Students and professors doing research in a science lab

Grant Data Preservation

  • Record Retention Policy - (Please see here for the full policy)

The University of San Diego is committed to effective record retention to comply with applicable law, to preserve its history, to optimize the use of space, and to ensure that university records that are no longer needed are properly discarded.

This policy sets forth the standards and procedures that govern the retention of university records. For the purpose of this policy, a university record includes any record that is made, produced, executed or received by any department, office, or employee of the university in connection with the transaction of university business. This policy applies to all records without regard to format, and includes but is not limited to documents in paper, electronic, microform (e.g. microfilm, microfiche, magnetic tapes, and CD-ROS), and other traditional media format.