The Board of Regents
University of Washington:

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of the University of Washington as of June 30, 2001, and the related statements of changes in fund balances and current funds revenues, expenditures and other changes for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the University’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statements of the University of Washington Medical Center, which statements reflect 17% of current unrestricted fund assets, 15% of investment in plant fund assets and 27% of current unrestricted fund revenues. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for the University of Washington Medical Center, is based solely on the report of the other auditors. The prior year summarized comparative information has been derived from the University of Washington’s 2000 financial statements and, in our report dated November 3, 2000, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit and the report of other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the University of Washington as of June 30, 2001, and the changes in fund balances and the current funds revenues, expenditures and other changes for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Seattle, Washington
November 2, 2001