<p>This study employs social network analysis to investigate the structural dynamics of a Chinese university by examining the minutes of the President’s Office Meetings over one year. It analyzes the role positioning, network structure, and interaction patterns of administrative departments within the university. Through an assessment of the overall network, structural holes, and community detection, combined with data visualization, the study seeks to elucidate the interaction dynamics among different administrative departments in university governance. This study identifies a moderately dense collaborative structure marked by a central core and a functionally specialized periphery. Core departments—such as Human Resources, Finance, and President’s Office—serve as strategic hubs that facilitate cross-functional coordination, information flow, and institutional integration. These units exhibit high centrality and low structural constraint, positioning them as key brokers within the administrative network. Community detection reveals functionally cohesive clusters and highlights bridging nodes critical to inter-community collaboration. In contrast, peripheral units, such as Infrastructure Development, Logistics and Support, operate in relative isolation despite their specialization, posing potential risks to network resilience. This research contributes to the literature on organizational network governance by demonstrating how network topology, particularly the relationship between centrality and constraint, shapes administrative coordination and institutional coherence.</p>