# UC Davis
**Source**: https://www.ucdavis.edu/top-administrative-units
**Parent**: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/international
## What our units manage
UC Davis has a number of divisions, departments and units that comprise the university’s administration. Here are short explanations of what they handle.
#### [Academic Affairs](http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/)
Serving as the major personnel office for the academic side of the house, this office provides leadership and oversight for recruiting, appointing, promoting and retaining our faculty.
#### [Development and Alumni Relations](http://devar.ucdavis.edu/)
This unit is engaged in helping UC Davis reach its potential through philanthropic support and in helping UC Davis alumni, donors, friends, parents and retirees engage with and maintain lifelong connections to the university.
- [Giving](http://giving.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Cal Aggie Alumni Association](http://www.alumni.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Retiree Center](http://retireecenter.ucdavis.edu/)
- [The Campaign for UC Davis](http://campaign.ucdavis.edu/)
#### [Finance, Operations and Administration](https://foa.ucdavis.edu)
This division supports the university in three broad areas: resource planning and finance, facilities and land management, and safety services. Responsibilities include developing the campus budget; planning, designing, operating and stewarding the campus’s physical and natural resources; managing human resources; and providing for the health and safety of the campus community and its visitors.
- [Environmental Stewardship](http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Facilities Management](http://facilities.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Human Resources](https://hr.ucdavis.edu)
- [Safety Services](http://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/)
- [UC Davis Fire Department](http://fire.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Full list](https://foa.ucdavis.edu/operating-units)
#### [Global Affairs](http://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/)
This office administers programs that expand UC Davis’ global impact and engagement.
- [Global Learning Hub (including Study Abroad)](https://globallearning.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Services for International Students and Scholars](http://siss.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program](http://humphrey.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Fulbright Scholar Programs](http://fulbright.ucdavis.edu)
- [Mandela Washington Fellowship](https://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/mandela)
- [UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center](https://chile.ucdavis.edu/en)
- [Travel Security](https://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/travel)
- [And more](https://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/about)
#### [Government and Community Relations](http://gcr.ucdavis.edu/)
This unit builds awareness, understanding, support and advocacy for UC Davis among elected officials and business, community and civic opinion leaders.
#### [Graduate Studies](http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/)
An advocate for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, this office also supports the faculty and staff members engaged in graduate education, and administers policies affecting graduate studies.
#### [Health System](http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/)
Our integrated academic health system encompasses the UC Davis School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, the hospital and clinical services of UC Davis Medical Center, and the 800-member physician group known as UC Davis Medical Group.
#### [Information and Educational Technology](http://iet.ucdavis.edu/)
This unit provides leadership and coordination for campuswide IT policy and planning, and provides tech services and support in various areas. These include the campus network, telecommunications, computing, instructional technology, information security, application development, customer support and digital media.
- [Academic Technology Services](http://ats.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Communications Resources](http://cr.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Data Center](http://dc.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure Services](http://iet.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Office of the Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost](http://iet.ucdavis.edu/ietabout/index.html)
- [IET Services](http://itcatalog.ucdavis.edu/)
#### [Police Department](http://police.ucdavis.edu/)
With a mission to protect the UC Davis community, the Police Department involves students, faculty and staff in its many programs that include student escorts, Safe Rides and a Cadet Academy.
#### [Public Scholarship and Engagement](https://publicengagement.ucdavis.edu/)
This university-wide office builds and supports meaningful relationships between UC Davis scholars and local, regional and global communities to work together to build a better future.
#### [Research](http://research.ucdavis.edu/)
This unit is the primary office for matters related to research and externally sponsored programs, research compliance, and patenting and licensing of campus intellectual property.
- [Sponsored Programs](http://research.ucdavis.edu/proposals-grants-contracts/spo/)
- [Institutional Review Board Administration](http://research.ucdavis.edu/IRBAdmin)
- [Research Compliance and Integrity](http://research.ucdavis.edu/offices/rci/)
- [Interdisciplinary Research Support](http://research.ucdavis.edu/offices/irs/)
- [InnovationAccess](http://research.ucdavis.edu/industry/ia/)
- [Venture Catalyst](http://research.ucdavis.edu/offices/vc/)
- [Office of Corporate Relations](https://fce.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Office of Research research units](https://research.ucdavis.edu/research/or-research-units/)
#### [Strategic Communications](http://strategiccommunications.ucdavis.edu/)
This office is responsible for integrated marketing and communication programs that promote and support the university’s missions of teaching, research and service.
#### [Student Affairs](http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/)
The Division of Student Affairs encompasses [24 departments and units](http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/about/directory.html) that provide programs, services and facilities to foster academic success, student development and campus community.
#### [Undergraduate Education](http://undergraduatestudies.ucdavis.edu/)
This office advocates for undergraduates, administers academic issues regarding graduation and educational effectiveness, and offers opportunities beyond the classroom that invite students to participate fully in the dynamic intellectual life of UC Davis.
- [First-Year Seminars](http://fys.ucdavis.edu/index.html)
- [Undergraduate Research Center](http://undergraduateresearch.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Center for Educational Effectiveness](http://cee.ucdavis.edu)
- [Academic Advising](https://academicadvising.ucdavis.edu)
- [International & Academic English](https://iae.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Washington Program](http://washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Center for Leadership Learning](http://cll.ucdavis.edu/)
- [Summer Sessions](http://summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu/)
- [University Honors Program](http://honors.ucdavis.edu/)
#### [The University of California System](http://universityofcalifornia.edu/)
UC Davis is part of a 10-campus system administered by the UC Office of the President.
- [Office of the President](http://www.ucop.edu/)
- [University of California campuses](http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/)