A.10 Minimum Amount of Qualifying Service at UT Austin

All candidates for promotion and tenure must complete a minimum of two full academic years of qualifying service at UT Austin before the start of the academic year in which their promotion case is considered.

  • For tenure-track faculty members, only years of probationary service are counted toward the minimum amount of qualifying service (Section B.1).
  • For tenured faculty members, only effective years in rank are counted toward the minimum amount of qualifying service (Section C.1).