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- Promotion & Tenure
- Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
- Professional-Track: Professor Title Series
- Professional-Track: Clinical Professor Title Series
- 2025-26 Academic Year: Promotion and Tenure Resources
- Guidance on Title Series within the Professional-Track: Clinical Professor and Professor title series
- Promotion & Tenure Resource Library
- Faculty Development
- Leadership Starts Here: Faculty Development Workshop Series
- Faculty Coaching Program
- In Conversation Discussion Series
- Charting a Successful Career in Academic Medicine
- Development Awards
- University Awards and Programs
- Faculty Development in Teaching
- Faculty Review & Evaluations
- Faculty Annual Evaluations
- Mid-Probationary Review for Tenure-Track Faculty
- Comprehensive Periodic Review
- Faculty Policies
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Departmental Faculty Academic Affairs Contacts
Email our team at dellmedfacultyaffairs@austin.utexas.edu
Professional-Track: Professor Title Series
Professional-Track faculty appointed to this title series are expected to play an active and sustained key role in a program of scholarship in an area of expertise, which includes traditional outputs of scholarship (e.g., peer-reviewed publications) in the designated Area of Excellence and garners a reputation beyond the University.
Promotion Resources
Office of Faculty Academic Affairs: Biweekly Office Hours
2025-26 Professional-Track Faculty Promotion Policy
2025-26 Guidelines for Promotion for Professional-Track Faculty
- 2025-26 Summary of Dossier Preparation for Professional-Track Faculty
- Guidance - How to Structure the Candidate Impact Statement
Examples of Evidence of Achievement - Professional-Track Faculty - Professor title series
Guidance on Professional Disruption Impact Statement
Recorded Promotion Info Sessions & Slide Decks: linked at the Resource Library for Faculty
Commonly Used Templates and Forms:
Dell Medical School CV Template and Resources
Summary of Reviewers and Arm's Length Checklist
Dossier Checklist and Samples - Professional-Track Faculty
Samples - Candidate Statements & Summaries of Activities
Five Significant Works Template
New for the 2025-26 Academic Year:
Triannual Review - Promotion review for professional-track faculty of the Dell Medical School follows a triannual review process wherein there are three separate “review cycles” in which the faculty may be reviewed. Below are the timelines for each cycle. Here's an overview of all three cycles for the professional-track: Overview of 2025-26 Professional-Track Cycle Timelines
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 1 - Professional-Track Faculty
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 2 - Professional-Track Faculty - Cycle 2 Pertains to Clinical Professor Title Series Only
- 2025-26 Promotion Timeline - CYCLE 3 - Professional-Track Faculty
Policies and General Resources:
Regular Faculty Appointment Policy
Guidance on Personal Circumstances Flag