Mission

The Office of the Registrar maintains an accurate academic record for each student who enrolls at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and provides timely, accurate, and responsive services to students, faculty, staff and the public. We support student retention and graduation by educating and coaching students through the complexities of University policy and procedures. With campus partners, we maintain, support, and strengthen campus information systems. We enable successful progress toward students' dreams of advanced education and professional opportunities.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Contributions to policy development and implementation,
• Participation with the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) Committee on Courses of Instruction (CCI), and Graduate Council (GC) in curriculum, course, and program approval,
• Academic advising and academic standing support,
• Functional processing oversight of the Academic Information System (AIS) and other systems including Curriculum Approval and Tracking (CAT) and Scheduling (Coursedog) Support for and interaction with campus systems outside the Office of the Registrar,
• Classroom and event scheduling and advocacy for renovations,
• Enrollment and fee assessment,
• Grading and transcripts,
• Graduation and diplomas,
• Maintenance of student academic record integrity,
• Publications of the General Catalog, Academic and Administrative Calendar, and searchable Class Schedule
• Preservation of permanent student academic records,
• Enrollment reporting and data analysis,
• Protecting the privacy of student academic records,
• Certification of veteran student education benefits,
• Determination of legal residence for fee purposes.

Revised: 04/22/25