Research Policy Analysis and Coordination
Below are links to commonly requested documents and information about the University of California.
About UC Link
Links to information about UC, its leadership, and structure.
Legal Status Link
Article 9, Section 9 of the California Constitution states that "The University of California shall constitute a public trust."
Articles of Incorporation PDF | Certificate of Status from the California Secretary of State PDF
UC's Mission Link
"The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge."
UC's Research Mission Link
Section 66010.4 of the California Education Code states "The University of California shall be the primary state-supported academic agency for research."
Tax Status of the Regents of the University of California
Tax exemption letters PDF | Statement of UC as single corporate entity PDF
Campus Facilities and Administration (F&A) rates Link
Links to the F&A Rate Agreements at each UC campus and UCOP.
Recent history of negotiated on-campus F&A research rates by UC campus PDF
A-133 Audit Reports Link
Links to the University's A-133 audit reports, consolidated and published for all campus locations.
Links to Campus Information and Offices
Links to campus-specific institutional information and offices that support the research enterprise.