical organizations.

  • Higher Education

    Offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, finance, organization and administration, science and technology policy, and student affairs.

  • History

  • Honors College

    Fosters an enduring spirit of inquiry and discovery by providing academic opportunities, such as Honors courses, research experiences, and intellectual dialogues, for artistically and academically talented students.

  • Housing -- Off Campus

    CSA provides off-campus housing information, including weekly housing & roommate listings, and information on campus events & involvement opportunities.

  • Human Resources, AHSC

  • Human Resources

    Employee and management advising, hiring strategies, organizational consulting, employee benefits, professional development and more.

  • Humanities

    Through the study of language, literature, and culture, programs in Humanities emphasize the importance of critical, creative, thinking and writing. Students prepare for careers in education, public service, international business and the foreign service.

  • Hydrology and Water Resources

    Offers programs to undergraduate and graduate students in the applied science of water use from many perspectives including social, economic, legal, environmental and scientific. Students prepare for careers in the field of hydrology with our internationally recognized faculty.

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  • Immunobiology

    Offers graduate training leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Immunobiology.

  • Information Resources & Library Science

    Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

  • Information Security and Privacy

    Campus-wide initiatives to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of electronically maintained information at the University of Arizona.

  • Information Technology Services

    Provides computing and campus-wide telecommunications services.

  • Insect Science

    A multicampus, interdisciplinary program fostering collaborative research and education on a broad array of topics dealing with insect science.

  • Institute for Collaborative BioResearch - Bio5

    Provides an intellectual framework and administrative structure that positions the UA to be at the leading edge of 21st century biological research.

  • Institute for the Study of Planet Earth

    Provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.

  • Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Provides graduate training and research in the atmospheric sciences and related fields.

  • Institutional Research and Planning Support

    Responsible for institutional research, student data on enrollment, persistence and graduation, and institutional planning and special services.

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  • Journalism

    Provides students with the intellectual training and professional skills that journalists need to cover complex events and issues.

  • Judaic Studies

    The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies’ mission is to promote advanced scholarship in the various fields of Judaica, translate faculty research into dynamic undergraduate instruction, and contribute to the community through educational outreach.

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  • KUAT TV - Channel 6

    Southern Arizona public television, offering PBS national programming with other national and international programs, and award-winning local productions including Arizona Illustrated, The Desert Speaks and Reflexiones.

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  • Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

    Engaged in research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography, isotope geochemistry, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, geomorphology, numerical and statistical modeling, and even public health.

  • Landscape Architecture

    A graduate professional degree program which emphasizes landscape and human ecology, socio-cultural and behavioral factors, landscape aesthetics, and artistic principles in a variety of design, planning, and management scenarios.

  • Language, Reading and Culture

    Establishes and supports a scholarly community for the study of the teaching and learning of literacy and biliteracy in the educational context of cultural and linguistic diversity.

  • Late Medieval and Reformation Studies

    Studies of the epoch of transition between medieval and early-modern Europe.

  • Latin American Studies

    Offers BA and MA degrees, a PhD minor, and joint BA/MA programs with Business and Law.

  • Law

    A nationally prominent law school with a rigorous academic program that prepares lawyers for leadership and service throughout the nation and world.

  • Learning Center

    Provides academic counseling, tutoring, study skill development workshops.

  • Learning Technology Services (LTC)

    Plans, develops, implements, maintains and manages information technologies and resources necessary to facilitate the teaching/learning process for faculty and students.

  • Library Science

    Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

  • Library, Arizona Health Sciences

    Electronic access to many full-text resources. The library supports Arizona health care providers and is open to the general public.

  • Library

    The library's online information gateway. Access to some services requires University affiliation.

  • Licensing & Trademarks

    Works with manufacturers of Officially Licensed products to ensure the proper use of University trademarks.

  • Licensing University Technology

    Assists faculty in matters related to intellectual property, including interactions with commercial partners, and brings inventions and discoveries developed within the University to market for the public good.

  • Linguistics

    Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in linguistics and human language technology.

  • LTC

    Plans, develops, implements, maintains and manages information technologies and resources necessary to facilitate the teaching/learning process for faculty and students.

  • Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

    Dedicated to goal of understanding and teaching about the formation and evolution of the planetary system.

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  • Medicine Admissions

  • Medicine Department

  • Medicine

    While providing knowledge and skills basic to the practice of medicine, the College of Medicine inculcates students with fundamental attitudes of compassionate patient care and a spirit and desire for lifelong independent learning and scholarship.

  • Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

    Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

  • Mexican American Studies & Research Center

    Committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans.

  • Middle Eastern Studies

    Promotes Middle East studies-related teaching and research and fosters understanding of the Middle East through an extensive program of outreach to schools and the wider community.

  • Mining and Geological Engineering

  • Molecular and Cellular Biology

  • Multicultural Programs & Services

    Provides services to minorities and economically disadvantaged students including tutoring, peer advising, study groups, computer labs, and cultural centers.

  • Museum of Art

    Changing exhibitions and a growing permanent collection of art ranging from 15-century to contemporary art.

  • Music

    Offers a wide variety of degree programs and musical experiences, and presents over three hundred concerts and recitals each year.

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  • Neurology

  • Neuroscience, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program

    Provides students with the knowledge and tools that they will need to embark on careers as educators and researchers in the field of neuroscience.

  • News Services

    Comprehensive news site for campus, the general public and media with links to other news sites.

  • NROTC

  • Nursing

    Prepares students for the nursing profession and graduate school. The UA College of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, and affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing.

  • Nutrition, Exercise, and Wellness

  • Nutritional Sciences

    Provides undergraduate, graduate, and cooperative extension programs that advance the discovery and translation of the roles of nutrition in optimizing health for people in Arizona, the nation and the world.

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  • Office of Student Financial Aid

    Offers students a full array of scholarships, grants, waivers, loans and work-study.

  • Office of Technology Transfer

    Assists faculty in matters related to intellectual property, including interactions with commercial partners, and brings inventions and discoveries developed within the University to market for the public good.

  • Office of the General Counsel

    Provides legal counsel to the University.

  • On Campus Housing

    Committed to providing all interested UA students with a new home which is a memorable place to live and learn.

  • Ophthalmology

  • Optical Sciences

    Our BS, MS, and PhD programs focus on providing students with a broad education in all areas of optics and on educating students with practical experience and competitive technical skills.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Outreach College

    Coordinates distance learning, correspondence, continuing education, Evening & Weekend Campus, and programs for children and seniors.

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  • Plant Sciences

  • Police Department

    Provides law enforcement and security services to the campus community.

  • Political Science

  • Post Office Annex

    Located in the Student Union.

  • Postal Services

    Provides preparation, metering and presorting of outgoing U.S. Mail and delivery of incoming mail for the entire University.

  • Pre-Health Professions Advising Center

    Advising information for the following graduate schools: Medical, Osteopathic, Dental, Optometry, Physician Assistant, and Podiatry.

  • Pre-Law Advising

    An advising support program to assist and support students, prospective students, and alumni interested in attending law school from the beginning exploration of their options through the law school admission process.

  • President's Office

  • Procurement and Contracting Services

    The authority for selection of vendors. The department maintains a list of blanket order vendors and vendors who would like to bid on University purchases.

  • Provost's Office

    Chief Academic Officer of the UA.

  • Psychiatry

  • Psychology

  • Public Administration and Policy

    Prepares students for managerial and administrative positions in local, state or federal government agencies and nonprofit agencies.

  • Public Affairs, AHSC

    Performs media and government relations for the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

  • Public Health, College of

    Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

  • Purchasing

    The authority for selection of vendors. The department maintains a list of blanket order vendors and vendors who would like to bid on University purchases.

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  • Race Track Industry Program

  • Radiation Control Office

    Provides radiation compliance and safety services to UA/UMC regarding radioactive materials and machine-generated ionizing radiation.

  • Radiation Oncology

  • Radiology

  • Real Estate Administration

    Manages physical space resources and real property.

  • Records Management & Archives

    Assists departments in establishing document storage and retrieval procedures.

  • Registrar's Office

    Class registration, grades, transcripts, residency, withdrawal, and diplomas.

  • Rehabilitation

    Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

  • Religious Studies Program

    An academic, interdisciplinary exploration of the meaning and value of religion in human experience.

  • Renewable Natural Resources

    Provides instruction, research and extension/outreach in a range of disciplines related to the conservation and management of these renewable natural resources.

  • Research & Contract Analysis

  • Research Instrumentation Center

    Provides prototype machining, designing, fabrication, welding, grid winding services, cryogenic products, consultation, instructional support and community outreach programs.

  • Residence Life

    Committed to providing all interested UA students with a new home which is a memorable place to live and learn.

  • Respiratory Center

    An organization of physicians, scientists, and scholars all seeking to understand and eradicate respiratory diseases.

  • Retailing and Consumer Sciences

    Offers Bachelor's degrees preparing students for careers in all areas of retail management. Students can also pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees leading to management and/or research positions with retail companies, direct marketers, consumer research firms, management consulting companies, and in higher education.

  • Risk Management

    Provides programs of environmental protection, occupational health and safety and insurance coverage for property, liability and workers' compensation.

  • Rural Health

    Collaborates with underserved communities to increase access to care, disease-prevention and health-promotion activities.

  • Russian and Slavic Studies

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  • S.A.L.T. Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques

    Provides enhanced, for-fee services for students with learning disabilities. SALT offers education planning, mentoring, workshops, writing skills training, peer tutors, and a computer lab.

  • School of Architecture

    Known for an interest in desert architecture and an emphasis on integrating environmental analysis into building design.

  • School of Art

    Provides programs designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for professional careers in studio art, graphic design and illustration, art history, and art education.

  • School of Dance

    Prepares students for careers as performers, choreographers, movement specialists and teachers and develops scholarly foundations for specialized and advanced degree work.

  • School of Family and Consumer Sciences

    Offers programs for careers in retailing, family studies, and family and consumer sciences education. Its close ties with the community ensure that programs reflect the changing needs of society

  • School of Information Resources & Library Science

    Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

  • School of Journalism

    Provides students with the intellectual training and professional skills that journalists need to cover complex events and issues.

  • School of Landscape Architecture

    A graduate professional degree program which emphasizes landscape and human ecology, socio-cultural and behavioral factors, landscape aesthetics, and artistic principles in a variety of design, planning, and management scenarios.

  • School of Natural Resources

    Provides instruction, research and extension/outreach in a range of disciplines related to the conservation and management of these renewable natural resources.

  • School of Public Administration and Policy

    Prepares students for managerial and administrative positions in local, state or federal government agencies and nonprofit agencies.

  • School Psychology

    Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

  • Science and Mathematics Education Center (SAMEC)

    Promotes and strengthens partnerships among the various UA Colleges and local school districts, that lead to effective integration of UA science, mathematics, engineering and technology research into K-12 education.

  • Science and Technology Park

    A research and development facility designed for fast-paced, high growth technology companies, from start-up to maturity. One of the nation's premier research and development facilities.

  • Science Center, Flandrau

    Hands-on science exhibits, exciting shows in the planetarium theater & science workshops.

  • Science

    Conducts programs which span the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences. Emphases are on teaching a fundamental understanding of scientific knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and applying that knowledge to solving problems.

  • Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

    Provides training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language acquisition and teaching.

  • Security and Privacy

    Campus-wide initiatives to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of electronically maintained information at the University of Arizona.

  • Sierra Vista Campus of The University of Arizona

    UA South is located about 75 miles southeast of Tucson in Sierra Vista. UA South offers upper division programs to allow students from Arizona community colleges to complete a degree.

  • SLAT

    Provides training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language acquisition and teaching.

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Focuses on the understanding of human beings, the groups they form, and the societies and cultures they create. SBS provides research and a diverse interdisciplinary education for students.

  • Sociology

    Offers advanced degree programs designed to prepare students for careers in research and teaching.

  • Soil, Water and Environmental Science

    Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the broad area of Environmental Science and Soil and Water Science that are integrated with strong research and extension education programs.

  • Southwest Center

    Working toward a definition, to illuminate and to present the character of the Greater Southwest.

  • Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW)

    Conducts interdisciplinary, inter-institutional research, professional development, and outreach programs.

  • Space Management

    Manages physical space resources and real property.

  • Spanish and Portuguese

  • Special Education, Rehabilitation and School Psychology

    Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

  • Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

    Offers educational programs leading to the B.S., M.S., Au.D., and Ph.D. degrees.

  • Sponsored Projects Services

    Contract and grant administration for research projects.

  • State Relations

    Serves as the channel for the University's communications with Arizona State Legislators.

  • Statistics GIDP

    The Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP) in Statistics supports and encourages the central role of statistical thinking in the biological, physical, engineering, financial, and social sciences.

  • Steele Memorial Children's Research Center

    A place where internationally recognized researchers work together to solve the medical problems that plague our children. Our pediatricians play a unique role in the community - as physician's, researchers, and teachers - working to give children a better chance at good health.

  • Steward Observatory

    Builds and operates telescopes in Arizona, provides mirrors for major telescopes around the world, and develops instrumentation for space and ground-based facilities.

  • Stores

    The authority for selection of vendors. The department maintains a list of blanket order vendors and vendors who would like to bid on University purchases.

  • Student Affairs

    Committed to building a campus community in which students, faculty, and staff at all levels feel valued and have a chance to succeed.

  • Student Computing Resources (OSCR)

    Administers open-access computer labs, technology help desks, and multi-media resources that assist students, faculty and staff.

  • Student Exchange

  • Student Financial Aid

    Offers students a full array of scholarships, grants, waivers, loans and work-study.

  • Student Publications

    Offers multi-media and journalism training through the AZ Daily Wildcat, the Wildcat Online, KAMP Student Radio, and TV3.

  • Student Recreation Center

    Provides programs, services, educational opportunities and facilities that meet the recreational, fitness and wellness needs of our students and the community.

  • Student Unions

    Catering, food service, meeting space, student leadership opportunities and more.

  • Study Abroad & Student Exchange

    Offers opportunities for foreign study on a summer, semester, and yearly basis, while earning academic credit at the UA.

  • Study of Planet Earth, Institute for

    Provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.

  • Summer & Winter Sessions

    If you are a visiting undergraduate student and are not pursuing a degree through the UA, you may seek Summer or Winter Only admission. This type of admission does not allow for continuation in the Spring or Fall semesters and you must reapply for this status each year.

  • Summer Writing Institute

    Provides free professional individual writing tutoring to minority undergraduate and graduate students as well as workshops and summer programs.

  • Surgery

  • Systems and Industrial Engineering

    A nationally ranked top 20 program providing research and educational programs emphasizing mathematical modeling, computing, and decision technologies for the design and operation of large systems in engineering, business and logistics.

  • Systems Control

    Processes all UA personnel transactions affecting budget, funding, status, or personal information changes and produces the UA's annual budget.

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  • Teaching and Teacher Education

    Helps prepare undergraduate students for careers as elementary and secondary teachers and offers master's and doctoral programs leading to positions in school leadership, research and development and teacher education.

  • Technology Park

    A research and development facility designed for fast-paced, high growth technology companies, from start-up to maturity. One of the nation's premier research and development facilities.

  • Technology Transfer

    Assists faculty in matters related to intellectual property, including interactions with commercial partners, and brings inventions and discoveries developed within the University to market for the public good.

  • Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing

    Offers Bachelor's degrees preparing students for careers in all areas of retail management. Students can also pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees leading to management and/or research positions with retail companies, direct marketers, consumer research firms, management consulting companies, and in higher education.

  • Theatre Arts

    Provides undergraduate and graduate education in professional degree programs and liberal arts in such disciplines as Musical Theatre, Production (Acting, Design), Theatre Studies and Theatre Education.

  • Trademarks & Licensing

    Works with manufacturers of Officially Licensed products to ensure the proper use of University trademarks.

  • Transfer Center

    From pre-transfer academic advising to admission information, the Transfer Center serves as a resource throughout the transfer process.

  • Traveling on University Business

    Processes travel related documents for University departments.

  • Tree-Ring Research, Laboratory of

    Engaged in research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography, isotope geochemistry, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, geomorphology, numerical and statistical modeling, and even public health.

  • Tutoring Services for Math and Science

    A free service available to all enrolled students.

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  • UA Foundation

    A non-profit corporation that raises funds for the benefit of the University of Arizona.

  • UA Imaging Technology Laboratory

    Provides imaging detectors and systems to UA observatories and the worldwide scientific community.

  • UA Outreach

    Offers information about the more than 500 distinct outreach programs, services, courses and events at the UA. These include educational, creative, research or service-oriented activities.

  • UA Photo ID

    UA photo identification card.

  • UA Science Center, Flandrau

    Hands-on science exhibits, exciting shows in the planetarium theater & science workshops.

  • UA South

    UA South is located about 75 miles southeast of Tucson in Sierra Vista. UA South offers upper division programs to allow students from Arizona community colleges to complete a degree.

  • UANews.org

    Comprehensive news site for campus, the general public and media with links to other news sites.

  • UApresents

    The UA's performing arts series brings the world's finest music, dance and popular events to Southern Arizona each year. Most performances are held in the historic Centennial Hall.

  • Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

    Sponsors policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship and education with decisionmaking.

  • Undergraduate Admissions

    Admissions information for prospective undergraduate students.

  • United States Post Office Annex

    Located in the Student Union.

  • University Advancement

    Encompasses UA communications; community, corporate, and government relations; marketing; public relations; and special events.

  • University Animal Care

    Assures that all research, testing, or educational instruction involving animals is conducted in a humane manner in accordance with federal laws and regulations, including the Animal Welfare Act.

  • University Cashier

    The college treasury. Fees are collected and financial aid is disbursed through this office.

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  • Winter & Summer Sessions

    If you are a visiting undergraduate student and are not pursuing a degree through the UA, you may seek Summer or Winter Only admission. This type of admission does not allow for continuation in the Spring or Fall semesters and you must reapply for this status each year.

  • Women's Studies

    Provides interdisciplinary feminist research and curriculum.

  • Writing Skills Improvement Program

    Provides free professional individual writing tutoring to minority undergraduate and graduate students as well as workshops and summer programs.

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