UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world. Its goals – to educate future health professionals and scientists; to remain at the forefront of biomedical research; to provide compassionate, scientifically based care for the sick and preventive care for the well; and to provide a continuum of medical education for practicing physicians and medical scientists – could not be achieved without a myriad of campus support groups.

These include:

Basic support - For needs like campus housing, mail service, parking, police, university store and shuttle services.

Employees and management support - For employment, policies and procedures, materials management, reference manuals and training and career development.

Financial management - For grants management, accounting, audits and materials management.

Presentation, publication and classroom support – For client services, graphic standards, biomedical arts services, medical television, news and publications, printing services, media technology and Web publishing guidelines.

Research support – For academic computing services, bioinstrumentation, Institutional Review Board, Library, offices of post-award administration, for postdoctoral affairs, and for technology development.