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
$1.14b Research Funding
#7 Public University in the U.S. U.S. News & World Report, 2024
#1 Among U.S. universities in research financed by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
1,007
Fulbright
Scholars
24
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
Towering Aspirations
To understand the UT Tower — how this unique building came to be and what it really means, we must return not to 1937, the year it was finished, and its architect Paul Cret, but to 1908 and then-President Sidney Mezes.
Live from New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection Opens at the Harry Ransom Center This September
Beginning this fall, the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin invites visitors to explore the creative legacy of one of television’s most influential producers. Live from New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection opens September 20, 2025.
Does generative AI spell disaster for higher ed? UT’s director of academic technology doesn’t think so
“We’re not discouraging use, but we are discouraging irresponsible use,” says Julie Schell at UT Austin.
Futuristic Fuels
Some of the most revolutionary ideas for powering our increasingly energy-hungry society sound a bit like science fiction, requiring only abundantly available and affordable resources. Yet University of Texas at Austin scientists are taking steps in the direction of that future even now.
‘Conan the Bacterium’ Is Now a Poet
Texas Engineer Lydia Contreras teamed up with renowned poet Christian Bök to encode poetry into a “deathless bacterium.”
William Inboden Named Executive Vice President and Provost
William Inboden, award-winning teacher and renowned national security and foreign policy scholar, has been appointed executive vice president and provost at The University of Texas at Austin, effective Aug. 1.
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.