The principal purposes of Academic Computing Services (ACS) are as follows:

1.  To operate and maintain all computing equipment required for the support of the instructional programs at UCSD, exclusive of that equipment which is managed by individual departments.

2.  To organize and manage the logical portions of the campus data networks, their attachment to departmental networks and computers, their connections to external services and their central information services.

3.  Provide consulting services to the users of its equipment and services.

ACS also provides limited computing resources for unsponsored faculty and graduate research. As a subsidiary purpose, ACS also provides on a recharge basis computing and related services to certain qualified departments for purposes which are not primarily academic when this is consistent with the UCSD Administrative Information Systems Plan and does not interfere with the principal purpose of the Center. In certain circumstances, such recharge computing services are offered to organizations outside of UCSD for the purposes of research, educational or public service work. Such computing must be funded by governmental agencies or non-profit organizations, and such work must not be of a classified or commercial nature.