Academic Professional Track Promotion
Reporting Period: Hire Date (or date of last promotion) - 8/31/2026
| Faculty Submits | 1/22/2027 |
| Faculty Success Administrator | 1/24/2027 |
| Department Administrator (External review letters upload) | 1/25/2027 |
| Department Committee | 1/26/2027 - 2/26/2027 |
| Department Chair (meets with faculty) | 3/1/2027 - 3/19/2027 |
| Faculty Response | 3/22/2027 - 3/26/2027 |
| Department Chair (Review) |
3/29/2027 - 4/14/2027 |
| Dean | 4/15/2027 - 4/30/2027 |
Important Dates:
- September 12, 2026: Candidates going up for promotion in AY 2026-2027 must notify their department chair or program director of their intention. Failure to notify the department chair by the deadline will result in delayed consideration until the following year.
- September 9, 2026: Chairs send the names of the faculty coming up for promotion to their Dean’s office.
- September 26, 2026: Deans send the name (Dept, UTA ID, Email, & Considered Promotion Rank) to the Division of Faculty Success (facultysuccess@uta.edu).
* A faculty member seeking promotion does not have to submit an annual evaluation separately; the aforementioned review submission will suffice.
Academic Professional Track Annual Review
Reporting Period: 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026*
| Faculty Submits | 1/15/2027** |
| Department Committee (if applicable***) | 1/18/2027 - 1/29/2027 |
| Chair | 1/18/2027 - 2/15/2027 2/1/2027 - 2/15/2027*** |
| Faculty Response | due within 7 days of receipt of their review |
| Dean | 2/22/2027 - 4/12/2027 |
*If this is your very first annual review at UTA, your reporting period will be 1/1/2026-12/31/2026
**Please verify with your Department Chair the date they would like for you to submit your annual review.
***Please note that not every department will have a department committee step.