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Office of the Provost

Promoting and Advancing ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s Academic Mission

Welcome to the Office of the Provost

The Office of the Provost provides the resources and infrastructure that empower ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's community of scholars to pursue their greatest scholarly ambitions.

Provost Erik Luijten

As ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's chief academic officer, Provost Luijten works with deans, directors and administrative units to set academic priorities and policies and coordinate initiatives to support graduate and undergraduate education, faculty appointments and promotion, and space and resource planning. He also has primary responsibility for preparing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s annual budget.

Provost Luijten is the Liu-Wang Liming Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He also holds courtesy appointments in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry.

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For Faculty

The Office of the Provost oversees faculty policies and connects faculty with a wide range of career and work/life resources.

Updates and Announcements

Upcoming Events

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Announcements

June 30, 2026
from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Now
Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Xuemao Wang will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year. Wang has served in the role since 2022. The University will launch a search for Wang’s successor at a later date.

June 24, 2026
from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Now
Adrian Randolph, dean of the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Henry Wade Rogers Professor of the Humanities, will step down after leading ºÚÁϳԹÏ꿉۪s largest, oldest and most comprehensive academic division since 2015.