From the Plan for Pitt to policies and procedures, explore pertinent strategic and administrative information as well as vital Pitt offices to further understand how the University is managed and what you may need to know as a staff member.
The University of Pittsburgh runs under a model of shared governance, which enables discussions among key constituencies on campus to take place prior to decisions being made.
The Plan for Pitt, which is Pitt's strategic plan, identifies how and where we want to improve. It calls for:
- Adding institutional strengths and reputational drivers in the areas of academics, research and scholarship, and community service.
- Enhancing the University’s capacity to help improve lives, systems and communities.
- Nurturing opportunities for Pitt community members to grow individually and to collectively create, use and share knowledge.
Learn about the three pillars of the Plan for Pitt:
A variety of institutional plans directly support key elements of the Plan for Pitt, including: the Campus Master Plan, the Institutional Master Plan, the Pitt Sustainability Plan, the Pitt Climate Action Plan, and the Pitt Global Plan.
In addition to knowing when class is in session, the academic calendar helps ensure you know what days the University is closed for holidays and recess.
The Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) was created to help build the University into a world class model of equity, diversity, and inclusion defined by inclusive academic excellence and an environment that allows everyone to succeed. OEDI provides vision, leadership, and counsel on matters of equity, diversity and inclusion, and partners with units and campuses to create welcoming and respectful environments that enable everyone to perform to their full potential.
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management seeks to provide the safest University of Pittsburgh community reasonably possible through the coordination of human, physical, and technological resources that are available to the Police, Emergency Management, Environmental Health and Safety, and Integrated Security departments.
The University's Emergency Notification Service (ENS) provides University students and employees with critical information in the event of an emergency—using voice, text, and email channels. Delivery of these emergency alert messages is handled by Police Department communications specialists and is directed by the Chief of Police. Sign up for ENS and more through the University's NotifyU service.
The Office of Engagement and Community Affairs (ECA) champions community engagement efforts across the Pitt system. ECA facilitates strategic community initiatives, leads the university’s place-based engagements in the city of Pittsburgh, collaborates with the Provost’s Office to support engaged scholarship, maintains positive relationships with the neighbors and organizations closest to our campus footprint, and ensures that Pitt is a partner and asset to communities, locally to globally.
The Office of Government Relations and Advocacy serves as the University's liaison with all levels of government, including federal, commonwealth, county, and city, including Federal, Commonwealth, County, and City, through collaboration, communication, and facilitation of University engagement with its broader communities.
Working in collaboration within the SVC Business & Operations and with the University community, the Office of Human Resources, through the departments of Administration, Benefits, Compensation, Employee and Labor Relations, Organization Development, Talent Acquisition, and the University Child Development Center, is an integral component in support of the University of Pittsburgh's mission to advance teaching, research, and public service.
The staff handbook provides University staff members with an overview of the University’s best practices. Pitt's leadership believes in and is proud of the University’s environment of open communication. The staff handbook summarizes the key issues that affect the daily operational needs and objectives of the University and its respective staff members.
The Office of Policy Development and Management was established to facilitate Pitt's process for developing and managing University policies and their supporting documents, including procedures and standards. The Policy Office serves to provide oversight and guidance for members of the University community in developing new and updating existing policies in an effective, efficient, consistent, and transparent manner. Check out their website to view current policies and procedures as well as policies open for review and comment.
Pitt Information Technology offers powerful digital tools, trainings, and 24/7 Help Desk support to help you increase productivity and accomplish your goals.
The Office of Institutional Research (IR) maintains the University's organization charts. The charts are updated three times per year, fall, spring and summer. The set of charts listed on IR's website are the most recent available, with the last date it was updated displaying at the bottom right of each chart.
The interactive University Fact Book is intended to be a useful source of information about Pitt.