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Department segment

This is used to define the Department or institution processing the transaction, eg AG for the Finance Division. The first letter can help to indicate the group to which the Department belongs.

Department code range

Area

0

University balance sheet

A – B

Unified Administration Service (UAS)

D

Non-School Institutions (NSI)

E

Other

G

School of Arts & Humanities

J

School of Humanities & Social Sciences

K-M

School of the Physical Sciences

N

School of Technology

P

School of the Biological Sciences

R-S

School of Clinical Medicine

U-X

Various but principally Non-School Institutions (NSI)

W

Investment accounting (central use only)

 

A full list of Department codes is available here [1]


Source URL: https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-1-recommended-reading-2

Links
[1] https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/departmental-contacts