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title: departmentNumber
description: Code for the department that a person belongs to.
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# departmentNumber

Code for the department that a person belongs to.

Examples: `1234`, `ABC/123`.

|                             |                                                                |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.2                                        |
| *Names*                     | departmentNumber                                               |
| *Description*               | identifies a department within an organization                 |
| *Syntax*                    | [DirectoryString](s-DirectoryString.html)                      |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreMatch](mr-caseIgnoreMatch.html)                     |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreOrderingMatch](mr-caseIgnoreOrderingMatch.html)     |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html) |
| *Single value*              | false: multiple values allowed                                 |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                           |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                               |
| *Origin*                    | [RFC 2798](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2798)      |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                   |
| *Used by*                   | [inetOrgPerson](oc-inetOrgPerson.html)                         |