Each year, academic deans are invited to nominate up to two academic faculty members to be considered as a Regents' Professor and up to one research faculty member for Regents' Researcher. The executive director of GTRI may nominate up to two research faculty members for consideration of Regents' Researcher. Learn more here.
Academic Faculty Nomination to Regents Professor
How the Regents' Nomination process works
Nominations for Regents' Titles are handled separately from the RPT process. The next cycle of nominations from each College Dean is due to the Office of Faculty Affairs by December 15, 2025. School nominations are due to the COS Dean's office by December 1, 2025. For more information, visit the Board of Regents Policy Manual.
Regents' Professorships are granted by the Board of Regents to outstanding tenured, full professors, based on excellence in research and contributions to their profession and to Georgia Tech.
Process and Package Contents for Regents' Professor
- Nominee’s current CV. GT format for CV recommended but not required. (provided by nominee to school chair)
- One paragraph biographical sketch (provided by nominee to school chair)
- Nomination letter from the school chair to the dean (provided by school chair)
- Letter of recommendation from the College Regents' Committee to the dean (about December/January)
- Dean’s letter of recommendation to the Provost (early/mid January)
- The Institute Regents’ Professor Nomination Committee, comprised of Regents' Professors or other chaired professors as recommended by the college deans, meets to review the nominations and will forward their recommendations to the President. The President sends the packages of the selected nominees to the Board of Regents. The nominee must receive a unanimous recommendation from the Institute Regents' Committee and the President before the nomination will be transmitted to the Board of Regents.
Decisions for Regents' Professor Nominations
The decision of the Board of Regents is sent to Office of the Provost (Faculty Affairs). Faculty Affairs then informs the dean of the outcome (about April). The dean will notify the school chair and the selected candidate.
Current and Past Georgia Tech Regents' Professors
