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University Decision Support provides timely information and analysis to both the Northeastern community and to external entities to enable evidence‐driven decision making and planning.

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Data Access

University Decision Support offers access and training on two official reporting tools for employees to conduct university business pertinent to their positions, Argos and Cognos.

Data Request Form

If you are unable to locate the information you are looking for on the UDS website, please complete this form. Please only use this form if you are in need of institutional data about the Northeastern University.

Argos

Argos is the University’s official reporting tool for the Operational Data Store (ODS). Argos can meet your needs for both simple ad hoc queries to advanced dashboards with interactive drill-down charts.

Cognos

Cognos is a business analytics tool that provides users with a single, self-service portal to access and produce reports, dashboards, and ad hoc queries quickly and securely.

News & Announcements

Stay up to date with the latest University Decision Support news and announcements.

Career Outcomes Data for the Class of 2024 Now Available

Career Outcomes Data for the Class of 2024 Now Available

Exciting news! Career outcomes data for Northeastern University's recent graduates has been updated to include the Class of 2024. This…

by Nate Lemay
News & Announcements
New AI Policy

New AI Policy

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance invention, creativity, discovery, effectiveness and efficiency in teaching, research, and administration is a strategic…

by Nate Lemay
News & Announcements
New Financial Value Transparency Act Reporting

New Financial Value Transparency Act Reporting

As the price of higher education increases, there is also increasing public interest to better understand – and quantify, if…

by Nate Lemay
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Fact Sheet Update

Fact Sheet Update

UDS is excited to share that the university’s Facts and Figures website has now been updated with official university data reflective…

by Nate Lemay
News & Announcements
Data Loss Prevention Comes to Northeastern

Data Loss Prevention Comes to Northeastern

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a program designed to help those who work with sensitive information protect it when storing…

by Nate Lemay
News & Announcements
Love Data Week 2025 Celebrates Data Across Northeastern

Love Data Week 2025 Celebrates Data Across Northeastern

Northeastern University joined the international celebration of Love Data Week during February 10-14, 2025. Love Data Week is a global…

by Nate Lemay
News & Announcements

University Reports

Reports and research of interest to the Northeastern community

How does Northeastern vote?

How does Northeastern vote?

One of the key projects of The Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College…

by Diana Danelian
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University of Indonesia Green Metric Survey

Northeastern has been participating in this international sustainability survey for the past seven years. In 2014 NU was ranked 10th…

by University Decision Support
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