University organizational names can be unwieldy, and Harvard students, faculty, and staff often reduce these names to abbreviations or acronyms for simplification. In the list below, Harvard acronyms are paired with links to the organizations to which they refer. For more translations of "Harvardspeak," visit the Library's " Harvard Lingo Revealed."
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W
A
- ABCD ABCD Committee(University-wide computer user group)
- ABLE A Better Learning Environment(web-based documentation for new online financial tools)
- AIE Arts in Education
- ALPS Active Learning Practices for School
- ART American Repertory Theatre
B
- BBRI Boston Biomedical Research Institute
- BCMP Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
- BCSIA Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- BGIE Business, Government and the International Economy
- BIDMC Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
- BSC Bureau of Study Counsel
- BTI Boston Theological Institute
- BWH Brigham and Women's Hospital
- BWR-VAMC Brockton-West Roxbury VA Medical Center
C
- CAPS Center for American Political Studies
- CAS Committee on African Studies
- CB Cell Biology
- CBAR Center for Biostatics in AIDS Research
- CBG Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
- CBMI Center for Biomedical Informatics
- CBR Center for Blood Research
- CCB Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of
- CCPE Center for Continuing Professional Education
- CES Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
- CFA Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- CFIA Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
- CHGE Center for Health and the Global Environment
- CHS Center for Hellenic Studies
- CID Center for International Development
- CJI Criminal Justice Institute
- CJS Center for Jewish Studies
- CLCS Center for Literary and Cultural Studies (The Humanities Center)
- CLM Countway Library of Medicine
- CMES Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- CMT Harvard Condensed Matter Theory Group
- CNS Center for Nanoscale Systems
- COPE Compact for open-access publishing equity fund
- CPIC Center for Public Interest Careers
- CPDS Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
- CSWR Center for the Study of World Religions
- CUDS Center for Urban Development Studies
- CWD Center for Workplace Development(Password-protected access for Harvard employees only)
D
- DASH Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
- DBS Division of Biological Sciences
- DCE Division of Continuing Education
- DCJ Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan
- DFCI Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- DJO Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
- DMS Division of Medical Sciences
- DOR Division of Research
- DRCLAS David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- DSG Decision Systems Group
- DSM Department of Social Medicine
E
- EAP Employee Assistance Program
- EAS East Asian Studies
- EECS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- EH&S Environmental Health and Safety
- ELOB Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
- ELRC European Law Research Center
- ENRP Environment and Natural Resources Program
- ENT Education with New Technologies
- EPL Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology
- EPS Earth and Planetary Sciences
- ERC Educational Resource Center for Occupational Safety and Health
- ESE Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- ESPP Environmental Science and Public Policy
F
- FAD Financial Administration
- FAS Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- FDO Freshman Dean's Office
- FEP Field Experience Program
- FIRS SAO Far-Infrared Spectroscopy Group
- FMO Facilities Maintenance Operations
- FSC Film Study Center
- FXB Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
G
- GCC Gutman Conference Center
- GCD Genetics and Complex Diseases
- GEA Global Environmental Assessment Project
- GSAS Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- GSD Graduate School of Design
- GSE Graduate School of Education
H
- HAA Harvard Alumni Association
- HAI Harvard AIDS Initiative
- HAM Harvard Art Museums
- HAPR Harvard Asia Pacific Review
- HBR Harvard Business Review
- HBS Harvard Business School
- HBSP Harvard Business School Publishing
- HCL Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
- HCL Harvard College Library
- HCP Health Care Policy
- HCPDS Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
- HCRA Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
- HCS Harvard Computer Society
- HCTAR Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research
- HDM Harvard Design Magazine
- HDP Human Development and Psychology
- HDS Harvard Divinity School
- HEAL History and East Asian Languages
- HEPG Harvard Education Publishing Group
- HEPG Harvard Electricity Policy Group
- HER Harvard Educational Review
- HFA Harvard Film Archive
- HFRP Harvard Family Research Project
- HGSE Graduate School of Education
- HHP Harvard Homepage
- HICRC Harvard Injury Control Research Center
- HIID Harvard Institute for International Development
- HIIP Harvard Information Infrastructure Project
- HILR Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
- HIO Harvard International Office
- HIR Harvard International Review
- HIRES Harvard University job listings
- HKS John F. Kennedy School of Government
- HLR Harvard Law Review
- HLS Harvard Law School
- HMNH Harvard Museum of Natural History
- HMS Harvard Medical School
- HOPE Harvard open-access publishing equity fund
- HPAC Harvard Public Affairs & Communications
- HPPS Harvard Printing and Publication Services
- HRES Harvard Real Estate Services
- HRI Human Rights Policy, Carr Center for
- HRL Harvard Robotics Laboratory
- HRO Harvard Radiation Oncology
- HRP Human Rights Program
- HSA Harvard Student Agencies
- HSDM Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- HSPH School of Public Health
- HTC Theatre Collection, Houghton Library
- HTUP Harvard Trade Union Program
- HUDS Harvard University Dining Services
- HUCE Harvard University Center for the Environment
- HUECU Harvard University Employees Credit Union
- HUH Harvard University Herbaria
- HUHS Harvard University Health Services
- HUHEPL High Energy Physics Lab
- HUID Identification and Data Services
- HUL Harvard University Library
- HUNAP Harvard University Native American Program
- HUP Harvard University Press
- HUPD Harvard University Police
- HURI Ukrainian Research Institute
I
- IAAS Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
- IATT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training
- ICCB Harvard Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology
- ICG Instructional Computer Group
- ILSP Islamic Legal Studies Program
- IMS Instructional Media Services
- IOP Institute of Politics
- IPNI International Plant Names Index
- IQSS Institute for Quantitative Social Science
- ITAMP Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics
- ITP International Tax Program
J
L
- L&T Learning and Teaching
- LASPAU Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
- LDI Harvard Library Digital Initiative
- LRC Language Resource Center
- LTC Learning Technologies Center
M
- MBB Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative
- MCB Molecular and Cellular Biology
- MCZ Museum of Comparative Zoology
- MEEI Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- MFDP Minority Faculty Development Program
- MGH Massachusetts General Hospital
- MIDMAC John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development
- MRSEC Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
N
- NAP Native American Program, Harvard University
- NCSALL National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
- NERPRC New England Regional Primate Research Center
- NOC Network Operations Center
O
- O&I Outings and Innings
- OAP Office of the Assistant to the President
- OASIS Online Archival Search Information System
- OCS Office of Career Services
- OEB Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
- OFS Office of Financial Systems
- OGC Office of the General Counsel
- OHR Office of Human Resources
- OIS Office for Information Systems
- OPRP Office of Physical Resources & Planning
- OSC Office for Scholarly Communication
- OSR Office for Sponsored Research
- OTD Office of Technology Development
P
- PBHA Phillips Brooks House Association
- PCMM/IDI Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine/Immune Disease Institute
- PEPG Program on Education Policy and Governance
- PHP Division of Public Health Practice
- PICAR Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- PIL Program of Instruction for Lawyers
- PIRP Program on Information Resources Policy
- PNP Plant Names Project
- PON Program on Negotiation
- PONSACS Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival
- PPE Programs in Professional Education
- PSN Public Service Network
Q
R
- RIJS Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
- RITG Research Information Technology Group
- RL&L Romance Languages and Literatures
- RSEA Regional Studies: East Asia
S
- SAO Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory
- SDR Student Disability Resources
- SEAS School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- SED Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- SEO Student Employment Office
- SERI Schepens Eye Research Institute
- SICA Summer Institute on College Admissions
- SOC Server Operations Center
- SSP Secondary School Summer Program
T
- TAP Tuition Assistance Plan
- TEP Program on Technology and Economic Policy
- TIE Technology in Education
- TPC Technology Product Center
U
- UC Undergraduate Council
- UCE University Center for the Environment, Harvard
- UDO University Development Office
- UHS University Health Services
- UIS University Information Systems
- UOS University Operations Services
- UPD Urban Planning and Design
- UPO University Planning Office
- UTEP Undergraduate Teacher Education Program
