UNIVERSITY

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
The Ombuds Office was created in 1986 to provide the Caltech staff, students, postdocs, and faculty with confidential, informal assistance in resolving intra-campus conflicts, disputes and grievances; to promote fair and equitable treatment within the Institute; and to work towards the general wellbeing of the Caltech community.
www.cco.caltech.edu/~ombuds

Central Michigan University
The Student Ombuds Office is part of the President's office and a place for students' voices to be heard.
www.cmich.edu/ombuds

City University of New York Graduate School 
The Ombuds Office is open to all students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/ombuds

Columbia University
The Ombuds Office offers a safe place for any member of the Columbia community to discuss workplace issues, interpersonal conflict, academic concerns, bureaucratic runarounds, and many other problems.
www.columbia.edu/cu/ombuds

Georgetown University
Ombuds do not advocate for any individual point of view, and do not participate in any formal grievance process, but work to promote a fair process for all.
http://www3.georgetown.edu/admin/ombuds

Hamline University
An ombudsperson is a member of the Hamline community charged with ensuring that all members of the University community receive fair and equitable treatment.
www.hamline.edu/hamline_info/offices_services/ombuds/home.html

Harvard University School of Medicine
As an impartial complaint-handler, the Ombudsperson strives to see that people are treated fairly and equitably at the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health.
www.hms.harvard.edu/ombuds/a_overview.htm

Harvard University
The University Ombudsman Office is open to all Harvard University faculty, staff, fellows, students and retirees. The Office is an independent resource for problem resolution and works to ensure that all members of the University community are treated equitably and fairly.
http://universityombudsman.harvard.edu

Louisiana State University
The Louisiana State University Ombuds Office provides informal, neutral, and confidential services to staff and faculty, for the purpose of resolving University-related problems and concerns. The Ombudsperson advocates for fairness, equity, and a healthy work environment.
www.lsu.edu/chancellor/ombuds.htm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT Ombuds Office helps to surface concerns, resolve disputes, manage conflict, and educate individuals in more productive ways of communicating.  The purpose of the Ombuds office is to help every voice at MIT be heard and receive impartial attention without fear of loss of privacy.
http://web.mit.edu/ombud

Michigan State University
The ombudsman is the "complaint" person for the students. Students should contact the ombudsman when they have a hassle with any part of the University and don't know where to turn for help.
www.msu.edu/unit/ombud

Oberlin University
Oberlin's ombudsperson is an impartial and independent administrator whose central role is to help improve the quality of discourse on campus by providing individuals—primarily students—with the tools to resolve conflicts, solve problems, and communicate more effectively with others.
www.oberlin.edu/colrelat/ombuds

Portland State University – Oregon
Ombuds are here to provide an informal means of problem resolution if you have a University-related dispute.
www.ombuds.pdx.edu

Princeton University
The Princeton University Ombuds Office is a neutral, confidential, independent and informal resource where any member of the Princeton University community can discuss a complaint, conflict, or problem.
www.princeton.edu/ombuds/

San Diego State University
Our office can help you resolve problems you may have with the University. The Ombudsman acts as the student liaison or mediator, and is a confidential, independent, and neutral resource for students. www.sa.sdsu.edu/ombuds/index.html

Stanford University
Ombuds is an impartial dispute resolver who strives to see that faculty, staff, and students at the university can seek the advice of the Ombuds Office.
www.stanford.edu/dept/ombuds

Stanford University School of Medicine
The office assists members of the School of Medicine community with any work related difficulty, including interpersonal conflict or misunderstandings, as well as academic or administrative concerns.
http://med.stanford.edu/ombuds

Texas Tech University
The Office of the Ombudsman is an independent, neutral, confidential, and informal resource.  It does not accept formal complaints or notice for Texas Tech University.  If a visitor to the office wishes to make a record, or put the University "on notice," that is, to make Texas Tech formally aware of a particular problem, we can provide information on how to do so. 
www.depts.ttu.edu/ombudsman/

University of Arizona Ombuds Committee
The Ombuds is a confidential, informal, impartial and non-adversarial alternative for problem resolution.
http://web.arizona.edu/~ombuds/home.htm

University of California at Berkeley
The Staff Ombuds Office is a confidential, informal, impartial, neutral and non-adversarial alternative for the resolution of work-related problems and concerns.
http://stfombuds.berkeley.edu

University of California at Irvine
The Office of the Ombudsman provides a safe and comfortable environment to discuss complaints, concerns, or problems confidentially.
www.ombuds.uci.edu/homepage.shtml

University of California at Los Angeles
The Office of Ombuds Services works to ensure that all members of the University community receive fair and equitable treatment in matters of concern or complaint.
www.ombuds.ucla.edu

University of California at Long Beach
The Office of University Ombuds provides an additional resource for students, staff, faculty, and the community in the areas of problem solving, mediation, concerns related to campus issues, and troubleshooting.
www.csulb.edu/programs/ombuds

University of California at San Diego
An alternative channel for confidential, neutral and informal dispute resolution services for the UCSD community. helps to surface concerns, resolve disputes, manage conflict, and educate individuals in more productive ways of communicating.
www.ombuds.ucsd.edu

University of Central Florida
The Ombuds Office at the University of Central Florida was established in 1994 by President John C. Hitt to enhance the quality of service offered to all members of the university community.
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ombuds

University of Colorado at Boulder
The Ombuds Office at the University of Colorado at Boulder provides informal, impartial, and confidential dispute resolution services for students, staff, and faculty.
www.colorado.edu/Ombuds

University of Colorado at Denver
The Ombuds Office is a resource available to all members of the University community to provide informal conflict resolution.
www.uchsc.edu/ombuds

University of Denver
The Ombuds Office at the University of Denver provides confidential and informal assistance to faculty, staff, students and others having a problem with or within the University of Denver.
www.du.edu/ombuds

University of Florida – State University System
The State University System of Florida is committed to helping its students and their parents address concerns they may have on a particular campus.
www.fldcu.org/asa/ombuds.asp

University of Florida
The Office of the University Ombudsman has been configured to handle academic matters for all levels of students with designated offices established for undergraduates, graduates, and professional programs.
www.ombudsman.ufl.edu

University of Iowa
The office provides a confidential, safe place to discuss any concerns you might have about the University or its policies or procedures, and we will direct you to the appropriate office for answers to your concerns. This web page will answer some general questions about the Ombud's Office and provide other resources for your perusal.
www.uiowa.edu/~ooombuds

University of Maryland College Park – The Graduate School Ombuds Office
The Office is available to all students with questions or concerns related to their graduate experience.
www.gradschool.umd.edu/ombuds

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
The Ombudsperson is available to ensure that all students and employees receive fair and equitable treatment within the UMass Amherst system as well as to make recommendations, where appropriate, for general changes in university structures and procedures, and to stimulate discussion of wider institutional issues.
www.umass.edu/ombuds_office

University of Massachusetts at Lowell
The Ombudsperson is appointed by the Chancellor as an impartial observer to help resolve the problems that may develop in the University community.
www.uml.edu/ombuds

University of Michigan
The Ombuds office is a place where student questions, complaints and concerns about the functioning of the University can be discussed confidentially in a safe environment.
www.umich.edu/~ombuds

University of Minnesota
The Student Conflict Resolution Center assists students in resolving campus-based problems and concerns through coaching, intervention, and mediation by Ombudsman and Advocacy staff.
www1.umn.edu/sos

University of New York – State University System
The Ombudsperson offers an informal and confidential service to Stony Brook students, staff, faculty & administrators to resolve complaints and evaluate options for positive action.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/ombuds.nsf

University of Oklahoma
The Ombuds Office helps resolve problems and conflicts that are not being adequately addressed through usual channels.
www.ou.edu/provost/pronew/content/ombuds.html

University of Virginia
The University Ombudsman is an independent, confidential resource available to assist faculty, staff, and students in resolving problems, complaints, conflicts, and other issues when normal processes and procedures have not worked satisfactorily.
www.virginia.edu/eop/ombudsman.html

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The Medical School ombudsperson serves as a neutral, independent and confidential resource for faculty, staff and students within the Medical School community.
www.med.wisc.edu/Ombuds

Western Michigan University
The Ombuds Office location and office hours are noted on the first page.  E-mail address and phone number for appointments are listed.
www.wmich.edu/registrar/Ombuds

Yale University School of Medicine
The Ombuds Office neutral, safe, and confidential place where persons can bring issues and concerns.
http://info.med.yale.edu/owm/ombudsperson.html