UR Finances 101: Frequently asked questions
WORK IN PROGRESS

Where does UR get its money and how does it spend it?

 

The short answer to the first question is that the university, excluding the medical center, gets its money from three major sources:

  • Tuition
  • Externally sponsored research grants and state and federal support for major building projects such as the Clinical Translational Sciences Building
  • Gifts and endowment income

The Medical Center, which includes the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the School of Nursing and Strong Memorial Hospital, gets its money from these three sources and from patients and hospital care.

 

Here are more details about

·       University wide revenues

·       Revenues for each of the six schools

·       University wide expenses

The graphs and charts on these pages were taken from the following sources:

·       Board of Trustees Orientation (PowerPoint) presentation of October 15, 2008.

·       New Leaders Orientation, a recent presentation for new department chairs.

·       President Seligman’s Annual Report to the Faculty Senate of September 9, 2008.

 

 

Last revised December 4, 2008.

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