Academic Affairs
We are a systemwide resource for academic excellence in research, teaching and public service.
Academic Affairs builds on the energy and academic strength of UC’s campuses to enhance the system’s educational impact. We help recruit and retain outstanding professors and provide them with the support they need to succeed. We promote excellence through programs that help prepare, recruit and support undergraduate, graduate and professional students. We manage programs that help position UC and California as engines of economic, social and cultural development. And we ensure that UC remains on the cutting edge of innovation in teaching and learning by supporting new academic initiatives.
Provost and Executive Vice President
DEPARTMENTS
Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs
The University of California is committed to diversity and inclusion to achieve excellence.
- Top Destinations
- Faculty Excellence
- Systemwide Programs
Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs
Oversees the University’s commitment to academic access, student success and inclusive excellence.
- Top Destinations
- Keep Teaching resources
- UC Admissions
- UC-HBCU Initiative
- Equity initiatives
Institutional Research and Academic Planning
Provides information and analysis in support of university management, planning and decision-making.
Research and Innovation
Coordinates systemwide policies for technology transfer and intellectual property and manages a portfolio of grants.
Systemwide Academic Personnel
Advances UC’s mission through innovative academic policy and programs serving UC faculty and students.
- Top Destinations
- Academic Personnel Manual
- Compensation
Systemwide Academic Congress
We invite you to attend the UC Systemwide Academic Congress: Where Do We Go From Here? Mathematics Preparation and STEM Pathways at a Crossroads.
Guided by our commitment to student success, this Congress will bring together distinguished public figures, leading researchers and educators from UC and beyond to discuss innovative and inclusive approaches to support student success and strengthen STEM pathways across the system.
This event is open to all UC staff and faculty members.
March 9 - 10, 2026
Virtual via Zoom
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Degree Plus: Enriching Career Preparation for UC Students
UCAD Plus
The Joint Academic Senate-Administration Task Force on UC Adaptation to Disruptions (UCAD Plus) is a successor to the Academic Senate’s Task Force on UC Adaptations to Disruptions (UCAD). Launched in October 2025, the UCAD Plus task force will develop recommendations for strategies to maintain the excellence of the University of California’s academic and research enterprises in the face of disruptive federal executive orders, uncertain federal and state partnerships, and evolving shifts in the higher education landscape. Learn more about the task force.