Offer Letters - UGA Provost's Office

Since changes to the below offer letter templates will occur, please check back at this URL to download the appropriate template each time you need to prepare a faculty offer letter.

PLEASE NOTE: All offer letters for tenure-track or tenure-on-appointment faculty should be reviewed by the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Elizabeth Weeks ([email protected])*, and approved by the Provost before they are sent to the candidate.

*Please copy Carly Surratt ([email protected]) on offer letters submitted to the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs for review.

Full-Time Faculty (100% time)

Assistant Professor-Academic Year Contract (last updated Feb 2024)
Assistant Professor-Fiscal Year Contract (updated Feb 2024)
Associate Professor-Academic Year Contract (updated Feb 2024)
Associate Professor-Fiscal Year Contract (updated Feb 2024)
Professor-Academic Year Contract (updated Feb 2024)
Professor-Fiscal Year Contract (updated Feb 2024)

Supplemental paragraph that should be included in any offer that includes an administrative title AND is made to a faculty member who already holds tenure at UGA, or is being offered tenure on appointment:

Administrative Duties with Tenure

Per the Joint Academic Appointments policy, tenure track faculty appointed in more than one academic unit should be provided with a written Memorandum of Understanding explaining the terms of their joint appointment.

Alternate paragraphs for the following ranks to use in non-tenure track template:

Faculty Ranks and Categories