General Guidelines for P&T Review
- Link to full Guidelines document (Provost's Office)
- Selected sections linked below.
Timeline & Dossier Prep
Section A. Overview
A.3 Eligibility to Vote on a Promotion Review Committee
A.4 Expectations for Eligible Voting Members of Promotion Review Committees
A.6 Areas of Faculty Performance Evaluated During the Promotion and Tenure Review
A.7 Eligibility to Write a BC/EC Statement
A.8 Minimum Amount of Qualifying Service at UT Austin
Section B. Criteria for Promotion of Tenure-Track Faculty Members
B.1 Years of Probationary Service at UT Austin
B.2 On-Time Promotion Review of Tenure-Track Assistant Professors
B.3 (b) Expectations for Accelerated Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
B.4 On-Time Promotion Review of Tenure-Track Associate and Full Professors
Section C. Criteria for Promotion of Tenured Faculty Members
C.1 Effective Years in Rank at UT Austin
C.2 On-Time Promotion Review of Tenured Associate Professors
C.3 (b) Expectations for Accelerated Promotion to Full Professor with Tenure
Section D. Department Chair and Dean Responsibilities
D.3 Additional College/School Guidelines
D.4 Managing Joint Appointments
D.9 Selecting External Reviewers
Section E. Candidate Responsibilities
E.2 Candidate Meeting with Supervisor
E.3 List of Internal Review Committee Members and Supervisors
E.4 List of External Reviewers
E.5 Candidate’s Review of Dossier
Section F. University Obligations
Section G. Promotion Dossiers
G.1 Change of Rank Form and Summary of Votes
G.3 Department Chair’s Statement (if applicable)
G.4 Other Statements (if applicable)
G.6 Teaching | (a) BC/EC Statement
G.6 Teaching | (b) Candidate's Statement
G.6 Teaching | (c) Summary of Average Ratings from CIS/CES
G.6 Teaching | (d) List of Peer Teaching Observations
G.7 Research | (a) BC/EC Statement
G.7 Research | (b) Candidate's Statement
G.7 Research | (c) Five Most Significant Works Completed in Rank
G.7 Research | (d) Summary of Selectivity of Publication/Performance Venues
G.8 Mentoring | (a) BC/EC Statement
G.8 Mentoring | (b) Candidate's Statement
G.8 Mentoring | (c) List of Membership on Graduate Student Committees
G.8 Mentoring | (c) List of Postdoctoral Researchers Mentored
G.9 Service | (a) BC/EC Statement
G.9 Service | (b) Candidate's Statement
G.10 Honors, Grants, and Other Evidence of Merit or Recognition | (a) BC/EC Statement
G.10 Honors, Grants, and Other Evidence of Merit or Recognition | (b) Candidate's Statement
G.11 Letters from External Reviewers
G.13 (a) Optional COVID-19 Professional Impact Statement (if applicable)
G.13 (b) Students’ Written Comments from Course Evaluation Surveys
G.13 (c) Peer Teaching Observations
G.13 (d) Teaching Evaluations from Other Institutions (if applicable)
G.13 (f) Five Most Significant Works Completed in Rank
G.13 (g) Documentation Supporting the Status of Forthcoming Works (if applicable)
G.13 (h) Mid-Probationary Review (if applicable)
G.13 (i) List of Materials Sent to External Reviewers
G.13 (j) Sample Solicitation Letter Sent to External Reviewers
G.13 (k) Correspondence from External Reviewers Who Did Not Provide an Evaluation (if applicable)
G.13 (l) Letters Solicited from Close Collaborators Requested by the Candidate (if applicable)
G.13 (m) Unsolicited Letters Received Before BC/EC Review (if applicable)
G.13 (n) Unsolicited Letters Received After BC/EC Committee Review (if applicable)
G.13 (o) Additional Materials Required by Secondary Academic Units (if applicable)
G.13 (p) Other Supplemental Materials Provided by the Candidate (if applicable)
G.13 (r) Works In-Progress or In-Preparation (if applicable)