{"id":639,"date":"2014-10-06T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:39:52","slug":"university-identification-number-uid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/manager-resources\/onboarding\/university-identification-number-uid\/","title":{"rendered":"University Identification Number (UID)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A University Identification Number (UID) is assigned to faculty, staff, and university affiliates. Every member of the Boston University community is identified by his or her unique nine-digit code.<\/p>\n<p>All staff and Faculty, including Temporary staff and faculty, are assigned a BUID as part of the hiring action &#8211; once the SAP hire form is approved. To obtain a BUID for guests\/affiliates, please request as follows:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 550px; border-color: #000000;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000; background-color: #b5b3b3;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>To request a UID number for\u2026<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000; background-color: #b5b3b3;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Submit requests to\u2026<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;\">Non-temporary Staff or Faculty<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;\">Complete the appropriate hire form in BUworks. If working with a recruiter, they will complete the hiring form in BUworks on your behalf.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;\">Terrier temps or temporary agency personnel,<br \/>\nContractors and Consultants, and all other<br \/>\naffiliates of the University<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><strong>Information Services &amp; Technology<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease submit a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts\/\">request<\/a> to fill out a Guest Sponsorship Form. Select \u201cGuests\u201d on the Accounts web page.<br \/>\nPhone: 617-353-4357<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University Identification Number (UID) is assigned to faculty, staff, and university affiliates. Every member of the Boston University community is identified by his or her unique nine-digit code. All staff and Faculty, including Temporary staff and faculty, are assigned a BUID as part of the hiring action &#8211; once the SAP hire form is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8774,"featured_media":0,"parent":637,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19009,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions\/19009"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}