Finance, Operations, and Administration

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Welcome to Finance, Operations, and Administration

Our division includes a broad and diverse set of operational units whose team members work daily to support the mission of UC Santa Cruz. Units in FOA foster a diverse, safe, sustainable, innovative and customer-centered environment through exceptional service. We developed this site to provide information and links to serve students, faculty, staff and the broader community.   

FOA UNITS
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Budget Analysis and Planning

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Financial Affairs

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Physical Planning, Development, and Operations

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Police Department

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Risk and Safety Services

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Staff Human Resources

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Sustainability Office

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UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Communications

  • International travel guidance
    We strongly advise all travelers to carefully consider their individual risks associated with leaving the United States.
  • Notice of new policy: Interim Major Events
    The Division of Finance, Operations, and Administration has launched a new Interim Major Events policy—effective for all events on or after September 1, 2025—that expands and replaces the previous student-focused policy to better coordinate large campus gatherings through a centralized planning website, event calendar, and updated approval process.
  • Notice of new policy: Interim Major Events
    A new Interim Major Events policy is being implemented this summer, which will apply more broadly to all events that are larger than 250 attendees, advertised to non-affiliates, requires campus-wide coordination, and several other factors.
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Last modified: Jul 07, 2025