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  • Bookstore

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

  • Budget Office

    Manages the budgetary resources of the University.

  • Bursar's Office

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

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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 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.

  • 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 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 Transfer Students

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

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  • 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.

  • Disability Resource Center

    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.

  • Division of Campus Life

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

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  • Early Academic Outreach

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • General Counsel

    Provides legal counsel to the University.

  • Government Relations

    Supports the UA's mission by developing and maintaining relationships with State and Federal government legislators and officials.

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  • Human Resources

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

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  • Internal Audit

    Independent assessment of business practice and control.

  • International Affairs

    Serves as the international relations office for the UA and is responsible for supporting the negotiation, facilitation and maintenance of all institutional relationships with foreign partner institutions worldwide.

  • International Faculty & Scholars

    Provides services to international professors and research scholars, and their sponsoring UA departments.

  • International Student Programs and Services

    Represents and advocates for international students, provides liaison with academic and other departments, as well as local, state, federal and foreign agencies; provides immigration advising, tax referrals and opportunities to interact with the Tucson community.

  • Interpretation Testing, Research and Policy, National Center for

    Provides Court Interpreter training, Medical Interpreter training, and Navajo Interpretation.

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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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  • 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, 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.

  • LTC

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

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  • 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.

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  • Office of Student Computing Resources

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

  • 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.

  • Outreach College

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

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  • Parking & Transportation

    Provides parking options and promotes transportation alternatives for faculty, staff, students and visitors at the UA.

  • Payment Dates & Deadlines

    A detailed calendar of tuition, fee, financial aid, billing, and other payment-related dates.

  • Police Department

    Provides law enforcement and security services to the campus community.

  • 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.

  • Public Affairs, AHSC

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

  • 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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  • 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.

  • 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.

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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.

  • 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.

  • Security and Privacy

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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.

  • Trademarks & Licensing

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

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  • UA Foundation

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 Cashier

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

  • University Communications

    University Communications/News Services provides current news to the campus community as well as to local, state, national and international media.

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  • Visitor Center

    Provides information about the campus, and assists in locating information or resources about the UA and Tucson.

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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.

  • 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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