Tenure & Promotion
Reporting Period: Tenure Track Start Date - 8/31/2025
| Faculty Submits | 9/2/2025 |
| Academic Administrator | 9/3/2025 |
| Upload of External Review Letters | 9/4/2025 - 9/7/2025 |
| Department T & P Committee | 9/8/2025 - 9/22/2025 |
| Department Chair (Meets with Faculty) | 9/23/2025 - 9/28/2025 |
| Faculty Response | 9/29/2025 - 10/5/2025 |
| Department Chair (Review) | 10/6/2025 - 10/13/2025 |
| College T & P Committee | 10/14/2025 - 11/11/2025 |
| Dean | 11/12/2025 - 12/10/2025 |
| Academic Administrator | 12/11/2025 |
| University T & P Committee | 12/12/2025 - 1/30/2026 |
| President | 2/2/2026 - 3/27/2026 |
| Provost's Office sends notification to deans | 3/27/2026 - 3/31/2026 |
| Recommendation to UT System | May 2026 |
| UT Board of Regents Approval | August 2026 |
Important Dates:
Candidates going up for Tenure/Promotion or Promotion to Full Professor in AY 2025-2026 must notify their department chair or program director of their intention before March 7th, 2025. Failure to notify the department chair by the deadline will result in delayed consideration until the following year.
Chairs send the names of the faculty coming up for Tenure and Promotion and Promotion to Full to their Dean’s office by March 17th, 2025.
Deans send the name (Dept, UTA ID, and Email) to the Division of Faculty Success by March 24th, 2025 ([email protected]).
Candidates going up for Tenure/Promotion or Promotion to Full Professor in AY 2025-2026 must submit their External Review list to the Department/Program chair April 22nd, 2025.
* A faculty member seeking tenure and/or promotion or undergoing a post-tenure review does not have to submit an annual evaluation separately; the aforementioned review submission will suffice.
Tenure Track Year 1
Reporting Period: 9/1/2025 - 12/31/2025
| Faculty Submits | 1/15/2026 |
| Department T & P Committee | 1/16/2026 - 1/23/2026 |
| Chair | 1/24/2026 - 2/2/2026 |
| Faculty Response | 2/3/2026 - 2/7/2026 |
| Dean | 2/8/2026 - 2/24/2026 |
| Provost | 2/25/2026 |
Tenure Track Year 2
Reporting Period: 9/1/2024 - 8/31/2025
| Faculty Submits | 10/1/2025 |
| Department T & P Committee | 10/2/2025 - 10/16/2025 |
| Chair | 10/17/2025 - 10/31/2025 |
| Faculty Response | 11/1/2025 - 11/7/2025 |
| Dean | 11/8/2025 - 11/21/2025 |
| Provost | 12/1/2025 |
Third Year Pre-Tenure Review (Comprehensive)**
Reporting Period: 9/1/2023 - 12/31/2025
| Faculty Submits | 1/15/2026 |
| Department T & P Committee | 1/17/2026 - 1/30/2026 |
| Chair | 1/31/2026 - 2/13/2026 |
| Faculty Response | 2/14/2026 - 2/20/2026 |
| Dean | 2/21/2026 - 3/16/2026 |
| Provost | 3/17/2026 |
Tenure Track Years 4+
Reporting Period: 9/1/2024 - 8/31/2025
| Faculty Submits | 11/3/2025 |
| Department T & P Committee | 11/4/2025 - 11/25/2025 |
| Chair | 11/26/2025 - 1/5/2026 |
| Faculty Response | 1/6/2026 - 1/12/2026 |
| Dean | 1/13/2026 - 3/24/2026 |
| Provost | 3/25/2026 |
Regents' Rule 31002: Notice of Non-renewal to Nontenured Faculty Members
Note: Deadlines for notification of tenure track non-renewal:
- For non-renewal for faculty in their first year: March 1st, 2026
- For non-renewal for faculty in their second year: December 15, 2025
- For non-renewal for faculty in years three to five: April 30th, 2026
- For non-renewal for faculty in years three to five, the notice states that the faculty member will not be renewed in a tenure-track position beyond May 31st, 2026.
**If a faculty member received a Renew with Reservations in their Third Year Pre-Tenure Review, then a Fourth Year Pre-Tenure Review will occur and follow the Third Year Pre-Tenure review schedule.