Acronyms at Ohio State
| APT | Appointments, promotion, and tenure |
| ARC | Adventure Recreation Center |
| BART | Bias Assessment and Response Team |
| B&F | Business and Finance, Office of |
| BETHA | Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs |
| BOT | Board of Trustees |
| CAA | Council on Academic Affairs |
| CAFR | Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility |
| CCS | Counseling and Consultation Services |
| CGS | Council of Graduate Students |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| COAM | Committee on Academic Misconduct |
| COTA | Central Ohio Transit Authority |
| eCOI | Electronic Conflict of Interest (disclosure) |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FPL | Faculty professional leave |
| FTE | Full time equivalent |
| GPA | Grade point average |
| IPC | Inter-Professional Council |
| IRP | Institutional Research and Planning, Office of |
| LOA | Leave of absence |
| OAA | Office of Academic Affairs |
| OARDC | Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center |
| ODS | Office of Disability Services |
| OHR | Office of Human Resources |
| OIA | Office of International Affairs |
| OIT | Office of Informational Technology |
| OMA | Office of Minority Affairs |
| ORC | Office of Research Compliance |
| ORRP | Office of Responsible Research Practices |
| OSL | Office of Student Life |
| P&T | Promotion and tenure |
| POA | Pattern of administration |
| POD | Procedures oversight designee |
| QOD | Quarter off duty |
| RCT | Regular clinical track |
| RPAC | Recreational and Physical Activity Center |
| RRT | Regular research track |
| RTT | Regular tenure track |
| SEI | Student Evaluation of Instruction |
| SFO | Senior fiscal officer |
| SIS | Student Information System |
| SRA | Special research assignment |
| T&P | Transportation and Parking |
| TBDBITL | "The Best Damn Band in the Land" |
| TELR | Technology Enhanced Learning and Research, Office of |
| TIU | Tenure initiating unit |
| TLC | Technology Licensing and Commercialization, Office of |
| UCAT | University Center for the Advancement of Teaching |
| ULAR | University Laboratory Animal Resources |
| USG | Undergraduate Student Government |
| Colleges* | |
| ARTS | Arts |
| BIOSCI | Biological Sciences |
| BUS | Business |
| DENT | Dentistry |
| EHE | Education and Human Ecology |
| ENG | Engineering |
| FAES | Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences |
| HUM | Humanities |
| LAW | Law |
| LIBS | University Libraries |
| MED | Medicine |
| MAPS | Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| NURS | Nursing |
| OPT | Optometry |
| PAFF | Public Affaris |
| PHARM | Pharmacy |
| PHEAL | Public Health |
| SBS | Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| SWK | Social Work |
| VETMED | Veterinary Medicine |
| ASC | Arts and Sciences |
| Regional Campuses | |
| LIMA | Lima |
| MANS | Mansfield |
| MAR | Marion |
| NWK | Newark |
| ATI | Agricultural Technical Institute |
*Abbreviations used for the colleges vary. These are the ones that OAA uses.
Abbreviations for buildings can be found here.
