UW Information Technology

UW-IT 2019 budget focuses on highest UW priorities

UW-IT manages an annual budget of approximately $107 million to provide support to the University community through the IT service areas listed below. UW-IT is committed to transparency and accountability to the UW community, and carefully ensures that limited resources are allocated to the highest priorities, with input from information technology governance boards and committees comprised of representatives from across the University.

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UW-IT Expenses

Planned Expenses by Service Category Dollars
Administrative Systems $26,661,645
Ancillary Admin Systems $1,345,561
Data Analytics $6,805,607
Document Management $1,977,507
Financial Systems $5,982,652
HR Payroll Systems $2,386,671
Student Systems $8,163,648
Collaboration $8,732,919
Productivity Suite $4,493,119
Software Licenses $4,239,800
Enterprise Risk Management $5,969,978
Accessibility Resources $1,753,533
Emergency Preparedness $374,027
Information Security and Privacy $3,842,417
IT Infrastructure $57,729,751
Application Developer Platform $706,408
Computing and Storage $14,893,326
Data Analytics $1,217,385
Data Centers $4,241,410
Data Networks $22,508,933
Identity and Access Management $3,635,076
Regional Networks $4,182,629
Telecommunications $6,344,584
IT Management $2,540,028
UW-IT Administration $1,539,633
UW-IT Consulting $80,211
UW-IT Service Desk $920,184
Research $1,747,922
Research Computing $1,747,922
Teaching and Learning $3,672,247
Instructional Apps $3,672,247
Total Expenses $107,054,490

UW-IT Funding by Source

Funding Sources Dollars
State Appropriations, Tuition and Indirect Cost Recovery $50,748,199
Self-Sustaining Services $26,904,457
Technology Recharge Fee $21,735,000
Carryover Funds $7,666,834
Total Funds $107,054,490