The Provost’s Office
Academic Excellence Through Education, Research & Service
We partner with the campus to ensure all students succeed and thrive, faculty and staff are supported in their research and scholarship and the campus community has the support it needs as a world-class public research university.
156 Undergrad Degree Programs
237 Graduate Degree Programs
$845.9m Research Funding
#9 Top Public Schools, National Universities U.S. News & World Report
#1 Among U.S. universities in research financed by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
658
Fulbright
Scholars
23
Marshall
Scholars
31
Rhodes
Scholars
Faculty Development
To promote faculty growth and success as part of the university's strategic plan, Change Starts Here, our Faculty Development team provides programming throughout the year to enhance our faculty's teaching, research, mentoring, promotion and scholarship.
Faculty One Stop
Please visit the Faculty One Stop intranet for resources, guidance and other faculty related processes and opportunities.
Latest News
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
Julie Schell, assistant vice provost and director of the Office of Academic Technology, joined President Jay Hartzell at the Longhorn Family Partners Spring Meeting to discuss AI in the classroom.
Peer mentorship: The walk and the talk to career success
The Provost’s Mentored Faculty Scholars (PMFS) program is a one-year, scholarship-focused mentoring program for tenured and tenure-track faculty at UT Austin.
50 Years on the Forty Acres: Center for Teaching and Learning Celebrates Half a Century
For 50 years, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has served The University of Texas at Austin by supporting and collaborating with instructors and staff to create engaging and inclusive learning experiences for students.
Faculty Diversity
Fostering diversity, equity and inclusivity and acknowledging the perspectives and experiences of underrepresented groups among faculty, staff and student.
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
UT Austin is an institutional member of NCFDD. UT Austin faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and administrators now have on-demand access to NCFDD's mentoring and professional development resources.
Meet the Vice Provost for Diversity
Lydia Contreras promotes diversity, equity and inclusion among faculty, and coordinates the implementation and evaluation of the Strategic Plan for Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity.
Campus Initiatives & Announcements
News
Provost’s Teaching Fellows Reaches 10-Year Milestone
For the past ten years, the Provost’s Teaching Fellows (PTF) program has empowered faculty at the University of Texas at Austin to actively impact the culture of teaching and learning on campus.
Initiative
Upgrading Campus with Earth in Mind
Our Office of Academic Space Planning and Management works with campus partners to ensure academic space is assigned correctly, utilized effectively, reported accurately, and upgraded to be energy and environmentally efficient among other things.
News
UT Austin Teams With Unizin to Gain Insight Into Digital Learning Environment
UT Austin’s Academic Affairs division has joined Unizin — a non-profit, membership-based consortium of leading academic and research institutions committed to optimizing digital transformation in higher education.