Mainframe
Overview
The UT Austin Administrative Computer System (mainframe) is the university's administrative computing system. The mainframe runs nearly all of the university's administrative applications, including:
- Billing
- Course descriptions
- Data warehouse/Project IQ
- Financial aid
- Student admissions and registration
- UT Direct
- Time sheets
- ...and over 140 additional applications!
Features
- Electronically delivered reports allow the information to be copy and pasted into other documents and sent securely to WebSpace and Austin Disk
- Provides secure, onsite data warehousing
- Access available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms using TN3270
- Uses EID login credentials
- IBM System Z10 Business Class mainframe
- Green Output, one of the ways to receive data from the mainframe, conserves paper and supports the University's Sustainability Policy
Denotes a Green IT feature. Learn more about Green IT.
Cost
Mainframe access is available at no cost to UT staff who require access to administrative applications.
